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Philadelphia Flyers: Rewarded Contracts will Lead to Success

Philadelphia Flyers fans held their breath through the 2015 NHL Draft and Free Agency pondering if Ron Hextall was going to make some drastic moves. But, Hextall remained “Hextall”, making wise, risk-free choices. This has been his intention since he joined the Philadelphia Flyers organization as the General Manager.

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His consistent philosophy is to keep young players and build skills based on potential. With this understood, resigning players with contract extensions due to their production was no surprise.

Chris Vandevelde, age 28, 6-2, 190 lb., C, was re-signed this offseason to a two year, 1.