Just a few months into his tenure as Flyers General Manager, Ron Hextall was set to take on his first and biggest task. The team was coming off a first-round exit at the hands of the New York Rangers. At a crossroads heading into the offseason, it would be important for Hextall to set the team up well going forward.
He had six picks going into a draft that was held in Philadelphia that year. The team originally held two picks in the third round but traded one of them to the New York Islanders.