from Sam Donnellon of Philly..com,

"Who is this Dave Scott guy?'' the midday radio host asked repeatedly Tuesday, attaching an air of mystery to the Comcast Spectacor chairman who worked alongside Ed Snider during the last few years of Snider's life and has succeeded him in death.

"I don't know, maybe I have to dye my hair white," said Scott a few hours later, sitting in what was once Snider's office, "So I can look more like Ed."...

If you are a Flyers fan and you didn't know who Scott was before Tuesday, you should now. Because, as much as Paul Holmgren couched Monday's dismissal of Flyers general manager Ron Hextall as a consensus, Scott made it clear in a private meeting afterward that that he had grown weary of hearing, in his words, " 'Two years from now.' And 'Three years from now.' "

"It's too long,'' said Scott. " I think it's just too long of a timeline. The business moves too fast for that. The business side.''...

Trades for veterans to help his struggling penalty kill last summer were also not made. Scott acknowledged Tuesday that he attended last summer's NHL draft in Dallas anticipating pulling off a big trade.

"Didn't happen,'' said Scott. "And again, Ron was the guy and he was committed to this thing. … We came back from the draft. I was disappointed that we didn't get more done. I went out to see [Ron] on a Tuesday and I think he signed JVR on a Friday.''

James van Riemsdyk received a five-year, $35 million deal after John Tavares made it clear he was not interested in playing for the Flyers.

Said Scott, "It's nice when you can give somebody a blank check and you don't ask them to trade somebody away. It's all upside.''

If that sounds like a slight dig, well it probably is.

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