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Mike Santorelli scores 2 including the OT winner tonight to beat the Flames.
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NEWS ALERT: #Flyers will hold a press conference at 11 am at the Wells Fargo Center. It will be streamed LIVE on http://PhiladelphiaFlyers.com
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Flyers have fired Peter Laviolette, per a source. Replacing him with Craig Berube. Press conference at 11am.
Fired Noel and hire Laviolette
Kind of surprised by this... but I havent seen the Flyers play this year.
3 games is pretty early to remove the coach. Unless of course, they are that bad.
But Holmgren is a hack of a GM as far as I am concerned, so I guess in that respect, I shouldn't be shocked by this.
I think that is just a stupid bush league move by the org. If you have that little faith in your coach, fire him in the off season and let the new guy have TC and exhibition to get his systems and philosophy instilled. 3 games? Anything can happen in 3 games. Heck, we almost won 3 in a row without really deserving to win any of them.
Nt surprised. Hainsey lit them up last night.
I think that is just a stupid bush league move by the org. If you have that little faith in your coach, fire him in the off season and let the new guy have TC and exhibition to get his systems and philosophy instilled. 3 games? Anything can happen in 3 games. Heck, we almost won 3 in a row without really deserving to win any of them.
I think that is just a stupid bush league move by the org. If you have that little faith in your coach, fire him in the off season and let the new guy have TC and exhibition to get his systems and philosophy instilled. 3 games? Anything can happen in 3 games. Heck, we almost won 3 in a row without really deserving to win any of them.
It wasn't just the three games--and it definitely wasn't the three result. It wasn't the three games plus the preseason. It was the three games, the preseason, training camp, and last season, and anyone who suggests otherwise probably hasn't been paying attention to the Flyers for the last 10 months. I don't think it was "bush league," because Laviolette was well-aware of how tenuous his job was--but that's not to say that I expect a quick turnaround or that Lavy was solely responsible.
Laviolette lost the team during training camp (Snider called it the worst he had seen in 40 years), and the problems on-ice were the same as last season, with no sign of adjustment in the future. Laviolette is a great coach for a team on the brink of a cup--but he's not a guy who's well-fitted for a young, developing team. The Flyers are a weird mix of both, but his message had clearly become stale.
You can make a pretty good argument that the problem is more Holmgren than Laviolette, but firing the GM isn't going to do much in season, and Chairman Ed isn't about to write off 2013-2014.
Glad I'm not an Oilers fan, that team is a mess.
Well Bogosian doesn't have the worst play of the season for very long after what Quick just did...