GORD MURPHY FREE
REACHING OUT Photo: ERIC SEALS, DETROIT FREE PRESS
It’s a long read, but well worth the time.
GORD MURPHY UPDATE
His story is documented in this gritty, chilling update written by Jeff Seidel of the Detroit Free Press. Here we are a year later and Murphy is still living on the streets of Kenora and in no apparent hurry to get off them.
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We do not anticipate any further personnel moves in the near term."Ĭlick here to download the new MyTeams App by NBC Sports! Receive comprehensive coverage of your teams and stream the Flyers, Sixers and Phillies games easily on your device.Having spoken to Michael Strecker, who owned the land Murphy often camped out on in Kenora, and having left Strecker my contact information to pass along to Joe, which he did, I was surprised when weeks passed and I didn’t hear from him.
Likewise, we thank Gord Murphy for serving behind the bench for the last five seasons and helping grow and develop our young core of defensemen. I would like to thank Chris for his dedication to the franchise and contributions over the last 20 years. In addition, in close consultation with Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol, Gord Murphy has been relieved of his duties as assistant coach. "The Flyers organization has relieved Chris Pryor of his duties as director of player personnel and assistant general manager. Here's Holmgren's statement regarding Wednesday's transactions: However, Neuvirth hasn't been cleared for game action. Hakstol felt the goaltenders already within the organization gave the Flyers a better chance to win.Īnthony Stolarz and Michal Neuvirth were the only goaltenders practicing Wednesday. He allowed four or more goals in six of his eight starts with the Flyers. However, it's debatable whether Pickard is even an NHL-caliber goaltender. He's been a guy who's been a great teammate for everybody in here and has gone in and battled very hard." "That's a move that we felt we needed to make within our group," Hakstol said. Placing Calvin Pickard on waivers was a sign that the head coach wasn't too fond of his goaltender, who Hextall claimed off waivers just prior to the season opener in Vegas. Interestingly, in the short term, Hakstol now has personnel decisions within his staff and his roster that he wasn't allowed to make under Hextall. "He helped me a lot, complete my game sort of in some ways." "He was my first D-coach in the NHL," Gostisbehere said of Murphy. It's about the entire group."įair to say, the Flyers' young defensive core of Ivan Provorov, Shayne Gostisbehere and Robert Hagg has regressed in its overall play after showing significant improvements and steadiness in 2017-18. "In discussion between Paul and I, the decision was made based on what we felt was best for our group on the back end moving forward," Hakstol said. "I don't want to get into specific issues. He was hired by Hextall a year before Hakstol was brought aboard as head coach. Murphy was in his fifth season as an assistant coach working primarily with the Flyers' defense.
The decision to fire Murphy was made "in close consultation" with Hakstol Wednesday morning. It was Holmgren who told Hakstol, "If there's anything I can do to help you do your job better, please feel free to come and talk to me about it," following the firing of Hextall and the two sides wasted no time. Pryor joined the Flyers in 1999 as a scout and served in that position for seven years. In all likelihood, the new GM would have elected to bring in his own assistant anyway. Sources say Pryor's stance was considered too closely aligned with that of Hextall's. Pryor was considered to be Hextall's right-hand man and one of the few voices the former general manager would listen to inside the organization.
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