Flyers connection unites NHL coaches Hakstol, Knoblauch

Flyers connection unites NHL coaches Hakstol, Knoblauch

It’s not the same juicy mentor-meets-student storyline like it was when Todd McLellan, a former Edmonton Oilers head coach, was matching wits and lines with his former assistant Jay Woodcroft in those two Los Angeles-Edmonton playoff series, but Seattle’s bench boss Dave Hakstol and Kris Knoblauch, the new man here, have a history working together in Philadelphia.