2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season

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2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers
Division3rd Metropolitan
Conference6th Eastern
2017–18 record42–26–14
Home record22–13–6
Road record20–13–8
Goals for251
Goals against243
Team information
PresidentPaul Holmgren
General managerRon Hextall
CoachDave Hakstol
CaptainClaude Giroux
Alternate captainsValtteri Filppula[a]
Andrew MacDonald[a]
Wayne Simmonds
ArenaWells Fargo Center
Average attendance19,517[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)
Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsClaude Giroux (34)
AssistsClaude Giroux (68)
PointsClaude Giroux (102)
Penalty minutesRadko Gudas (83)
Plus/minusSean Couturier (+34)
WinsBrian Elliott (23)
Goals against averageMichal Neuvirth (2.60)

The 2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[3] They would improve from their record from last year and make the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season.

Off-season[edit]

The first major event of the off-season was the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft with general manager Ron Hextall having to submit his list of protected players for the draft. The Vegas Golden Knights selected Pierre-Edouard Bellemare at number 12 from the Flyers.

Having been awarded the second overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in the draft lottery, Hextall made several trades in the lead-up to draft day. The most significant of them being to trade Brayden Schenn to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for the 27th overall pick in the draft, a conditional first round pick in 2018, and Jori Lehtera.[4] The Flyers selected forward Nolan Patrick with the second overall pick, and went on to add Morgan Frost with the pick acquired from St. Louis and Isaac Ratcliffe with their second round selection, to add to their forward prospects.

The Flyers remained fairly quiet players in free agency, as had been the case the previous year. The main issue for Hextall being to decide how to fill the vacancy left in net by Steve Mason. On July 1, 2017 the Flyers announced the signing of free agent Brian Elliott who would join the recently extended Michal Neuvirth to make up the goalie tandem.[5] The Flyers also re-signed several players including Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, Jordan Weal and Shayne Gostisbehere.

Standings[edit]

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Washington Capitals 82 49 26 7 46 259 239 +20 105
2 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 47 29 6 45 272 250 +22 100
3 x – Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 26 14 40 251 243 +8 98
4 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 45 30 7 39 242 230 +12 97
5 x – New Jersey Devils 82 44 29 9 39 248 244 +4 97
6 Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 35 11 33 228 256 −28 83
7 New York Islanders 82 35 37 10 32 264 296 −32 80
8 New York Rangers 82 34 39 9 31 231 268 −37 77
Source: National Hockey League[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results[edit]

Preseason[edit]

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2017.[7]

2017 preseason
Preseason: 3–2–3 (home: 3–1–0 ; road: 0–1–3
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 17 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders[b] OT Lyon – 0–0–1 Recap
2[a] September 20 NY Islanders 2–3 Philadelphia[c] OT Irving[8] – 1–0–1 Recap
3[a] September 20 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Islanders Lyon 5,042 1–1–1 Recap
4 September 21 Philadelphia 1–2 Boston OT Lyon 16,781 1–1–2 Recap
5 September 25 Philadelphia 2–3 NY Rangers OT Neuvirth 14,037 1–1–3 Recap
6 September 26 NY Rangers 3–4 Philadelphia OT Elliott 18,266 2–1–3 Recap
7 September 28 Boston 1–5 Philadelphia Lyon 18,572 3–1–3 Recap
8 October 1 NY Islanders 5–2 Philadelphia Elliott 18,575 3–2–3 Recap

Notes:
a – Indicates split-squad game.
b – Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
c – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Legend:

  Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season[edit]

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.[9]

