The Philadelphia Flyers fired Peter Laviolette three games into the 2013-14 season and replaced him with Craig Berube, opting to make him the head coach right away instead of giving him the interim tag.
Berube played for the Flyers and was an assistant with the team, furthering the criticisms of some that Philadelphia runs a sheltered organization which only hires guys who have come up through its system.
The Flyers were 0-3 when they fired Laviolette. Since then, they have played 10 games with Berube as their bench boss.
So how has Berube done, and what are his future prospects?
The Flyers are 4-6 with him as the head coach. That record is decent for a new coach, although there are other problems when you look deeper.
In his first three games at the helm, the Flyers scored just one goal in each contest.
Their offense has not improved since. Philadelphia has scored more than two goals in a game just once this season and has mustered only one goal in five games while also getting shut out in another.
The power play has been an absolutely abysmal 3-for-39 since Berube took ...
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Analyzing Craig Berube’s Performance with Philadelphia Flyers in 2013-14
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