Renberg Reunites 'Legion Of Doom'

The Philadelphia Flyers reunited their "Legion of Doom"line on Saturday, acquiring Mikael Renberg from the Tampa Bay Lightning in a four-player trade.

Renberg, traded to the Lightning in 1997, rejoins Eric Lindros and John LeClair in Philadelphia. The Flyers also get center Daymond Langkow and sent forwards Chris Gratton and Mike Sillinger to the Lightning.

The Flyers, scheduled to play at Toronto on Saturday night, have been searching for a left wing to replace Renberg on the Lindros-LeClair line since trading him to Tampa Bay with Karl Dykhuis for draft picks.

Keith Jones gave the Flyers' first line a boost when he was acquired from Colorado for Shjon Podein on Nov. 12, but Philadelphia was still lagging six points behind first-place New Jersey in the Atlantic.

Renberg played for the Flyers from 1993-97, joining Lindros and LeClair on a potent line that led Philadelphia to the Stanley Cup finals in his final season wit the team. He has only four goals and eight assists in 20 games for the Lighting, who lost for the 12th time in 13 games Friday night.

But Flyers general manager Bob Clarke is trying to shake up the team after it was victimized by uncharacteristic defensive lapses in a 5-5 tie with New Jersey and a 5-4 overtime loss to the Devils last week.

The addition of Renberg might only be the start of Clarke's housecleaning. Part of the Flyers' problem has been a lack of offense on the second and third lines, and Renberg can't help those. Presumably, Jones will move to the second line and play alongside center Rod Brind'Amour.

It was the biggest move for Tampa Bay since Lightning coach Jacques Demers took over general manager duties after Phil Esposito was fired on Oct. 13.

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