PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dave Hakstol left the college game behind at North Dakota when he was hired by the Flyers. He never stopped recruiting.
Hakstol had just been tabbed as Philadelphia's new coach in May - eliciting a collective "Who?" from the orange-and-black-clad faithful - when he went to work on his new players. He was selling himself and his vision for the Flyers, and no stop was too distant.
Not even the Czech Republic to dine with All-Star Jake Voracek.
"He called me that he wanted to do dinner. I was like, 'Sure. I'll be in the States in July,' and he said, 'No, no, I'm coming over to the Czech Republic,'" Voracek said.