05-07-2014, 07:10 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Flyers name Ron Hextall as GM
Adam Kimelman @NHLAdamK
Flyers will have 11:30 press conference to announce "front office promotions." Could mean Holmgren to president, Hextall to GM role
update:
http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|PHI|home
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The Philadelphia Flyers today named Paul Holmgren President and Ron Hextall General Manager.
In his new role, Holmgren will oversee both the business and hockey operations of the Flyers and will report directly to Flyers Chairman Ed Snider. Hextall will become responsible for the day-to-day management of the Flyers’ hockey operations and will report to Holmgren. Both appointments are effective immediately.
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Last edited by sureLoss; 05-07-2014 at 09:40 AM.
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05-07-2014, 07:13 AM
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Snider (or Mr. Snider) seemed to be hinting this was going to happen but Holmgrem didn't seem too keen on it. I'll assume the owner won out.
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05-07-2014, 07:15 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Tim Panaccio @tpanotchCSN
Flyers will announce Ron Hextall moving up to GM and Paul Holmgren to president, am told
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05-07-2014, 07:16 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Snider (or Mr. Snider) seemed to be hinting this was going to happen but Holmgrem didn't seem too keen on it. I'll assume the owner won out.
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I suspect they had to promote Hextall now, or lose him to another team.
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05-07-2014, 07:21 AM
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Ha... Snider said a few days ago that it wouldn't happen straight away:
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"That's why he was brought in. He didn't come in to stay assistant GM forever, but that doesn't mean tomorrow," owner Ed Snider told reporters on Friday.
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05-07-2014, 07:21 AM
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Good day for Flyers fans. Holmgren was well past his expiry date as GM as IMO he turned Islanders/Oilers batty over the past few seasons.
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05-07-2014, 07:25 AM
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Hextall. Big goatee guy.
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05-07-2014, 09:39 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|PHI|home
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The Philadelphia Flyers today named Paul Holmgren President and Ron Hextall General Manager.
In his new role, Holmgren will oversee both the business and hockey operations of the Flyers and will report directly to Flyers Chairman Ed Snider. Hextall will become responsible for the day-to-day management of the Flyers’ hockey operations and will report to Holmgren. Both appointments are effective immediately.
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05-07-2014, 09:45 AM
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So another team moving to the same management style
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05-07-2014, 09:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
So another team moving to the same management style
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Kind of but I expect this is more similar to the Oilers in that the GM was so bad at his job and the owner just enough of a fan to promote him rather than fire him. The Flyers beat reporter was going on this morning about how the bought out Briere only to hand another bad deal to a guy like Lecavalier that "can't play" (in his words).
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 05-07-2014 at 09:52 AM.
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05-07-2014, 09:52 AM
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Love the oilers slam by hextall
Edit: During the presser
Last edited by Street Pharmacist; 05-07-2014 at 09:56 AM.
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05-07-2014, 09:53 AM
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First Line Centre
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Came for violent Hextall clips. Left only moderately satisfied
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05-07-2014, 09:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Love the oilers slam by hextall
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Can you elaborate? I can never get enough of Oilers being slammed. 
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05-07-2014, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Can you elaborate? I can never get enough of Oilers being slammed. |
Paraphrasing here but a reporter asked him why in his opinion the Flyers haven't won the cup in how ever many years and he said it's hard. They were close a few times but couldn't win the big one. What he is most proud of is the winning culture. Then the good part. He said there's a team out there, not mentioning any names, who's strategy is to be bad and collect first overall picks. Ask their fans how much fun that is
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05-07-2014, 10:15 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Frank Seravalli @DNFlyers
Hextall on analytics: "That's where we're going. It's going to be a huge part of what we do going forward."
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05-07-2014, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Paraphrasing here but a reporter asked him why in his opinion the Flyers haven't won the cup in how ever many years and he said it's hard. They were close a few times but couldn't win the big one. What he is most proud of is the winning culture. Then the good part. He said there's a team out there, not mentioning any names, who's strategy is to be bad and collect first overall picks. Ask their fans how much fun that is
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Is there video/audio of him saying this anywhere? Would like to hear exactly what he said/how he said it.
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05-07-2014, 11:48 AM
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05-07-2014, 11:55 AM
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Does Bob Clarke still hold an executive position with the Flyers?
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05-07-2014, 12:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Paraphrasing here but a reporter asked him why in his opinion the Flyers haven't won the cup in how ever many years and he said it's hard. They were close a few times but couldn't win the big one. What he is most proud of is the winning culture. Then the good part. He said there's a team out there, not mentioning any names, who's strategy is to be bad and collect first overall picks. Ask their fans how much fun that is
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Man I love this guy. Already one of my favorite GM's. 
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