2017–18 regular season[10]
October: 6–5–1 (home: 3–2–1 ; road: 3–3–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 4 Philadelphia 5–3 San Jose Elliott 17,562 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 5 Philadelphia 0–2 Los Angeles Neuvirth 18,230 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 7 Philadelphia 3–2 Anaheim OT Elliott 16,032 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 October 10 Philadelphia 5–6 Nashville Elliott 17,194 2–2–0 4 Recap
5 October 14 Washington 2–8 Philadelphia Elliott 19,817 3–2–0 6 Recap
6 October 17 Florida 1–5 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,145 4–2–0 8 Recap
7 October 19 Nashville 1–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,396 4–3–0 8 Recap
8 October 21 Edmonton 1–2 Philadelphia Elliott 19,510 5–3–0 10 Recap
9 October 24 Anaheim 6–2 Philadelphia Elliott 18,895 5–4–0 10 Recap
10 October 26 Philadelphia 4–5 Ottawa Neuvirth 14,926 5–5–0 10 Recap
11 October 28 Philadelphia 4–2 Toronto Elliott 19,317 6–5–0 12 Recap
12 October 30 Arizona 4–3 Philadelphia OT Elliott 18,731 6–5–1 13 Recap
November: 2–5–6 (home: 1–3–3 ; road: 1–2–3)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
13 November 1 Philadelphia 0–3 Chicago Elliott 21,524 6–6–1 13 Recap
14 November 2 Philadelphia 2–0 St. Louis Neuvirth 17,162 7–6–1 15 Recap
15 November 4 Colorado 5–4 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 19,616 7–6–2 16 Recap
16 November 9 Chicago 1–3 Philadelphia Elliott 19,738 8–6–2 18 Recap
17 November 11 Minnesota 1–0 Philadelphia Elliott 19,309 8–7–2 18 Recap
18 November 14 Philadelphia 0–3 Minnesota Elliott 18,768 8–8–2 18 Recap
19 November 16 Philadelphia 2–3 Winnipeg SO Elliott 15,321 8–8–3 19 Recap
20 November 18 Calgary 5–4 Philadelphia OT Elliott 19,210 8–8–4 20 Recap
21 November 21 Vancouver 5–2 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,278 8–9–4 20 Recap
22 November 22 Philadelphia 3–4 NY Islanders OT Elliott 12,462 8–9–5 21 Recap
23 November 24 NY Islanders 5–4 Philadelphia OT Elliott 19,643 8–9–6 22 Recap
24 November 27 Philadelphia 4–5 Pittsburgh OT Elliott 18,505 8–9–7 23 Recap
25 November 28 San Jose 3–1 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,935 8–10–7 23 Recap
December: 8–4–1 (home: 4–2–0 ; road: 4–2–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
26 December 2 Boston 3–0 Philadelphia Elliott 19,274 8–11–7 23 Recap
27 December 4 Philadelphia 5–2 Calgary Elliott 18,590 9–11–7 25 Recap
28 December 6 Philadelphia 4–2 Edmonton Elliott 18,347 10–11–7 27 Recap
29 December 7 Philadelphia 4–1 Vancouver Elliott 16,515 11–11–7 29 Recap
30 December 12 Toronto 2–4 Philadelphia Elliott 19,077 12–11–7 31 Recap
31 December 14 Buffalo 1–2 Philadelphia Elliott 19,508 13–11–7 33 Recap
32 December 16 Dallas 1–2 Philadelphia OT Elliott 19,477 14–11–7 35 Recap
33 December 18 Los Angeles 4–1 Philadelphia Elliott 19,617 14–12–7 35 Recap
34 December 20 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia Elliott 19,674 15–12–7 37 Recap
35 December 22 Philadelphia 2–4 Buffalo Elliott 18,222 15–13–7 37 Recap
36 December 23 Philadelphia 1–2 Columbus SO Elliott 17,812 15–13–8 38 Recap
37 December 28 Philadelphia 2–3 Florida Elliott 17,083 15–14–8 38 Recap
38 December 29 Philadelphia 5–3 Tampa Bay Elliott 19,092 16–14–8 40 Recap
January: 8–4–0 (home: 5–2–0 ; road: 3–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
39 January 2 Pittsburgh 5–1 Philadelphia Elliott 19,558 16–15–8 40 Recap
40 January 4 NY Islanders 4–6 Philadelphia Elliott 19,358 17–15–8 42 Recap
41 January 6 St. Louis 3–6 Philadelphia Elliott 19,665 18–15–8 44 Recap
42 January 7 Buffalo 1–4 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,662 19–15–8 46 Recap
43 January 13 Philadelphia 5–3 New Jersey Elliott 16,514 20–15–8 48 Recap
44 January 16 Philadelphia 1–5 NY Rangers Elliott 18,006 20–16–8 48 Recap
45 January 18 Toronto 2–3 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 19,860 21–16–8 50 Recap
46 January 20 New Jersey 1–3 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,934 22–16–8 52 Recap
47 January 21 Philadelphia 2–1 Washington OT Elliott 18,506 23–16–8 54 Recap
48 January 23 Philadelphia 3–2 Detroit OT Elliott 19,515 24–16–8 56 Recap
49 January 25 Tampa Bay 5–1 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,489 24–17–8 56 Recap
50 January 31 Philadelphia 3–5 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 24–18–8 56 Recap
February: 10–1–2 (home: 3–0–2 ; road: 7–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
51 February 1 Philadelphia 3–4 New Jersey Lyon 13,906 24–19–8 56 Recap
52 February 3 Ottawa 4–3 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 19,729 24–19–9 57 Recap
53 February 6 Philadelphia 2–1 Carolina OT Elliott 11,585 25–19–9 59 Recap
54 February 8 Montreal 3–5 Philadelphia Elliott 19,655 26–19–9 61 Recap
55 February 10 Philadelphia 4–3 Arizona SO Neuvirth 13,004 27–19–9 63 Recap
56 February 11 Philadelphia 4–1 Vegas Neuvirth 18,220 28–19–9 65 Recap
57 February 13 New Jersey 5–4 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 19,312 28–19–10 66 Recap
58 February 16 Philadelphia 2–1 Columbus OT Neuvirth 17,364 29–19–10 68 Recap
59 February 18 Philadelphia 7–4 NY Rangers Lyon 18,006 30–19–10 70 Recap
60 February 20 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia OT Lyon 19,336 31–19–10 72 Recap
61 February 22 Columbus 1–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,727 32–19–10 74 Recap
62 February 24 Philadelphia 5–3 Ottawa Mrazek 16,128 33–19–10 76 Recap
63 February 26 Philadelphia 1–0 Montreal SO Mrazek 21,302 34–19–10 78 Recap
March: 5–6–4 (home: 3–4–0 ; road: 2–2–4)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
64 March 1 Carolina 4–1 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,245 34–20–10 78 Recap
65 March 3 Philadelphia 6–7 Tampa Bay SO Mrazek 19,092 34–20–11 79 Recap
66 March 4 Philadelphia 1–4 Florida Mrazek 14,428 34–21–11 79 Recap
67 March 7 Pittsburgh 5–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,624 34–22–11 79 Recap
68 March 8 Philadelphia 2–3 Boston Lyon 17,565 34–23–11 79 Recap
69 March 10 Winnipeg 1–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,929 35–23–11 81 Recap
70 March 12 Vegas 3–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,723 35–24–11 81 Recap
71 March 15 Columbus 5–3 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,354 35–25–11 81 Recap
72 March 17 Philadelphia 4–2 Carolina Lyon 14,805 36–25–11 83 Recap
73 March 18 Washington 3–6 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,687 37–25–11 85 Recap
74 March 20 Philadelphia 4–5 Detroit SO Lyon 19,515 37–25–12 86 Recap
75 March 22 NY Rangers 3–4 Philadelphia Lyon 19,584 38–25–12 88 Recap
76 March 25 Philadelphia 4–5 Pittsburgh OT Mrazek 18,655 38–25–13 89 Recap
77 March 27 Philadelphia 2–3 Dallas OT Mrazek 17,247 38–25–14 90 Recap
78 March 28 Philadelphia 2–1 Colorado Neuvirth 16,320 39–25–14 92 Recap
April: 3–1–0 (home: 3–0–0 ; road: 0–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
79 April 1 Boston 3–4 Philadelphia OT Mrazek 19,904 40–25–14 94 Recap
80 April 3 Philadelphia 4–5 NY Islanders Mrazek 11,951 40–26–14 94 Recap
81 April 5 Carolina 3–4 Philadelphia Elliott 20,001 41–26–14 96 Recap
82 April 7 NY Rangers 0–5 Philadelphia Elliott 20,028 42–26–14 98 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs[edit]

