2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season is the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2] The Flyers opened the regular season on October 8, 2015 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.^[3]

Off-season

After the Flyers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons in 2014–15, head coach Craig Berube was fired.^[4] On May 18, 2015, the Flyers hired Dave Hakstol to replace Berube. Hakstol had been the University of North Dakota's head coach for the past 11 seasons, during which he had a 289–143–43 record and led the school to the NCAA tournament in each season and advanced to the Frozen Four seven times.^[5] The Flyers retained assistant coaches Ian Laperriere, Joe Mullen and Gord Murphy.^[6] Kim Dillabaugh was named goaltending coach on July 3, 2015, replacing Jeff Reese.^[7]

The Flyers signed Kontinental Hockey League defenseman Evgeny Medvedev to a one-year, $3 million contract on May 20.^[8] June 27, the first day of the draft was a busy one for the Flyers as they selected defenseman Ivan Provorov with the 7th overall pick, whilst also trading the 29th and 61st overall selection for the 24th, in order to select forward Travis Konecny.^[9] The next day the Flyers made a trade to create some cap space, with the Arizona Coyotes receiving Nicklas Grossmann and picking up the contract of Chris Pronger, while the Flyers acquired Sam Gagner and a conditional 2016 or 2017 draft pick.^[10] The Flyers then traded Zac Rinaldo to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a 2017 3rd round pick on June 29, whilst re-signing Chris VandeVelde to a two-year deal.^[11]^[12] The next day, the Flyers re-signed Ryan White to a one-year deal.^[13] On July 1, the Flyers signed free-agent goaltender Michal Neuvirth to a two-year $3.25 million contract.^[14]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	54	40	10	4	37	182	125	+57	84
2	New York Rangers	56	32	18	6	29	163	143	+20	70
3	New Jersey Devils	57	29	21	7	27	127	130	−3	65
4	New York Islanders	54	29	19	6	25	157	140	+17	64
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	54	28	19	7	26	141	139	+2	63
6	Carolina Hurricanes	56	25	21	10	25	137	149	−12	60
7	Philadelphia Flyers	55	24	21	10	22	131	148	−17	58
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	57	23	28	6	19	148	178	−30	52

Updated to game(s) played on February 14, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Florida Panthers	56	32	18	6	27	158	133	+25	70
2	Detroit Red Wings	56	29	18	9	28	145	143	+2	67
3	Boston Bruins	56	30	20	6	25	172	157	+15	66

Source: National Hockey League

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	54	40	10	4	37	182	125	+57	84
2	New York Rangers	56	32	18	6	29	163	143	+20	70
3	New Jersey Devils	57	29	21	7	27	127	130	−3	65

Source: National Hockey League

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	New York Islanders	54	29	19	6	25	157	140	+17	64
2	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	55	30	21	4	28	147	135	+12	64

3	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	54	28	19	7	26	141	139	+2	63
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	56	25	21	10	25	137	149	−12	60
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	55	24	21	10	22	131	148	−17	58
6	AT	Montreal Canadiens	56	27	25	4	23	155	152	+3	58
7	AT	Ottawa Senators	57	25	26	6	21	163	181	−18	56
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	57	23	28	6	21	136	160	−24	52
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	57	23	28	6	19	148	178	−30	52
10	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	54	20	25	9	15	132	156	−24	49

Updated to game(s) played on February 14, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–2)^[3]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 21	NY Islanders	3–5	Philadelphia^[B]		Neuvirth	––	1–0–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 21	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders		Stolarz	5,366	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 22	NY Rangers	3–5	Philadelphia		Mason	16,985	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	NY Islanders	2–5	Philadelphia		Mason	17,369	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 28	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Rangers	OT	Mason	18,006	3–1–1	Recap
6	September 30	New Jersey	4–2	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	17,732	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 2	Philadelphia	2–3	New Jersey	SO	Mason	9,235	3–2–2	Recap
^A – Indicates split-squad game. ^B – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log^[3]

October: 4–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 8	Philadelphia	2–3	Tampa Bay	OT	Mason	19,092	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 10	Philadelphia	1–7	Florida		Mason	19,434	0–1–1	1	Recap
3	October 12	Florida	0–1	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	19,769	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 14	Chicago	0–3	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	19,779	2–1–1	5	Recap
5	October 20	Dallas	2–1	Philadelphia		Mason	19,077	2–2–1	5	Recap
6	October 21	Philadelphia	5–4	Boston	OT	Mason	17,565	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 24	NY Rangers	2–3	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,805	4–2–1	9	Recap
8	October 27	Buffalo	4–3	Philadelphia	OT	Mason	19,432	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 29	New Jersey	4–1	Philadelphia		Mason	19,241	4–3–2	10	Recap
10	October 30	Philadelphia	1–3	Buffalo		Neuvirth	15,962	4–4–2	10	Recap

