MONTREAL – The Flyers trust whatever general manager Ron Hextall deems necessary before Monday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline. After all, he’s the architect of a team that is thisclose to first place in the Metropolitan Division, and he has built one of the NHL’s best farm systems.
That said, the players would be content if Hextall did little or nothing to a team that is 25-8-3 since Dec. 4, including its current 9-0-2 run, and has inched to within one point of first-place Washington.
“We like our team,” captain Claude Giroux said after the Flyers practiced at the Bell Centre on Sunday, preparing for Monday’s game in Montreal.