“It doesn’t happen overnight,” Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said the other day about trying to transform the cap-strapped team he inherited four years ago and molding it into a Stanley Cup contender.
He’s right, of course.
Under Hextall’s patient watch, the Flyers have inched closer to being relevant in May. Maybe in a couple years, if hot-shot goaltender Carter Hart is as good as he has looked on the junior level (sorry to put the pressure on you, kid), they may even be relevant in June.
But I’m jumping too far ahead. Way too far.