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Aggressive. It’s a word I’ve used a lot and a term many Flyers fans have been screaming from the proverbial rooftops for quite some time now. We want this organization to be aggressive, both on the ice and above it. Under Ron Hextall, this organization was not aggressive. Calculated? Yes. Steadfast? Indubitably. Meticulous? Absolutely. But aggressive? No, at least not openly.

With Holmgren’s decision to relieve Hextall of his duties to bring about a change in philosophy, the natural assumption was that whomever would replace Hextall as general manager would be the opposite of the former head of the front office.