Imagine the Sixers’ “Process’’ without The Process’ Joel Embiid.
Imagine the Phillies of the previous decade without Ryan Howard in the middle of the lineup.
As good as Nick Foles was in the playoffs and Super Bowl, imagine the Eagles getting there if Carson Wentz had turned out to be a bust.
Imagine the Flyers of the not-so-distant future without an all-star goaltender named Carter Hart. Or an all-star goaltender named Felix Sandstrom. Or one named Kirill Ustimenko, or, as unlikely as it seems, named Alex Lyon or Anthony Stolarz.
Ron Hextall has done an impressive job stocking what was a comically barren farm system when he became general manager of the Flyers four years ago, and with six picks in the first five rounds and nine overall in next weekend’s NHL draft in Dallas, that “process’’ will continue.