Flyers GM: Berube is safe

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Flyers head coach Craig Berube will not be released from duty, according to general manager Ron Hextall.

There had been speculations into the contrary as the team is suffering a 1-7-2 mark in their last ten outings, including an 0-4-2 result in their last six.

"Everybody's in this and we all have to do a better job," Hextall said Friday. "I have no plans of replacing the coach."

Philadelphia (8-13-4) is coming off a 5-4 shootout loss at Anaheim Wednesday, a game in which they held a two-goal lead. 

And they are in the midst of a five-game road trip, visiting all three California hockey clubs, though the Flyers are 2-9-2 away from home this season.

"I can say this, there's culpability from all of us," Hextall added, "from myself, Chief [Berube], the assistant coaches, the players, everybody." 

They are 0-3 this season against their arch-rival New York Rangers, being outscored 10-2 in that time, dropping two games to them in as many days.

Sitting sixth in the Metropolitan Division (20 pts), the Flyers are still in postseason contention.

"We're not done by any stretch of the imagination," the defiant GM said. "We gotta put a streak together."

Their first chance will come Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles.