Today Is A Great Day For A Ron, But Maybe Not For Long
One Ron.Photo: Bruce Bennett (Getty) This is Ron Hextall. Until this morning, he was the GM of the Philadelphia Flyers. In five years, he completely rebuilt the roster and restocked the farm system, and while that is an accomplishment given what he inherited, five years is a long time for a team to go without winning a single playoff series, and to still be bottom-feeding in the not-very-good Metropolitan Division. So Ron Hextall was fired with a statement that passes for brutal in the staid world of press releases: “[I]t has become clear that we no longer share the same philosophical...
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