2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season

Philadelphia Flyers
2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Metropolitan
Conference	6th Eastern
2017–18 record	42–26–14
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	20–13–8
Goals for	251
Goals against	243
	Team information
General Manager	Ron Hextall
Coach	Dave Hakstol
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Valtteri Filppula; Andrew MacDonald; Wayne Simmonds
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance	19,517 (99.9%)
Minor league affiliations	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL); Reading Royals (ECHL)
	Team leaders
Goals	Claude Giroux (34)
Assists	Claude Giroux (68)
Points	Claude Giroux (102)
Penalties in minutes	Radko Gudas (83)
Plus/minus	Sean Couturier (+34)
Wins	Brian Elliott (23)
Goals against average	Michal Neuvirth (2.60)
<2016–17	2018–19>

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

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

Divisional standings

Template:2017–18 NHL Metropolitan Division standings

Conference standings

Template:2017–18 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2017.^[6]

2017 preseason game log: 3–2–3 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 17	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Lyon	—	0–0–1	Recap
2^[A]^[b]	September 20	NY Islanders	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Irving^[7]	—	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. ^a Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. ^b Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.^[8]

2017–18 game log

October: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	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

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–2
#	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

Skaters

Regular season^[9]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Claude Giroux	82	34	68	102	28	20
Jakub Voracek	82	20	65	85	10	50
Sean Couturier	82	31	45	76	34	31
Shayne Gostisbehere	78	13	52	65	10	25
Travis Konecny	81	24	23	47	17	46
Wayne Simmonds	75	24	22	46	−16	57
Ivan Provorov	82	17	24	41	17	20
Valtteri Filppula	81	11	22	33	−7	20
Nolan Patrick	73	13	17	30	1	30
Michael Raffl	76	13	9	22	9	28
Jordan Weal	69	8	13	21	−10	12
Andrew MacDonald	66	6	15	21	8	30
Scott Laughton	81	10	10	20	−10	42
Brandon Manning	65	7	12	19	0	56
Radko Gudas	70	2	14	16	0	83
Travis Sanheim	49	2	8	10	−6	20
Robert Hagg	70	3	6	9	5	32
Dale Weise	46	4	4	8	−7	21
Jori Lehtera	62	3	5	8	−8	14
Oskar Lindblom	23	2	4	6	4	4
Taylor Leier	39	1	4	5	−7	6
Matt Read	19	1	0	1	−2	2
Tyrell Goulbourne	9	0	0	0	−2	2
Mark Alt^‡	8	0	0	0	0	2
Danick Martel	4	0	0	0	−1	0
Samuel Morin	2	0	0	0	1	4
Johnny Oduya^†	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Will O'Neill	1	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[10]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Sean Couturier	5	5	4	9	1	2
Valtteri Filppula	6	1	2	3	−3	2
Claude Giroux	6	1	2	3	−10	2
Jakub Voracek	6	0	3	3	−3	6
Ivan Provorov	6	0	3	3	−6	0
Andrew MacDonald	6	2	0	2	0	6
Matt Read	6	1	1	2	1	4
Nolan Patrick	6	1	1	2	−5	0
Wayne Simmonds	6	0	2	2	0	6
Jori Lehtera	6	0	2	2	0	0
Scott Laughton	6	1	0	1	1	6
Shayne Gostisbehere	6	1	0	1	−8	4
Travis Konecny	6	1	0	1	−3	10
Travis Sanheim	4	1	0	1	−1	2
Michael Raffl	6	0	1	1	−5	2
Brandon Manning	6	0	0	0	−5	14
Radko Gudas	6	0	0	0	−1	9
Oskar Lindblom	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Weise	2	0	0	0	−3	0
Robert Hagg	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan Weal	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[9]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Brian Elliott	43	42	2,522	23	11	7	112	2.66	1,116	.909	1	0	2
Michal Neuvirth	22	18	1,039	9	7	3	45	2.60	530	.915	1	1	0
Petr Mrazek^†	17	15	914	6	6	3	49	3.22	401	.891	1	0	0
Alex Lyon	11	7	480	4	2	1	22	2.75	232	.905	0	0	0

Playoffs^[10]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Brian Elliott	4	4	178	1	3	14	4.75	97	.856
Michal Neuvirth	3	2	150	1	1	11	4.40	72	.847
Petr Mrazek^†	1	0	31	0	0	2	3.87	14	.857

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Traded/Waived mid-season

Awards and honors

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
NHL Second All-Star Team	Claude Giroux (Left Wing)	^[11]
NHL First Star of the Week	Claude Giroux (February 12)	^[12]
NHL Second Star of the Week	Brian Elliott (December 18)	^[13]
NHL Third Star of the Week	Wayne Simmonds (October 9)	^[14]
	Brian Elliott (December 11)	^[15]
	Claude Giroux (April 9)	^[16]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Claude Giroux	^[17]