Main article: 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs[10]
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–2
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 11 Philadelphia 0–7 Pittsburgh Elliott 18,556 0–1 Recap
2 April 13 Philadelphia 5–1 Pittsburgh Elliott 18,648 1–1 Recap
3 April 15 Pittsburgh 5–1 Philadelphia Elliott 19,955 1–2 Recap
4 April 18 Pittsburgh 5–0 Philadelphia Elliott 19,644 1–3 Recap
5 April 20 Philadelphia 4–2 Pittsburgh Neuvirth 18,632 2–3 Recap
6 April 22 Pittsburgh 8–5 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,861 2–4 Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics[edit]

Scoring[edit]

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
28 Claude Giroux LW 82 34 68 102 28 20 6 1 2 3 −10 2
93 Jakub Voracek RW 82 20 65 85 10 50 6 0 3 3 −3 6
14 Sean Couturier C 82 31 45 76 34 31 5 5 4 9 1 2
53 Shayne Gostisbehere D 78 13 52 65 10 25 6 1 0 1 −8 4
11 Travis Konecny C 81 24 23 47 17 46 6 1 0 1 −3 10
17 Wayne Simmonds RW 75 24 22 46 −16 57 6 0 2 2 0 6
9 Ivan Provorov D 82 17 24 41 17 20 6 0 3 3 −6 0
51 Valtteri Filppula C 81 11 22 33 −7 20 6 1 2 3 −3 2
19 Nolan Patrick C 73 13 17 30 1 30 6 1 1 2 −5 0
12 Michael Raffl LW 76 13 9 22 9 28 6 0 1 1 −5 2
40 Jordan Weal C 69 8 13 21 −10 12 1 0 0 0 −1 0
47 Andrew MacDonald D 66 6 15 21 8 30 6 2 0 2 0 6
21 Scott Laughton C 81 10 10 20 −10 42 6 1 0 1 1 6
23 Brandon Manning D 65 7 12 19 0 56 6 0 0 0 −5 14
3 Radko Gudas D 70 2 14 16 0 83 6 0 0 0 −1 9
6 Travis Sanheim D 49 2 8 10 −6 20 4 1 0 1 −1 2
8 Robert Hagg D 70 3 6 9 5 32 2 0 0 0 1 0
22 Dale Weise RW 46 4 4 8 −7 21 2 0 0 0 −3 0
15 Jori Lehtera C 62 3 5 8 −8 14 6 0 2 2 0 0
54 Oskar Lindblom LW 23 2 4 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 Taylor Leier LW 39 1 4 5 −7 6 — — — — — —
24 Matt Read RW 19 1 0 1 −2 2 6 1 1 2 1 4
37 Brian Elliott G 43 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0
30 Michal Neuvirth G 22 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
34 Petr Mrazek† G 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
49 Alex Lyon G 11 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
56 Tyrell Goulbourne LW 9 0 0 0 −2 2 — — — — — —
39 Mark Alt‡ D 8 0 0 0 0 2 — — — — — —
70 Danick Martel LW 4 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —
5 Samuel Morin D 2 0 0 0 1 4 — — — — — —
29 Johnny Oduya† D 1 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —
45 Will O'Neill D 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —

