The Flyers have decided on a solution to the troubles they have had with losses in 6 of their last 7, as they fired head coach John Stevens today and replaced him with Peter Lavoliette. Lavoliette is best known as the head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes when they won their first and to this point only Stanley Cup a few years ago. He was fired not long after when the team took a nose dive in the standings during the following seasons. Still he is known as a no nonsense type of coach, willing to get in his player's faces when they don't perform well. That could help the Flyer's immensely. The reality though, is that the Flyer's recent swoon wasn't Steven's fault. The Flyers are just a little too riddled with injuries right now, with top power play man Darroll Powe, top faceoff man Blair Betts, and top scorer Simon Gagne, all misssing due to injury. I am not sure even Lavoliette can win without them. I suppose gm Paul Holmgren had to do something to keep the fans rioting over the Flyers' struggles of late but I am not sure this is it.
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I guess Holmgrem had to do something because I think it looked like the top management didnt even care how the Flyers were doing, and knowing how Philly fans are that could have turned out bad.
-to ph1llysports
well I do know about that because you have to get clearance from management before you can fire a coach so someone up there cared, but you're right it could have become ugly
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