They’re really looking forward to this challenge and this opportunity. Here's how Alain Vigneault has adapted to the Flyers, but most importantly, gotten a team with a veteran core to look in the mirror, buy in and change. They want to do well, so we’re going to put in the time and put in the effort.”The Flyers put in a lot of work during the season to get to where they are now. Before that, he spent seven seasons with Vancouver and three-plus seasons with Montreal. Many people, myself included, usually point to the Flyers’ record from January 8th on – just after their Disney on Ice road trip – to show how good they were. “The history they have established and the passionate fan base has made this a first-class franchise," Vigneault said.“He has a tremendous track record of developing players, holding his players accountable, and instilling proper habits in his players," Fletcher said. The coach’s patience had run out.The Flyers traded a fifth-round pick to Winnipeg just for the right to try to convince Hayes to eschew free agency and come sign here. Hayes has turned into one of the best offseason signings, and he had a hand in helping his new teammates adapt to a new coach.Like us on Facebook to see similar stories“My first time that I was nominated and I won that one in Vancouver, it was a little bit like Philly, I took a team that hadn’t been in the playoffs the year before and we had a pretty good run,” Vigneault said.Vigneault isn’t a stranger to success as a head coach. After a thrilling win in Prague to open the season and a shutout win in the home opener, the Flyers went out to Western Canada and laid a goose egg. This group has progressed.The Penguins were ravaged by injuries in the 2019-20 regular season but still found a way to finish seventh among the league (three points behind the No. Our business is far from over, which means my job is far from over. I would say the biggest thing is how he kind of does that,” said van Riemsdyk, who has played for eight head coaches in his 11 NHL seasons. He will yell for more, more, more. “We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us. “I owe a lot to that [benching] and to him.”Of course if Vigneault’s had three prior stops that means he’s been fired three times. “I think he’s one of the better bench coaches in the National Hockey League; his ability to adapt and read the game and make changes as he sees fit is top-notch. We had a very challenging month of October where we went to Europe and then went out West.
New York went 34-39-9 -- last in the Metropolitan Division -- and missed the playoffs for the first time in Vigneault’s five years with the Rangers.The Flyers’ GM said he has “always admired” Vigneault and that is why the coaching search was so quick and why he only interviewed a handful of candidates.The new coach will try to end a culture of falling behind early in games and starting seasons poorly, traits that have plagued the Flyers in recent years.Vigneault’s deal is reportedly a five-year contract for $25 million, though Fletcher wouldn’t confirm it.Vigneault most recently coached the Rangers from 2013 to 2018. Though he’s yet to win a Stanley Cup, he has been immediately successful in his first season at each.“He’s one of the most successful coaches in league history. The next, he barks encouragement for an intelligent play.Vigneault appeared in 42 NHL games in the early 1980s and was finished as a player by the age of 23. “I tried to take what I thought they did well: whether it be the teaching aspect, the communication aspect, the relationship aspect. But it started more than two months earlier.Please give an overall site rating:It’s been over nine months since the season started, so it’s easy to forget how the Flyers battled early on.