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Dave Hakstol is the fifth longest tenured coach in the NHL, and his time should be up

Alright, gang. Enough is enough. It’s time for the Flyers to move on from Dave Hakstol.

On the surface, calling for a team to fire their head coach just eleven games into the season looks a bit hasty, but this thought has been lingering in many heads, my own included, for over a year now. This isn’t some conclusion made on a whim in the midst of a cold streak, no, this has been a long time coming.

Before we get any further, let’s first take a trip through history, starting on May 18th, 2015, the day that the Philadelphia Flyers announced that Dave Hakstol would be taking over as the team’s head coach.