The idea that general manager Ron Hextall went off the board and stunned the hockey world Monday by hiring Dave Hakstol to be the new coach of the Philadelphia Flyers is true only because of how rare it is for teams to go outside of the NHL's insular network of coaches.
Sixteen coaches in the NHL are in at least their second stop in the League, including four that are coaching with their fourth organization. Eight of the nine remaining coaches that haven't coached elsewhere were at least assistants in the NHL at one point.