November: 5–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 2	Philadelphia	1–4	Vancouver		Mason	18,264	4–5–2	10	Recap
12	November 3	Philadelphia	2–4	Edmonton		Neuvirth	16,839	4–6–2	10	Recap
13	November 5	Philadelphia	1–2	Calgary	OT	Neuvirth	19,289	4–6–3	11	Recap
14	November 7	Philadelphia	3–0	Winnipeg		Neuvirth	15,294	5–6–3	13	Recap
15	November 10	Colorado	4–0	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	18,587	5–7–3	13	Recap
16	November 12	Washington	5–2	Philadelphia		Mason	19,414	5–8–3	13	Recap
17	November 14	Philadelphia	3–2	Carolina	OT	Mason	13,758	6–8–3	15	Recap
18	November 17	Los Angeles	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	18,846	6–8–4	16	Recap
19	November 19	San Jose	1–0	Philadelphia	OT	Mason	18,229	6–8–5	17	Recap
20	November 21	Philadelphia	0–4	Ottawa		Mason	18,578	6–9–5	17	Recap
21	November 23	Carolina	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Neuvirth	18,636	7–9–5	19	Recap
22	November 25	Philadelphia	1–3	NY Islanders		Mason	13,027	7–10–5	19	Recap
23	November 27	Nashville	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Neuvirth	19,818	8–10–5	21	Recap
24	November 28	Philadelphia	3–0	NY Rangers		Mason	18,006	9–10–5	23	Recap

December: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1	Philadelphia	4–2	Ottawa		Mason	17,010	10–10–5	25	Recap
26	December 4	Philadelphia	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Neuvirth	14,825	11–10–5	27	Recap
27	December 5	Columbus	4–1	Philadelphia		Mason	18,202	11–11–5	27	Recap
28	December 8	NY Islanders	4–3	Philadelphia	SO	Neuvirth	18,108	11–11–6	28	Recap
29	December 10	Philadelphia	4–2	St. Louis		Neuvirth	14,428	12–11–6	30	Recap
30	December 11	Philadelphia	1–3	Dallas		Neuvirth	18,532	12–12–6	30	Recap
31	December 15	Carolina	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Neuvirth	18,205	13–12–6	32	Recap
32	December 17	Vancouver	0–2	Philadelphia		Mason	17,943	14–12–6	34	Recap
33	December 19	Philadelphia	2–3	Columbus	SO	Mason	14,030	14–12–7	35	Recap
34	December 21	St. Louis	3–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,676	15–12–7	37	Recap
35	December 27	Philadelphia	2–4	Anaheim		Mason	17,322	15–13–7	37	Recap
36	December 30	Philadelphia	2–4	San Jose		Mason	17,562	15–14–7	37	Recap

January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 2	Philadelphia	1–2	Los Angeles		Neuvirth	18,230	15–15–7	37	Recap
38	January 5	Montreal	3–4	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	19,163	16–15–7	39	Recap
39	January 7	Philadelphia	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Mason	19,125	17–15–7	41	Recap
40	January 9	NY Islanders	0–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,874	18–15–7	43	Recap
41	January 13	Boston	2–3	Philadelphia		Mason	19,704	19–15–7	45	Recap
42	January 16	NY Rangers	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,843	19–15–8	46	Recap
43	January 17	Philadelphia	2–1	Detroit	SO	Neuvirth	20,027	20–15–8	48	Recap
44	January 19	Toronto	3–2	Philadelphia		Mason	19,319	20–16–8	48	Recap
45	January 21	Philadelphia	3–4	Pittsburgh		Mason	18,652	20–17–8	48	Recap
–	January 23	Philadelphia		NY Islanders	Game rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather.
46	January 25	Boston	3–2	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	19,738	20–18–8	48	Recap
47	January 27	Philadelphia	4–3	Washington	OT	Neuvirth	18,506	21–18–8	50	Recap

