Dave Hakstol is in his third season as Flyers coach, and his achievements thus far are as murkily defined as many of the decisions made to achieve them. The Flyers surged to an unlikely playoff spot in his first season, flopped mightily down the stretch last year, and this year, as he tried to integrate the emerging young talent emerging from the Flyers’ deep system with less able but arguably more prudent veteran role guys, the Flyers have been a cauldron of inconsistency that had Dave Scott, the chairman and CEO of Comcast Spectacor, mulling whether he had the right hierarchy in place as the team dropped 10 straight games in November and early December.
Amid bumpy ride, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol still has Ron Hextall's support
