The news about Ron Hextall being fired on the morning of November 26, 2018 was a shock to everyone — most around Flyers fandom were expecting head coach Dave Hakstol to be the first casualty of the slow start. But, alas, it was in fact the General Manager that received his pink slip first. Last week the Flyers announced that Paul Holmgren was going to retire and take on an advisory role. Why am I putting both of these sentences in the same paragraph? Well, as the headline suggests, they are connected.
In the days between Ron Hextall’s dismissal and the catastrophe that was the firing of Dave Hakstol, there was a lot of information flying around.