February: 3–3–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
48	February 2	Montreal	2–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,031	22–18–8	52	Recap
49	February 4	Philadelphia	6–3	Nashville		Mason	17,113	23–18–8	54	Recap
50	February 6	NY Rangers	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,819	23–18–9	55	Recap
51	February 7	Philadelphia	2–3	Washington		Mason	18,506	23–19–9	55	Recap
52	February 9	Anaheim	4–1	Philadelphia		Mason	18,717	23–20–9	55	Recap
53	February 11	Buffalo	1–5	Philadelphia		Mason	19,019	24–20–9	57	Recap
54	February 13	New Jersey	2–1	Philadelphia	OT	Neuvirth	19,775	24–20–10	58	Recap
55	February 14	Philadelphia	1–3	NY Rangers		Mason	18,006	24–21–10	58	Recap
56	February 16	Philadelphia		New Jersey
57	February 19	Philadelphia		Montreal
58	February 20	Philadelphia		Toronto
59	February 23	Philadelphia		Carolina
60	February 25	Minnesota		Philadelphia
61	February 27	Arizona		Philadelphia
62	February 29	Calgary		Philadelphia

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 3	Edmonton		Philadelphia
64	March 5	Columbus		Philadelphia
65	March 7	Tampa Bay		Philadelphia
66	March 11	Philadelphia		Tampa Bay
67	March 12	Philadelphia		Florida
68	March 15	Detroit		Philadelphia
69	March 16	Philadelphia		Chicago
70	March 19	Pittsburgh		Philadelphia
71	March 21	Philadelphia		NY Islanders
72	March 22	Philadelphia		Columbus
73	March 24	Philadelphia		Colorado
74	March 26	Philadelphia		Arizona
75	March 28	Winnipeg		Philadelphia
76	March 30	Washington		Philadelphia

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
77	April 2	Ottawa		Philadelphia
78	April 3	Philadelphia		Pittsburgh
79	April 6	Philadelphia		Detroit
80	April 7	Toronto		Philadelphia
81	April 9	Pittsburgh		Philadelphia
82	April 10	Philadelphia		NY Islanders

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[15]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux	53	16	29	45	-8	41
Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek	53	8	35	43	-3	28
Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds	53	20	16	36	-7	110
Schenn, BraydenBrayden Schenn	51	15	15	30	1	25
Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere	35	9	20	29	4	12
Couturier, SeanSean Couturier	40	9	15	24	9	14
Read, MattMatt Read	51	9	9	18	-5	23
Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl	53	7	7	14	5	18
Laughton, ScottScott Laughton	52	4	10	14	-7	27
Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto	51	4	9	13	-8	16
Streit, MarkMark Streit	34	4	8	12	1	12
White, RyanRyan White	44	6	3	9	-3	74
Medvedev, EvgenyEvgeny Medvedev	37	3	6	9	4	30
VandeVelde, ChrisChris VandeVelde	53	2	7	9	-3	17
Gagner, SamSam Gagner	26	2	5	7	0	23
Schultz, NickNick Schultz	52	1	6	7	0	22
Umberger, R. J.R. J. Umberger	33	1	6	7	0	15
Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare	45	3	3	6	-5	19
Schenn, LukeLuke Schenn ‡	29	2	3	5	-7	30
Cousins, NickNick Cousins	8	1	2	3	2	0
Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas	47	0	3	3	-1	72
Manning, BrandonBrandon Manning	33	0	3	3	5	44
McDonald, ColinColin McDonald	5	1	0	1	0	7
Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth (G)	21	0	1	1	N/A	2
Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier ‡	7	0	1	1	-1	2
Mason, SteveSteve Mason (G)	35	0	0	0	N/A	2
Leier, TaylorTaylor Leier	6	0	0	0	0	0
Weal, JordanJordan Weal †	2	0	0	0	1	0
MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[15]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mason, SteveSteve Mason	35	33	2014	13	14	7	89	2.65	1073	.917	3
Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth	21	19	1204	11	6	2	43	2.14	638	.933	3

