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Alain Vigneault provided more insight into the hiring of Michel Therrien and Mike Yeo as assistant coaches, including the roles each coach will have with the Flyers. Experience was obviously a key in Chuck Fletcher’s decision to hire Vigneault and the decision to hire Therrien and Yeo.

When the Flyers announced the rest of Alain Vigneault's coaching staff on Monday, it was clear experience was a key factor.

The Flyers announced the hiring of Michel Therrien and Mike Yeo as assistant coaches on Vigneault's staff.

According to a report from TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie, the Flyers will hire former Montreal Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien as an assistant on Alain Vigneault’s staff.

For teams like the Flyers, the first focus of the offseason is on yourself, the players and moves you can control. For the Flyers, those moves center around several pending free agents that will need new contracts.

As of Friday morning, the Flyers are no longer using “God Bless America” and the statue of Kate Smith outside Xfinity Live has been covered on the heels of reports that Smith has a history of offensive lyrics in other recorded songs.

Early in Vigneault’s introductory press conference on Thursday, it became apparent why Fletcher felt he had found the right person for the job. Vigneault talked at length about the approach he will bring to the Flyers, one that involves approaching the game with the right mindset.

There are many factors that go into determining why the Flyers chose to hire a veteran head coach like Alain Vigneault. Here are a few of them.

With Alain Vigneault now in as the Flyers head coach, what is next for Scott Gordon?

Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher announced Alain Vigneault as the next head coach of the Flyers on Monday, noting that the process was short because it simply became apparent during conversations with Vigneault that he was the right person for the job.