Just more than 24 hours after making the shocking decision to remove Ron Hextall as general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers, team president Paul Holmgren and Comcast Spectacor CEO Dave Scott sat down for about 20 minutes and talked with the Philadelphia media about said decision. You can watch it here. Here were some of the overarching themes from the presser.
This move was made because the team needs to be better now
“Paul and I have been in constant communication over the last several weeks, really pondering the team performance, and the bottom line is that we just thought that we needed to make more progress.