Brent Flahr, who joined the Minnesota Wild front office to be Chuck Fletcher’s right-hand man way back in 2009, is leaving the organization to reunite with Fletcher, his longtime friend and colleague, in Philadelphia, The Athletic has learned.



Flahr, 44, who has run the Wild’s draft table since 2010, is expected to join the Flyers this week in western Canada, sources said. He will assume the role vacated by Chris Pryor, who was fired two days after GM Ron Hextall was let go. Pryor’s title was director of player personnel and assistant GM, and he headed the amateur scouting department.



An announcement is expected as early as Wednesday.



Fletcher was hired as the Flyers’ GM last Monday. The next day, The Athletic reported that all indications from Wild sources were that the club would let Flahr out of the final year of his contract immediately if Fletcher came calling and Flahr wanted to leave.



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