Goaltending[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
No. Player GP GS W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
37 Brian Elliott 43 42 23 11 7 1,116 112 2.66 .909 1 2,522 4 4 1 3 97 14 4.75 .856 0 178
30 Michal Neuvirth 22 18 9 7 3 530 45 2.60 .915 1 1,039 3 2 1 1 72 11 4.40 .847 0 150
34 Petr Mrazek† 17 15 6 6 3 401 49 3.22 .891 1 914 1 0 0 0 14 2 3.87 .857 0 31
47 Alex Lyon 11 7 4 2 1 232 22 2.75 .905 0 480 — — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records[edit]

Awards[edit]

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		NHL second All-Star team Claude Giroux (Left wing) [11]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Claude Giroux [12]
NHL First Star of the Week Claude Giroux (February 12) [13]
NHL Second Star of the Week Brian Elliott (December 18) [14]
NHL Third Star of the Week Wayne Simmonds (October 9) [15]
Brian Elliott (December 11) [16]
Claude Giroux (April 9) [17]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Shayne Gostisbehere [18]
Bobby Clarke Trophy Claude Giroux [18]
Gene Hart Memorial Award Sean Couturier [18]
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy Sean Couturier [18]
Toyota Cup Claude Giroux [18]
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award Sean Couturier [18]

Records[edit]

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 2017–18 season was Michael Raffl and Claude Giroux combining to score the fastest two goals in team history, scoring six seconds apart during the season finale on April 7.[19] Excluding the shortened 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, the Flyers 679 penalty minutes on the season is an all-time franchise low.[20] Giroux’s –10 plus/minus rating during the playoffs is a franchise worst.[21]

Milestones[edit]

Suspensions and fines[edit]

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Radko Gudas Slashing against Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault during NHL Game No. 284 in Winnipeg on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at 9:50 of the first period. 10 games $408,536.60 November 19, 2017[22]

Transactions[edit]

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 12, 2017, the day after the deciding game of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2018, the day of the deciding game of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.[23]

Trades[edit]

Date Details Ref
June 16, 2017 To Arizona Coyotes
Nick Cousins
Rights to Merrick Madsen 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Rights to Brendan Warren
5th-round pick in 2018 		[24]
June 23, 2017 To St. Louis Blues
Brayden Schenn 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Jori Lehtera
Capitals' 1st-round pick in 2017
Conditional 1st-round pick in 2018[b] 		[4]
June 24, 2017 To Arizona Coyotes
2nd-round pick in 2017
3rd-round pick in 2017
Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2017 		To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-round pick in 2017 		[26]
June 24, 2017 To Montreal Canadiens
7th-round pick in 2017 		To Philadelphia Flyers
7th-round pick in 2018 		[27]
October 9, 2017 To Anaheim Ducks
Future considerations 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Dustin Tokarski 		[28]
February 19, 2018 To Detroit Red Wings
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2018[c]
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019[d] 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Petr Mrazek[e] 		[30]
March 21, 2018 To Edmonton Oilers
Rights to Cooper Marody 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Devils' 3rd-round pick in 2019 		[31]

Players acquired[edit]

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brian Elliott Calgary Flames 2-year Free agency [5]
Corban Knight Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) 2-year Free agency [32]
Phil Varone Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency [32]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) John Muse Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) 1-year Free agency [33]
Johnny Oduya Ottawa Senators Waivers [34]

Players lost[edit]

Date Player New team Via[f] Ref
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Vegas Golden Knights Expansion draft [36]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Michael Del Zotto Vancouver Canucks Free agency (III) [37]
Boyd Gordon[g] Contract expiration (III) [35]
Steve Mason Winnipeg Jets Free agency (III) [39]
Nick Schultz[h] Contract expiration (III) [35]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) Roman Lyubimov CSKA Moscow (KHL) Free agency (II)[i] [41]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) Chris Conner Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Free agency (III) [42]
November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30) Chris VandeVelde Lukko (Liiga) Free agency (III) [43]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) Mark Alt Colorado Avalanche Waivers [44]
June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) Colin McDonald Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Free agency [45]

