PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers fired general manager Ron Hextall on Monday, with the team struggling and coming off a 6-0 loss to Toronto. Hextall played 13 seasons in the NHL and had two stints covering 11 years with the Flyers. The move stunned the NHL and Hextall seemingly staked his career on Hakstol handling the grind of coaching in pressure-packed Philadelphia. The Flyers won 10 straight games in 2016-17 and missed the playoffs; they lost 10 straight last season and made them. Holmgren brought Hextall back from Los Angeles in 2013 for a year as an assistant general manager.

Source: National Post November 26, 2018 16:48 UTC