Nobodyu200b was surprised whenu200b reportsu200b emergedu200b yesterdayu200b afternoonu200b thatu200b Dave Hakstolu200b had been fired.u200b We’d all kindu200b ofu200b figured it wasu200bu200b imminent, and when the Flyers closed out a brutal road trip with an ugly 5-1 loss in Vancouver, well, that was that. You never want to see anybody lose their job, but at some point you have to put a guy out of his misery, right?
So sure, Hakstol getting fired yesterday was no big surprise. But his replacement was, with Joel Quenneville reportedly getting the job. That was, needless to say, a great hire.