Alain Vigneault will be returning to the NHL for the 2019-20 season. The Flyers announced Monday that they had hired him as their 21st coach. Vigneault coached the Rangers for five seasons and led them to the Stanley Cup Final in 2014. He was fired at the end of the 2017-18 season, with the team entering a rebuilding phase.
He takes over a Flyers team that went 37-37-8 and fired coach Dave Hakstol and general manager Ron Hextall during the season. According to Pierre LeBrun, of TSN and The Athletic, Vigneault agreed to a five-year deal worth $25 million.