The Surprising Secret in Tocchet’s Track Record That Sealed the Flyers’ Decision
The Coyotes prevented goals and had a top-three penalty kill. Tocchet led them to 39 wins in 2018-19, a total that remains the franchise’s most since 2011-12. The next season, Arizona made the expanded playoff field and won a qualifying-round series over the Predators in the Western Conference bubble.
“I’m not trying to take it on the players, but he had a pretty depleted lineup at the time,” Briere said. “I remember the experts were saying that the Coyotes would be last in the NHL and get the first overall pick. And he made them competitive. They did make the playoffs the one year and they were in the running, playing good games. That body of work for me was probably the most impressive part of his coaching.”
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