For all the knocks on Flyers’ new head coach Alain Vigneault, he has proven one thing: He has improved his new team every single time he took the helm. From Montreal in the late ’90s to the most recent New York Rangers, Vigneault has improved his team from the year prior.
Let’s take a look at the records. Vigneault took over the Habs in 1997. The year prior, under Mario Tremblay, Montreal only posted 77 points. Vigneault took over, and they put up 10 more, even making it into the second round of the playoffs before being bounced by the Buffalo Sabres.