Signings[edit]

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) Mark Alt 1-year Re-signing [46]
June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29) Jordan Weal 2-year Re-signing [47]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Mike Vecchione 2-year Re-signing [5][32]
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11) Scott Laughton 2-year Re-signing [48]
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) Taylor Leier 1-year Re-signing [49]
July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) Cole Bardreau 2-year Re-signing [50]
Alex Lyon 1-year Re-signing [50]
Anthony Stolarz 1-year Re-signing [50]
July 17, 2017 (2017-07-17) Nolan Patrick 3-year Entry-level [51]
August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03) Morgan Frost 3-year Entry-level [52]
Isaac Ratcliffe 3-year Entry-level [52]
March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06) T. J. Brennan 2-year Extension [53][54]
March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) Carsen Twarynski 3-year Entry-level [55]
March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13) Maxim Sushko 3-year Entry-level [56]
March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) Matthew Strome 3-year Entry-level [57]
March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27) Felix Sandstrom 3-year Entry-level [58]
May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04) David Kase 3-year Entry-level [59]

Draft picks[edit]

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 23–24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 2 Nolan Patrick Center  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
1 27 Morgan Frost Center  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) [j]
2 35 Isaac Ratcliffe Left wing  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL) [k]
3 80 Kirill Ustimenko Goaltender  Russia MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg (MHL) [l]
4 106 Matthew Strome Left wing  Canada Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
4 107 Maxim Sushko Right wing  Belarus Owen Sound Attack (OHL) [m]
5 137 Noah Cates Left wing  United States Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6 168 Olle Lycksell Center  Sweden Linkopings HC (J20 SuperElit)
7 196 Wyatt Kalynuk Defense  Canada Bloomington Thunder (USHL) [m]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b The second alternate captain was Filppula for home games and MacDonald for road games.[1]
  2. ^ St. Louis had the option of keeping the 2018 first-rounder if it was a top 10 pick. The Blues missed the playoffs and lost the draft lottery, giving the Flyers their 2018 first-round pick (14th overall).[25] If the Blues had won the draft lottery, the Flyers would have instead received the Blues' 1st-round pick in 2019 and 3rd-round pick in 2020.
  3. ^ If the Flyers made the playoffs and Mrazek won 5 regular season games for Philadelphia, the pick would be upgraded to a 3rd-rounder. This condition was met on April 7 when the Flyers clinched a playoff spot. Additionally, if the Flyers reached the Eastern Conference Finals and Mrazek won 6 playoff games for Philadelphia, the pick would have been upgraded to a 2nd-rounder,[29] but this condition was not met.
  4. ^ Condition not met. The Red Wings would have received the pick if the Flyers re-signed Mrazek for the 2018–19 season, which they did not.[29]
  5. ^ The Red Wings retained half of Mrazek's remaining salary.[29]
  6. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[35]
  7. ^ Gordon retired.[38]
  8. ^ Schultz retired.[40]
  9. ^ Philadelphia retained Lyubimov’s NHL rights.
  10. ^ The Flyers acquired this pick in a trade with the St. Louis Blues along with Jori Lehtera and a 2018 conditional first-round draft pick for Brayden Schenn on June 23, 2017[60]
  11. ^ The Flyers acquired this draft pick from the Arizona Coyotes for their 2nd-round pick, their 3rd-round pick, and the New York Islanders' 4th-round pick on June 24, 2017.[60]
  12. ^ The Flyers acquired this pick in a trade with the Boston Bruins for Zac Rinaldo on June 29, 2015[60]
  13. ^ a b The Flyers acquired Valtteri Filppula, Tampa Bay's fourth-round pick, and Los Angeles' seventh-round pick in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mark Streit on March 1, 2017.[60]

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