Philadelphia Flyers, according to multiple media organizations on Wednesday, approaches Rick Tocchet as the next head coach.
61 -year -old Tocchet spent the 11 seasons with Flyers during the game career.
Now, John Tortorella, who was fired in March, is expected to be replaced by the playoff to the fifth straight season without playoff.
Brad Shaw took over as the temporary coach of Flyers, who was connected to the last place with 33-39-10 records (76 points) at the Eastern Conference.
After the end of his three-year contract at the end of the 2024-25 season, Tocchet separated ways with Vancouver Canucks.
Only one season was removed from winning the Jack Adams Award as the Coach of the Year, which Vancouver lost to Edmonton Oilers in the 7th game of the Western Conference semi -finals.
Canucks could not playoff this season, 38-30-14 (90 points) and the second joker poured St. St. Louis finished six points behind Blues.
With Tocchet, Tampa Bay Lightning (2008-10) and Arizona Coyotes (2017-21), they had head coaching. In January 2023, he replaced Bruce Boudreau behind Canucks’s counter.
286-265-87 Career NHL Coaching Record and 11-11 after the season. 108-65-27 in Vancouver was also 7-6 years old in playoffs.
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