The Flyers did something yesterday. They fired GM Ron HEXTALL. Dave HAKSTOL lives on, for now.

At first, I thought it would be because Paul Holmgren wanted Hexy to fire Hak and start with a new head coach. But as the day went on, that might not have been the case:

(Audio of McGuire’s explanation here)

It’s a little similar to the Sam Hinkie era with the Sixers. Hexy isn’t completely tanking and trading players for draft picks as the former Sixers GM did, but he was also preaching patience with the rebuild. But the fan base lost patience, and so did front-office personnel. It wasn’t as well-received as The Process.

So who’s next? According to Frank Seravalli, it’s former Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher. Other candidates include Ron Francis, Steve Greeley, Chris Pronger, Scott Mellanby and Garth Snow. Hell no to Garth Snow.

Holmgren and Comcast Spectacor CEO Dave Scott will hold a press conference this morning at 11 AM. Oh, and they play tonight at home against the Senators.

And with that, take a listen to an emergency podcast of Snow The Goalie.

The Roundup:


With the Flyers dominating everything, it’s like we forgot the Eagles beat the Giants on Sunday. They did. Doug Pederson held his day-after presser.

Speaking of the Giants, Odell Beckham Jr. has a customized Joker card depicting himself.


Markelle Fultz is in New York and getting his shoulder examined, per Adrian Wojnarowski. We’ll know more later in the week, but Woj also mentions the team has stopped listening to offers for TJ McConnell and expect Fultz to return to the team and get a role off the bench.

But the team has started to gauge interest in Fultz.

Meanwhile, Kevin has thoughts on Sunday’s win over the Nets.

There’s now dueling petitions on Kendall Jenner attending Sixer games and sometimes people are stupid.


The Phillies have been connected to some other free agents that aren’t Manny Machado and Bryce Harper.

The Dodgers showed a behind the scenes look at Chase Utley’s final games in Philly.


In other sports news, the Texans defeated the Titans on Monday Night Football.

Mack Brown is back as North Carolina’s head football coach.

An elder Vikings fan gave a younger Packers fan the business.


In the news, Kathleen Kane lost her appeal and is going to jail.

We’re screwed as humans: