The Edmonton Oilers have signed two forwards who have been playing in Europe, including a 23-year-old centre who spent the past season playing in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the club announced Wednesday.
The Oilers said Josh Samanski’s two-year entry-level contract with the NHL team will kick in next season. Samanski, a six-foot-five centre from Germany, also has Canadian citizenship.
This season he scored 14 goals and 26 assists for 40 points in 52 games with the DEL’s Straubing Tigers.
In 2019-20, Samanski spent a season playing in the Ontario Hockey League with the Owen Sound Attack, where he scored four goals and 16 assists in 54 games.
Samanski has competed for the German national team at two world junior ice hockey championship tournaments and in one Deutschland Cup. He also played with Straubing at the 2024 Spengler Cup.
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Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Oilers sign Czech forward David Tomasek
The Oilers also signed a 29-year-old Czech forward on Wednesday.
The club announced David Tomasek had agreed to a one-year contract for the 2025-26 season valued at US$1.2 million.
Tomasek has played in several professional European hockey leagues, most recently as a member of Farjestad BK in the Swedish Elite League where he led that league in points last season.
Tomasek was also a member of the Czechia team that captured gold at the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
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