Team awards^[18]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Shayne Gostisbehere
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Claude Giroux
Gene Hart Memorial Award	Sean Couturier
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Sean Couturier
Toyota Cup	Claude Giroux
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Sean Couturier

Records

Team

Franchise team records set during the 2017–18 season
Record	Type	Total	Refs
Fewest penalties in minutes	Season	679	^[19]

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Wayne Simmonds	400th career NHL point	October 4, 2017
Nolan Patrick	1st career NHL game	October 4, 2017
Travis Sanheim	1st career NHL game	October 5, 2017
Nolan Patrick	1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist	October 7, 2017
Nolan Patrick	1st career NHL goal	October 10, 2017
Valtteri Filppula	800th career NHL game	October 14, 2017
Claude Giroux	400th career NHL assist	October 17, 2017
Robert Hagg	1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist	October 17, 2017
Dale Weise	400th career NHL game	October 19, 2017
Jakub Voracek	500th career NHL point	October 24, 2017
Sean Couturier	200th career NHL point	October 24, 2017
Travis Sanheim	1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist	October 24, 2017
Wayne Simmonds	700th career NHL game	November 1, 2017
Jakub Voracek	700th career NHL game	November 2, 2017
Will O'Neill	1st career NHL game	November 2, 2017
Wayne Simmonds	200th career NHL assist	November 2, 2017
Shayne Gostisbehere	100th career NHL point	November 9, 2017
Ivan Provorov	100th career NHL game	November 14, 2017
Danick Martel	1st career NHL game	November 22, 2017
Claude Giroux	600th career NHL point	November 24, 2017
Brian Elliott	200th career NHL win	December 8, 2017
Travis Konecny	100th career NHL game	December 12, 2017
Michael Raffl	100th career NHL point	December 12, 2017
Michael Raffl	300th career NHL game	December 14, 2017
Travis Sanheim	1st career NHL goal	December 14, 2017
Robert Hagg	1st career NHL goal	December 20, 2017
Brian Elliott	400th career NHL game	December 22, 2017
Andrew MacDonald	500th career NHL game	January 7, 2018
Radko Gudas	300th career NHL game	January 13, 2018
Claude Giroux	700th career NHL game	January 16, 2018
Michal Neuvirth	100th career NHL win	January 20, 2018
Claude Giroux	200th career NHL goal	February 18, 2018
Alex Lyon	1st career NHL win	February 18, 2018
Oskar Lindblom	1st career NHL game	February 20, 2018
Shayne Gostisbehere	100th career NHL assist	February 22, 2018
Shayne Gostisbehere	200th career NHL game	February 24, 2018
Oskar Lindblom	1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist	March 17, 2018
Oskar Lindblom	1st career NHL goal	March 18, 2018
Jordan Weal	100th career NHL game	March 20, 2018
Sean Couturier	100th career NHL goal	March 20, 2018
Brandon Manning	200th career NHL game	March 22, 2018
Nolan Patrick	1st career NHL playoff goal 1st career NHL playoff point	April 13, 2018
Travis Sanheim	1st career NHL playoff goal 1st career NHL playoff point	April 15, 2018

Suspensions and fines

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^[20]

Transactions

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.^[21]

Trades

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	^[22]
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[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	^[24]
June 24, 2017	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2017	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2018	^[25]
October 9, 2017	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	To Philadelphia Flyers Dustin Tokarski	^[26]
February 19, 2018	To Detroit Red Wings Conditional 4th-round pick in 2018^{[lower-alpha 3]} Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019^{[lower-alpha 4]}	To Philadelphia Flyers Petr Mrazek^{[lower-alpha 5]}	^[28]
March 21, 2018	To Edmonton Oilers Rights to Cooper Marody	To Philadelphia Flyers Devils' 3rd-round pick in 2019	^[29]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017	Brian Elliott	Calgary Flames	2-year, $5.5 million	^[5]
July 1, 2017	Corban Knight	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	2-year, $1.3 million*	^[30]
July 1, 2017	Philip Varone	Ottawa Senators	2-year, $1.3 million*	^[30]
February 26, 2018	John Muse	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1-year, $655,000*	^[31]

Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017	Michael Del Zotto	Vancouver Canucks	2-year, $6 million	^[32]
July 1, 2017	Steve Mason	Winnipeg Jets	2-year, $8.2 million	^[33]
July 3, 2017	Roman Lyubimov^{[lower-alpha 6]}	CSKA Moscow (KHL)	3-year	^[34]
July 6, 2017	Chris Conner	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	2-year	^[35]
September 11, 2017	Chris VandeVelde	Ottawa Senators	Tryout	^[36]

Lost via retirement

Player	Notes	Ref
Boyd Gordon	Contract expired following 2016–17 season
Nick Schultz	Contract expired following 2016–17 season

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
February 26, 2018	Mark Alt	Colorado Avalanche	Philadelphia Flyers	^[37]
February 26, 2018	Johnny Oduya	Philadelphia Flyers	Ottawa Senators	^[38]

