Plenty of familiar faces didn't hurt either.
"Things didn't work out the way I wanted in Minnesota," said Stewart, who had just 45 points in 146 games with the club."It was a business move and Chuck was 100 per cent honest with me from Day 1. I've got a lot of respect for him as a GM and as a man.Flyers assistant coach Ian Laperriere, meanwhile, is a member of the newly-hired Alain Vigneault's staff and played for the Colorado Avalanche when Stewart was a rookie on the team in 2008-09.
Stewart said even though hockey is trending towards smaller, quicker players, there's still a need for size and strength — as long as they can skate. "I can skate with these young guys. I'm a big guy, I can move. I'm going into Philly to make some noise."
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