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Flyers will likely replace Ron Hextall with a son of a league legend as GM. Sound familiar?

Tell me if you've heard this before: Team hires new general manager to rebuild from the very bottom up. New GM comes in, jettisons some high-salaried players for additional high draft picks, addresses the team's long-standing need for a certain position by drafting a slew of prospects who man said position, and waits patiently for one to emerge.

He hires a coach with no head coaching experience at that level. He is reticent to speak with the media about any of it, accused at times of a For-Me-To-Know-You-To-Find-Out approach. He gives no real time line for when his machinations will result in a championship-caliber team, and continues to stockpile picks, even when it means trading away young players he had acquired in earlier moves.