The Adirondack Phantoms' defense corps got a little less crowded with today's trade of Michael Ratchuk by the Philadelphia Flyers to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
In return, the Flyers received right wing Stefan Legein, who was immediately assigned to Adirondack. He is expected to be on the ice for practice on Wednesday.
Phantoms head coach Greg Gilbert had been juggling nine defensemen on the roster, often dressing seven with 11 forwards for games. Ratchuk, 21, had one assist and two penalty minutes in five games for Adirondack this season. He played 94 regular-season and playoff games for the Phantoms organization, and is best known for setting up Ryan Potulny's winner in the fifth overtime in Game 5 of the 2008 Calder Cup playoffs against Albany.
Legein, 20, played two seasons of junior hockey under Gilbert with the OHL's Mississauga Ice Dogs, from 2004-06, and was an alternate captain on Team Canada's gold-medal winning World Junior Championship team in 2008. He had three points (2g, 1a) in six AHL games for the Syracuse Crunch.
Adirondack hosts Hartford Friday night at the Glens Falls Civic Center before facing the Albany River Rats on Saturday at the former Knickerbocker Arena.
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