Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1992 i waho o te waa, ko Hextall tetahi waahanga o te tauhokohoko i kawea mai ai a Eric Lindros ki nga Philadelphia Flyers. Ko Lindros, i kowhiria tuatahi e nga Quebec Nordiques i te tau 1991 whakauru, i whakakahore ki te takaro mo Quebec i te wa 1991-92, i akiaki i te rangatira o te karapu a Marcel Aubut ki te hokohoko ia ia. I a ia e whakawhitiwhiti ana kia whiwhi i te kirimana pai rawa atu, i whakawhiti a Aubut i a Lindros ki nga Flyers me nga Rangers, ko te tikanga me whakatau e tetahi kaiwhakawa ko tehea karapu hei tango i a ia. I roto i ngā rā tekau i waenganui i ngā whakawhitinga me te whakatau a te kaiwhakawā, he nui ngā whakapae e pā ana ki ngā kaitākaro Flyers me Rangers i uru ki ngā whakawhitinga pea. Ko Hextall tetahi o nga kaitakaro i whakahuatia, he mea kaore ia i koa. I a ia e korero ana ma tana kaihoko, i whakaae a Hextall kua " mataku ki te mate " mo te kaha ki te neke me tona whanau ki te rohe korero French. I te 30 o Hōngongoi, i whakatau te kaiwhakawa i te painga o te Philadelphia Flyers, a, i whakawhitihia a Hextall ki Quebec, me etahi atu kaitakaro e rima, e rua nga waahanga tuatahi (i te 1993 me te
1994), me te $ 15,000,000 moni mo Lindros.