"I don't believe our effort has been an area where you could say we have a problem here in terms of flat-out effort. I think consistency has been our biggest issue. I think you see certain games and we play real well, we execute, we have good puck support, our lines work well together, our D-pairs work, we move the puck quick. Then there's other games where we're just off our game. But again, I wouldn't say effort is a problem here. We've got a pretty good group of people."

-Ron Hextall, GM of the Philadelphia Flyers. More from Hextall from Randy Miller of NJ.com.