Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Philadelphia Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher said defensively they didn’t live up to expectations and played poorly.
Fletcher said that head coach Alain Vigneault‘s job is safe.
Fletcher takes responsibility for not being able to fill the void left by the sudden departure of Matt Niskanen last offseason.
“I did a poor job of filling that void,” said Fletcher, who scoured the trade and free-agent market trying to find a top-4 D last fall. “It wasn’t for a lack of trying, but we didn’t do what we needed to do.