Player signings

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2017	Mark Alt	1-year, $650,000*	^[39]
June 29, 2017	Jordan Weal	2-year, $3.5 million	^[40]
July 1, 2017	Mike Vecchione	2-year, $1.7 million	^[5]^[30]
July 11, 2017	Scott Laughton	2-year, $1.925 million	^[41]
July 14, 2017	Taylor Leier	1-year, $806,588*	^[42]
July 15, 2017	Cole Bardreau	2-year, $1.3 million*	^[43]
July 15, 2017	Alex Lyon	1-year, $874,125*	^[43]
July 15, 2017	Anthony Stolarz	1-year, $725,000*	^[43]
March 6, 2018	T. J. Brennan	2-year, $1.35 million extension*	^[44]^[45]

Entry level contracts

The following players — Flyers draft picks, undrafted free agents, and the unsigned draft picks of other teams — were signed by the Flyers to entry level contracts.

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 17, 2017	Nolan Patrick	3-year, $10.725 million	^[46]
August 3, 2017	Morgan Frost	3-year, $2.775 million	^[47]
August 3, 2017	Isaac Ratcliffe	3-year, $2.775 million	^[47]
March 11, 2018	Carsen Twarynski	3-year, $2.775 million	^[48]
March 13, 2018	Maksim Sushko	3-year, $2.725 million	^[49]
March 15, 2018	Matthew Strome	3-year, $2.725 million	^[50]
March 27, 2018	Felix Sandstrom	3-year, $2.775 million	^[51]
May 4, 2018	David Kase	3-year, $2.55 million	^[52]

NHL Expansion Draft

The 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 21, 2017. It featured the expansion Vegas Golden Knights selecting players from the other NHL teams. Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards OR 1 goaltender and 8 skaters (defensemen and forwards together). Players with no movement clauses in effect at the time of the draft had to be protected unless the player agreed to waive it. All first and second-year players as well as any unsigned draft choices were exempt.

Philadelphia Flyers protection lists for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft
Status	Players
Protected^[53]	Sean Couturier (F), Valtteri Filppula (F, no movement clause), Claude Giroux (F, no movement clause), Shayne Gostisbehere (D), Radko Gudas (D), Scott Laughton (F), Brandon Manning (D), Brayden Schenn (F), Wayne Simmonds (F), Anthony Stolarz (G), Jakub Voracek (F)
Unprotected^[53]	Mark Alt (D, unrestricted free agent), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (F), T. J. Brennan (D), Greg Carey (F), Chris Conner (F, unrestricted free agent), Michael Del Zotto (D, unrestricted free agent), Boyd Gordon (F, unrestricted free agent), Taylor Leier (F, restricted free agent), Andrew MacDonald (D), Steve Mason (G, unrestricted free agent), Colin McDonald (F), Andy Miele (F, unrestricted free agent), Michal Neuvirth (G), Will O'Neill (D), Jesper Pettersson (D, restricted free agent), Michael Raffl (F), Matt Read (F), Nick Schultz (D, unrestricted free agent), Chris VandeVelde (F, unrestricted free agent), Jordan Weal (F, unrestricted free agent), Dale Weise (F), Eric Wellwood (F, unrestricted free agent)
Selection	Vegas Golden Knights selected Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 12th overall

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.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2017 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2017–18 season)
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	OT	GAA	Notes
1	2	Nolan Patrick	Center	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	73	13	17	30	30	& —	& —	& —	& —
1	27	Morgan Frost	Center	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^{[lower-alpha 7]}
2	35	Isaac Ratcliffe	Left Wing	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^{[lower-alpha 8]}
3	80	Kirill Ustimenko	Goaltender	Russia	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg (MHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
4	106	Matthew Strome	Left Wing	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	107	Maksim Sushko	Right Wing	Belarus	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
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)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^{[lower-alpha 10]}

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The second alternate captain is Filppula for home games and MacDonald for road games.^[1]
↑ 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).^[23] 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.
↑ 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,^[27] but this condition was not met.
↑ 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.^[27]
↑ The Red Wings retained half of Mrazek's remaining salary.^[27]
↑ Flyers retained NHL rights.
↑ 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^[54]
↑ 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.^[54]
↑ The Flyers acquired this pick in a trade with the Boston Bruins for Zac Rinaldo on June 29, 2015^[54]
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 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.^[54]

References

General

hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific

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[fn1-2] 1.0 ^1.1 The second alternate captain is Filppula for home games and MacDonald for road games.^[1]

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[30] 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,^[27] but this condition was not met.

[31] 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.^[27]

[32] The Red Wings retained half of Mrazek's remaining salary.^[27]

[39] Flyers retained NHL rights.

[61] 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^[54]

[62] 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.^[54]

[63] The Flyers acquired this pick in a trade with the Boston Bruins for Zac Rinaldo on June 29, 2015^[54]

[fn2-64] 10.0 ^10.1 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.^[54]

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