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WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the Philadelphia Flyers visited their beloved owner for the last time before he died, they tried—and failed—to spot Oprah’s mansion next door. “There’s no looking through the hedges there,” forward Wayne Simmonds said. “There’s probably, like, five square miles of bush.” Not that visiting Ed Snider’s pristine property offered some lesser prize. The pool, wine cellar, tennis courts, and yawning views of mountains and the Pacific Ocean all spoke for themselves. “Everyone…
