Sam Carchidi: Flyers GM Ron Hextall on his head coach Dave Hakstol: “Dave Hakstol is our coach and will remain our coach. Period.” Hextall inferred beyond this season but didn’t specially say it.
John Boruk: “Just to confirm…Ron Hextall would not say through the remainder of the season…It would look pretty foolish to make that commitment if the team proceeded to lose their next 10-20 games or something to that extreme.”
On the Detroit Red Wings …
Ansar Khan of MLive: The Red Wings got pummeled 10-1 over the weekend and are winless in seven games.