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

Roster

Updated February 14, 2016^[16]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
78	France !	Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare	6.0 !LW	L	30	000000002014-06-11-00002014	Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
52	Canada !	Cousins, NickNick Cousins	4.0 !C	L	22	000000002011-06-25-00002011	Belleville, Ontario
14	Canada !	Couturier, SeanSean Couturier	4.0 !C	L	23	000000002011-06-24-00002011	Phoenix, Arizona
15	Canada !	Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto	2.0 !D	L	25	000000002014-08-05-00002014	Stouffville, Ontario
89	Canada !	Gagner, SamSam Gagner	4.0 !C	R	26	000000002015-06-27-00002015	London, Ontario
28	Canada !	Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux (C)	4.0 !C	R	28	000000002006-06-24-00002006	Hearst, Ontario
53	United States !	Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere	2.0 !D	L	22	000000002012-06-23-00002012	Margate, Florida
3	Czech Republic !	Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas	2.0 !D	R	25	000000002015-03-02-00002015	Prague, Czechoslovakia
21	Canada !	Laughton, ScottScott Laughton	4.0 !C	L	21	000000002012-06-22-00002012	Oakville, Ontario
47	Canada !	MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald	2.0 !D	L	29	000000002014-03-04-00002014	Judique, Nova Scotia
23	Canada !	Manning, BrandonBrandon Manning	2.0 !D	L	25	000000002010-11-23-00002010	Prince George, British Columbia
35	Canada !	Mason, SteveSteve Mason	1.0 !G	R	27	000000002013-04-03-00002013	Oakville, Ontario
82	Russia !	Medvedev, EvgenyEvgeny Medvedev	2.0 !D	L	33	000000002015-05-20-00002015	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
30	Czech Republic !	Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth	1.0 !G	L	27	000000002015-07-01-00002015	Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
12	Austria !	Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl	6.0 !LW	L	27	000000002013-05-31-00002013	Villach, Austria
24	Canada !	Read, MattMatt Read	7.0 !RW	R	29	000000002011-03-24-00002011	Ilderton, Ontario
10	Canada !	Schenn, BraydenBrayden Schenn	4.0 !C	L	24	000000002011-06-23-00002011	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
55	Canada !	Schultz, NickNick Schultz	2.0 !D	L	33	000000002014-07-02-00002014	Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
17	Canada !	Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds (A)	7.0 !RW	R	27	000000002011-06-23-00002011	Scarborough, Ontario
32	Switzerland !	Streit, MarkMark Streit (A)	2.0 !D	L	38	000000002013-06-12-00002013	Englisberg, Switzerland
20	United States !	Umberger, R. J.R. J. Umberger	6.0 !LW	L	33	000000002014-06-23-00002014	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
76	United States !	VandeVelde, ChrisChris VandeVelde	4.0 !C	L	28	000000002013-12-12-00002013	Moorhead, Minnesota
93	Czech Republic !	Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek	7.0 !RW	L	26	000000002011-06-23-00002011	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
19	Canada !	Weal, JordanJordan Weal	4.0 !C	R	23	000000002016-01-06-00002016	North Vancouver, British Columbia
25	Canada !	White, RyanRyan White	4.0 !C	R	27	000000002014-08-07-00002014	Brandon, Manitoba

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Radko Gudas	Illegal check to the head of Ottawa Senators forward Mika Zibanejad during NHL Game No. 361 in Ottawa on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at 2:07 of the third period.	3 games	$15,994.62	December 2, 2015^[17]

Awards and honors

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Claude Giroux	^[18]

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Medvedev, EvgenyEvgeny Medvedev	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist	October 8, 2015
Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux	500th Career NHL Game	October 14, 2015
Mason, SteveSteve Mason	20,000 Career Minutes	October 20, 2015
Schenn, LukeLuke Schenn	500th Career NHL Game	October 31, 2015
Leier, TaylorTaylor Leier	1st Career NHL Game	November 14, 2015
Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere	1st Career Point 1st Career Assist	November 14, 2015
Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere	1st Career Goal	November 16, 2015
Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto	400th Career NHL Game	November 19, 2015
Couturier, SeanSean Couturier	300th Career NHL Game	November 19, 2015
Read, MattMatt Read	300th Career NHL Game	November 28, 2015
Medvedev, EvgenyEvgeny Medvedev	1st Career Goal	December 1, 2015
Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare	100th Career NHL Game	December 5, 2015
Schenn, BraydenBrayden Schenn	300th Career NHL Game	December 8, 2015
Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds	300th Career Point	December 10, 2015
Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth	10,000 Career Minutes	December 10, 2015
White, RyanRyan White	200th Career NHL Game	December 21, 2015
Schultz, NickNick Schultz	1000th Career NHL Game	January 13, 2016
Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek	400th Career Point	January 13, 2016
Cousins, NickNick Cousins	1st Career Point 1st Career Assist	February 7, 2016
Cousins, NickNick Cousins	1st Career Goal	February 11, 2016

Transactions

The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions since June 16, 2015, the day after the deciding game of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals.^[19]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay's 1st-round pick in 2015 Chicago's 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Philadelphia Flyers Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2015	^[20]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Los Angeles Kings Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2015	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2015 6th-round pick in 2016	^[21]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Arizona Coyotes Nicklas Grossmann^[a] contract of Chris Pronger	To Philadelphia Flyers Sam Gagner conditional draft pick in 2016 or 2017^[b]	^[22]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	To Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017	^[23]
January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)	To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier^[c] Luke Schenn^[c]	To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016	^[24]

Trade notes

^a The Flyers retained $500,000 of Grossmann's salary.^[25]

