The Philadelphia Flyers will hire Rick Tocchet as their next head coach and will make him one of the NHL\'s highest-paid coaches. Tocchet stepped down as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks at the conclusion of the season as his three-year contract expired.
Tocchet, 61, is already in the Flyers Hall of Fame after spending parts of 11 seasons with the team during his 18-year playing career.
Philadelphia fired John Tortorella in March after philosophical differences emerged between the coach and front office. Brad Shaw served as interim coach for the remainder of the season