VORHEES, New Jersey -- If there is a feeling that Ron Hextall never left at all, that he just traded one set of Philadelphia Flyers gear for another en route to becoming the team's general manager, that's all it is: a feeling.
To understand how Hextall got here, and how the team ended up on its current path, you also have to understand not just how Hextall left, but how and why he returned.
The man who played 608 NHL games -- 499 of them in a Flyers uniform -- chuckles when he's asked if he recalls his last game with Philadelphia.