On November 26, 2018, Ronald Jeffrey Hextall was relieved of his duties as the general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. This news came as quite a shock to not just our nation of Flyers fans, but the hockey world at large. If you had asked 100 people - who had any semblance of knowledge about the Flyers - whose head would be the first to roll following a 6-0 shellacking at the hands (skates? sticks?) of the Auston Matthews/William Nylander-less Toronto Maple Leafs, 99 people would have chanted “Fire Hakstol” without the slightest hesitation.
Ronald J. Hextall, we thank you for your service
