There is only so much a team can take, and losing eight consecutive games capped off by a 7-1 defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning, is seemingly it.
On Monday morning, the Philadelphia Flyers have reportedly fired head coach Alain Vigneault.
Coaching change coming in PHI, too. Alain Vigneault out.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 6, 2021
Vigneault is in the middle of his third season at the helm of the Flyers, with his first year marking the overperformance of the 2019-20 team, and the dwindling failure of last year’s weird shortened season that was trying to fill holes as they burst through.