SB Nation’s Flyers blog, Broad Street Hockey, chimes in with a reaction to the trade:
One of the Toughest Teams in Hockey Just Got Tougher
What is already more than a trend, the Flyers added yet another tough guy to their team. Today, the team traded defensive prospect Michael Ratchuk to the Columbus Blue Jackets for right wing Stefan Legein.
Legein was a second round pick (37th overall) in 2007 after back to back 100 PIM seasons in the OHL. He showed some scoring touch in the OHL, netting 135 points in 109 games over his last two campaigns there, but has only 4 points and 4 PIM in 34 career AHL games.tter start with 2 goals and an assist in 6 games. [...]
Needless to say, this looks like the Flyers taking a chance on a guy.
But more than his potential as a player, the videos the posted tell the story. This is a guy that likes to “mix it up a little bit,” as Barry Melrose might say.
As SB Nation’s Blue Jackets’ blog wrote back when he was drafted:
Legein had a promising junior career with Niagara of the OHL, being a part of two Team Canada world junior teams in the process. ... He is still a solid prospect, who can play in the bottom six an agitator with scoring ability, but he has a long way to go to regain the trust of the CBJ brass.
Don’t you love how hockey analysts consistently find new and creative euphemisms for the scouting observation “he gets into a lot of fights”? In any case, if his track record’s any indication, he should be a hit in Philly.
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