Flyers acquire Ville Leino from Detroit, in exchange for Ole-Kristian Tollefsen

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen’s short, injury-plagued stint with the Philadelphia Flyers has come to an end. The Flyers traded the 25 year old defenseman and a fifth round draft pick in the 2011 Entry Draft this morning to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange of forward Ville Leino.

Ville Leino was orginally signed by the Red Wings in 2008 from Jokerit of the Finnish League. Ville Leino has played in 55 NHL games over two seasons, and has scored 9 goals and tallied 7 assists. Last summer, the Wings re-upped his contract, signing him to a two-year deal.

The kid’s apparently got skill. From the little I know about him, a few Red Wing fans have filled me in and say he’s a pleasure to watch, and has tremendous potential.

Here’s a clip of Leino’s first NHL goal:

The Flyers lose defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, who has been troubled by injury for the majority of the season – a big worry at the time of OKT’s signing was his ability to play without getting injured. Tollefsen became expendable last week when the Flyers signed Lukas Krajicek.

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