Ron Hextall, Philadelphia Flyers (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
The hiring of former Flyers’ General Manager Ron Hextall to that very same position for the Pittsburgh Penguins could potentially be bad news for Philadelphia.
It is hard to see how the highly competitive Hextall could be any more motivated to win, but given his unceremonious exit from the Flyers organization, he would seem to have an extra reason to be that way. A motivated foe always presents a problem, but while with the Flyers, Hextall complied reams of inside information on the players.
He has his fingerprints are all over the organization and he may know the player’s strengths and weaknesses better than Chuck Fletcher.