After a period of adjustment created by the dismissal of several members of the coaching staff, the Philadelphia Flyers have returned to a path leading to some success.
Interim head coach Mike Yeo’s men suffered two setbacks in as many outings when he took over from Alain Vigneault, sacked on December 5, along with Michel Therrien. Since those failures, the Pennsylvania roster is 4-0-1 and several players have improved their level of performance.
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“A few players are used in different ways,” forward James van Riemsdyk said at a press conference on Monday. When there is a change like this, it’s an opportunity to do a reset and try to get back to basics. The system is similar, but I believe it [Mike Yeo] helps us do well on specific facets that lead us to play the way we want. ”
And in these uncertain times caused by COVID-19, players have to deal with an extra layer of adaptation. They need to focus only on what they can control.
“Like everyone else, I think it’s a good mental test to see things change so quickly,” JVR continued. We have to be prepared for anything. We love to play hockey and we want to continue doing our job, but it’s definitely a challenge having to deal with these additional situations in the middle of the season. ”
For the new head coach at the helm of the Flyers, the mentality to advocate is not very complicated.
“We treat all our games as if they were against great section rivals. In what we are trying to build, our opponent does not matter, ”Yeo analyzed.
Lack of information
As for the Beijing Olympics scheduled for February, the lack of information is still the central point of the discourse of the players. For Ivan Provorov, who could miss a chance to participate in his second Games, this is a decision that will have to be taken the time to analyze.
“There are a lot of things that are unclear at the moment,” said Provorov. Obviously, I would like to go. I had the opportunity to go to the last Games and I would surely have a good chance to go to these. To miss two opportunities to participate in the Games would be difficult, but I believe that we must do what is right and when we have more information, we can make a decision. “
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