We continue our offseason look at the Metropolitan Division rivals and how they stack up against the Washington Capitals. Next up, the Philadelphia Flyers.
At a time when the Philadelphia Flyers were predominantly experienced veterans on more expensive contracts, the team decided to move Paul Holmgren into the role of team president and hired Ron Hextall as his replacement for general manager. His primary objective was to help the team build a better farm system to develop future players, as opposed to depending on veteran free agents.
While Hextall conducted his duty as expected by building up a more envious depth chart from bottom up, he failed to produce in the way the team expected on the NHL level.