Alain Vigneault was deservedly nominated for the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday. Vigneault led the Flyers to a 31-21-7 record for 89 points in 69 games, good enough for a top four seed in the Eastern Conference.
Vigneault isn’t a stranger to success as a head coach. This is his fifth time being a finalist for the Jack Adams: once in Montreal, twice in Vancouver, once in New York, and now in his first year in Philadelphia. It might lose some of its luster after the second or third time, but every time has had a different set of circumstances.