Translation: The roster will be under heavy construction, but don't expect a Chicago Blackhawks-style strip down. He also said he didn't want to conduct a fire sale. He remarked during his press conference that a rebuild was on its way and warned it won't be a quick fix.

The matter is also in the hands of Erie police.Īfter dealing with that sideshow, Daniel Briere still has to figure out how to turn the Flyers around. Mercyhurst suspended Carson Briere and two other athletes while continuing to investigate the incident. The proud Flyers fan base surely isn't pleased. But the entire situation reflects poorly on the Briere family and taints what ought to have been a heady first week at the helm. (Carson, a 23-year-old junior forward at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, apologized in his own statement.) Portland Press Herald / Getty ImagesĬarson's actions aren't directly related to the Flyers.

Briere had to issue a statement condemning his second-oldest son's 'inexcusable' actions at a bar after surveillance camera footage of Carson Briere shoving an unoccupied wheelchair down a flight of stairs went viral. By Wednesday, all of that normalcy and coolness vanished.

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