{"id":137391,"date":"2023-05-11T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=137391"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:22:11","slug":"philadelphia-flyers-front-office-changes-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/11\/philadelphia-flyers-front-office-changes-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Flyers Front Office Changes Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new era in the City of Brotherly Love and the Philadelphia Flyers front office has confirmed some changes. Interim general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brierda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Briere<\/a> has been given the full-time title of GM. Former Flyers player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/joneske01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keith Jones<\/a> is now the President of Hockey Operations. News of the changes to the Philadelphia Flyers front office was confirmed on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL: The Flyers have named Keith Jones to the position of President of Hockey Operations and named Daniel Briere to the position of General Manager. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LqajwplUfC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LqajwplUfC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlyers\/status\/1656645451938951170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Philadelphia Flyers Front Office Makes Hires<\/h2>\n<p>Both Jones and Briere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/flyers\/news\/flyers-name-keith-jones-president-of-hockey-ops-daniel-briere-named-gm\/c-344315564\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have connections to the Flyers organization<\/a>. Jones played nine seasons with the club from 1992-2001, but has been part of the organization for much longer. The Brantford, Ontarion native has been spent the last 23 seasons as part of the NBC Sports Philadelphia crew that&#8217;s covered the team. He has also served as a national analysts for NBC Sports and for Turner Sports most recently.<\/p>\n<p>Briere was the team&#8217;s interim general manager after the club<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/03\/10\/philadelphia-flyers-make-front-office-changes\/\" target=\"_self\"> parted ways with Chuck Fletcher.<\/a> The former NHL forward spent six seasons with the club and helped lead the team to the Stanley Cup Final in 2009-10. Briere has been a part of the Flyers&#8217; front office since after he retired in 2015. The Gatineau, Quebec native helped run the Maine Mariners of the ECHL before working as special assistant to the GM.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact of Philadelphia Flyers Front Office Changes<\/h3>\n<p>Today is a start of a rebrand of the Flyers organization. Adding a new front office team and darkening their familiar orange is the start of that. However, the Flyers do need some work if they want to contender.<\/p>\n<p>There are some good players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carter Hart<\/a> in the organization. However, there&#8217;s going to have to be a long look at what needs to be done to fix the team&#8217;s woes. John Tortorella seems to be willing to be part of the rebuild. However, the ball is in Jones and Briere&#8217;s court on if they want to make a change down the way.<\/p>\n<p>One thought the Flyers would look outside the organization for a fresh outlook. However, Jones and Briere are familiar with the rich history and the winning traditions of the club.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new era in the City of Brotherly Love and the Philadelphia Flyers front office has confirmed some changes. Interim general manager Daniel Briere has been given the full-time title of GM. Former Flyers player Keith Jones is now the President of Hockey Operations. 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