The Philadelphia Wings were part of a three team trade today in the National Lacrosse League, acquiring D Taylor Wray from the Calgary Roughnecks and F Jason Crosbie from the Buffalo Bandits while sending F Sean Greenhalgh to Buffalo and D Ian Llord to Calgary. The Wings also receive future considerations from the Bandits in the deal that also saw Buffalo send G Steve Dietrich and D Kyle Couling to Calgary while getting 2 draft picks from the Roughnecks in return.
Wray, who has taken an assistant coaching job with Lehigh University, is a former NLL Rookie of the Year and was also named Co-Defender of the Year during his rookie campaign in 2004. Crosbie joins his fifth NLL team, having also played for Arizona, Montreal and Rochester before joining the Bandits. Greenhalgh led the Wings in scoring in both of his seasons in Philly while Llord was one of the Wings three first round selections in last season's Entry Draft.
In addition, the Wings also announced their list of protected players for the draft to stock the expansion Boston franchise, which will take place on July 31. In addition to their new acquisitions, the Wings also protected Goalie Matt Roik, Defensemen Thomas Hajek and Shawn Nadelen, Transition players John Christmas, Geoff Snider and Kyle Sweeney, and Forwards Keith Cromwell, Kyle Fiat, Athan Iannucci, Dan Marohl, Rob Van Beek and Kyle Wailes. Boston will get to choose one player from each of the NLL teams to set up their roster.
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