^b The draft pick the Flyers receive will be Arizona's choice of either a 4th-round pick in 2016 (Arizona traded their 2016 4th-rounder to the New York Rangers on March 1, 2015)^[26] or their 3rd-round pick in 2017.^[25]

^c The Flyers retained half of Lecavalier and Schenn's salaries.^[27]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Michal Neuvirth	New York Islanders	2 years, $3.25 million	^[28]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Tim Brent	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	1 year, $600,000*	^[29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Chris Conner	Washington Capitals	2 years, $1.15 million*	^[29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Davis Drewiske	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $575,000*	^[29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Jason LaBarbera	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000*	^[30]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Colin McDonald	New York Islanders	1 year, $625,000*	^[31]
August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08)	Chris Porter	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $600,000*	^[32]

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

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Zack Stortini	Ottawa Senators	2 years, $1.2 million	^[33]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Jason Akeson	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $575,000	^[34]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Blair Jones	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $575,000	^[35]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Carlo Colaiacovo	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $900,000	^[36]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Oliver Lauridsen	Frolunda HC (SHL)	Unknown	^[37]
August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)	Jay Rosehill	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1 year	^[38]
September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)	Andrew Johnston	Missouri Mavericks (ECHL)	1 year	^[39]
October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	Matt Konan	Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)	Unknown	^[40]
October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)	Ray Emery	Ontario Reign (AHL)	PTO	^[41]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
October 1, 2015	Chris Porter	Minnesota Wild	Philadelphia Flyers	^[42]

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 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	Chris VandeVelde	2 years, $1.425 million	^[43]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	Ryan White	1 year, $800,000	^[44]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)	Michael Del Zotto	2 years, $7.75 million	^[45]
July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)	Sean Couturier	6 years, $25.98 million extension	^[46]^[47]
July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)	Jakub Voracek	8 years, $66 million extension	^[48]^[49]

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 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Ivan Provorov	3 years, $2.775 million	^[50]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)	Travis Konecny	3 years, $2.775 million	^[51]
September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)	Philippe Myers	3 years, $1.908 million	^[52]^[53]

Draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections made at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2015 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	OT	GAA	Notes
1	7	Provorov, IvanIvan Provorov	Defense	Russia	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1	24	Konecny, TravisTravis Konecny	Right Wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
3	70	Sandstrom, FelixFelix Sandstrom	Goaltender	Sweden	Brynäs IF (SHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[b]
3	90	Matej, TomekTomek Matej	Goaltender	Slovakia	Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[c]
4	98	Dove-Mcfalls, SamuelSamuel Dove-Mcfalls	Left Wing	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	104	Vorobyov, MikhailMikhail Vorobyov	Center	Russia	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[d]
5	128	Kase, DavidDavid Kase	Right Wing	Czech Republic	Piráti Chomutov (Czech 2)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	158	Marody, CooperCooper Marody	Center	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	188	Fedotov, IvanIvan Fedotov	Goaltender	Russia	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[54]

^a The Nashville Predators' first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Tampa Bay’s first-round pick in 2015 (29th overall) and Chicago’s second-round pick in 2015 (61st overall) to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for this pick.^[20] The Flyers originally acquired Tampa Bay's first-round pick in a trade which sent Braydon Coburn to Tampa Bay on March 2, 2015.^[55] They originally acquired Chicago's second-round pick in a trade which sent Kimmo Timonen to Chicago on February 27, 2015.^[56]

The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick will go to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 4, 2014 that sent Johnny Boychuk to New York in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.^[57]The Islanders previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade March 4, 2014 that sent Andrew MacDonald to Philadelphia in exchange for Matt Mangene, a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[58]

The Philadelphia Flyers’ third-round pick will go the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013 that sent Steve Mason to Philadelphia in exchange for Michael Leighton and this pick.^[59]

^b The San Jose Sharks’ third-round pick will go the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on July 2, 2014 that sent Tye McGinn to San Jose in exchange for this pick.^[60]

^c The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Braydon Coburn to Tampa Bay in exchange for Radko Gudas, a conditional first-round pick in 2015 and this pick.^[55]

^d The Los Angeles Kings's fourth-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent the Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick to Los Angeles for Los Angeles' sixth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[21] The Flyers originally acquired Columbus' fourth-round pick in a trade which sent Scott Hartnell to Columbus for R. J. Umberger and the pick.^[61]

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

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Philadelphia Flyers

Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft Eric Lindros trade Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Comcast Spectacor (Ed Snider, chairman) President Paul Holmgren General manager Ron Hextall Head coach Dave Hakstol Team captain Claude Giroux Current roster

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1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

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