1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 31st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost their quarterfinal series with the Buffalo Sabres in five games.

1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
1997–98 record	42–29–11
Home record	24–11–6
Road record	18–18–5
Goals for	242
Goals against	193
Team information
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Wayne Cashman (Oct.–Mar.) Roger Neilson (Mar.–Apr.)
Captain	Eric Lindros
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Eric Desjardins
Arena	CoreStates Center
Average attendance	19,519[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms
Team leaders
Goals	John LeClair (51)
Assists	Eric Lindros (41)
Points	John LeClair (89)
Penalty minutes	Dan Kordic (210)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+30)
Wins	Ron Hextall (21)
Goals against average	Ron Hextall (2.17)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Off-season

Less than a week after losing game four of the Stanley Cup Finals, head coach Terry Murray was fired.^[2] San Jose Sharks assistant coach Wayne Cashman was named his replacement on July 7, 1997.^[3][4]

The Flyers made two major acquisitions during the summer. On July 14, unrestricted free agent defenseman Luke Richardson, formerly of the Edmonton Oilers, signed a five-year, $12.6 million contract.^[5] A month later the Flyers signed Group II restricted free agent centerman Chris Gratton of the Tampa Bay Lightning to a five-year, $16.5 million offer sheet which included a $9 million signing bonus.^[6] However, Tampa Bay claimed they had traded Gratton to the Chicago Blackhawks before the Flyers had signed Gratton.^[6] An arbitrator dismissed this and another claim that the offer sheet was illegible because the contract figures were smeared.^[7] Fearing Tampa Bay would match, the Flyers agreed to send defenseman Karl Dykhuis and right winger Mikael Renberg to the Lightning in exchange for the four first-round picks Tampa Bay would receive if they did not match.^[7]

34-year-old forward Dale Hawerchuk announced his retirement on August 25, 1997, due to a degenerative left hip.^[8]

Regular season

With the acquisitions of Gratton and Richardson, the Flyers were expected to make another Stanley Cup run. A 7–3–1 start came crashing down as the Devils posted a 5–0 road win on October 27. Although the club finished the calendar year with an 8–0 strafing of Vancouver on New Year's Eve and began 1998 with a 7–2 road win over Ottawa, there were signs of trouble for Wayne Cashman's team - notably bad shutout home losses to San Jose in November and Boston in early December.

In a move which shocked many in Philadelphia and around the NHL, Cashman was reassigned as assistant coach and Roger Neilson elevated to head coach following a 4–3 overtime victory against Pittsburgh on March 8.^{[9][10][11][12]}

The decision didn't seem to pay off, and after a 5–4 overtime win over the New York Rangers on March 22, the team limped to a 6–8–0 finish, including back-to-back 2–1 losses to the Rangers and Bruins to end the year.

On April 13 in a nationally televised 2–1 loss in Buffalo, John LeClair scored his 50th goal of the season, becoming the first American-born player to score 50 goals in three straight seasons.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
2	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
3	4	Washington Capitals	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
4	10	New York Islanders	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
5	11	New York Rangers	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
6	12	Florida Panthers	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
7	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Eastern Conference^[13]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
4	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
6	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
7	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
8	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
9	Carolina Hurricanes	NE	82	33	41	8	200	219	74
10	New York Islanders	ATL	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
11	New York Rangers	ATL	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
12	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

In a season in which the Flyers – despite a hard fall to the Detroit Red Wings the previous year – were heavily favored to repeat as Eastern champs and return to the Finals, they never came close, as they were dominated in the first round by the Buffalo Sabres in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1997–98 regular season[14]
October: 7–5–2, 16 points (home: 5–3–0; road: 2–2–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 1 October 1 3–1 Florida Panthers Hextall 1–0–0 2 W 2 October 3 5–3 Ottawa Senators Hextall 2–0–0 4 W 3 October 5 1–2 Phoenix Coyotes Snow 2–1–0 4 L 4 October 8 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils Snow 2–2–0 4 L 5 October 9 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Hextall 3–2–0 6 W 6 October 11 6–2 @ Montreal Canadiens Hextall 4–2–0 8 W 7 October 13 3–2 OT @ San Jose Sharks Snow 5–2–0 10 W 8 October 15 2–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Hextall 5–2–1 11 T 9 October 17 1–5 @ Los Angeles Kings Snow 5–3–1 11 L 10 October 21 7–1 Tampa Bay Lightning Hextall 6–3–1 13 W 11 October 23 4–3 Calgary Flames Snow 7–3–1 15 W 12 October 27 0–5 New Jersey Devils Hextall 7–4–1 15 L 13 October 29 2–3 St. Louis Blues Snow 7–5–1 15 L 14 October 31 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals Hextall 7–5–2 16 T
November: 8–3–2, 18 points (home: 4–2–1; road: 4–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 15 November 2 3–3 OT Dallas Stars Hextall 7–5–3 17 T 16 November 3 5–1 @ St. Louis Blues Snow 8–5–3 19 W 17 November 6 6–2 Edmonton Oilers Snow 9–5–3 21 W 18 November 8 4–3 @ Ottawa Senators Snow 10–5–3 23 W 19 November 11 1–0 Ottawa Senators Hextall 11–5–3 25 W 20 November 13 1–2 Colorado Avalanche Hextall 11–6–3 25 L 21 November 14 5–2 @ Florida Panthers Snow 12–6–3 27 W 22 November 16 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Hextall 13–6–3 29 W 23 November 19 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Snow 13–7–3 29 L 24 November 20 0–3 San Jose Sharks Hextall 13–8–3 29 L 25 November 26 3–1 @ Buffalo Sabres Snow 14–8–3 31 W 26 November 28 4–1 New York Islanders Hextall 15–8–3 33 W 27 November 29 3–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning Snow 15–8–4 34 T
December: 8–2–3, 18 points (home: 4–1–2; road: 4–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 28 December 1 1–1 OT Buffalo Sabres Snow 15–8–5 35 T 29 December 3 0–3 Boston Bruins Snow 15–9–5 35 L 30 December 5 4–4 OT @ New York Rangers Snow 15–9–6 36 T 31 December 11 4–3 New York Islanders Hextall 16–9–6 38 W 32 December 12 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks Snow 17–9–6 40 W 33 December 14 3–0 Tampa Bay Lightning Hextall 18–9–6 42 W 34 December 15 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens Snow 19–9–6 44 W 35 December 18 2–2 OT Boston Bruins Hextall 19–9–7 45 T 36 December 20 2–0 Florida Panthers Snow 20–9–7 47 W 37 December 23 4–2 Carolina Hurricanes Hextall 21–9–7 49 W 38 December 27 2–5 @ Calgary Flames Hextall 21–10–7 49 L 39 December 30 3–1 @ Edmonton Oilers Snow 22–10–7 51 W 40 December 31 8–0 @ Vancouver Canucks Hextall 23–10–7 53 W
January: 5–5–2, 12 points (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 41 January 3 7–2 @ Ottawa Senators Snow 24–10–7 55 W 42 January 8 3–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes Hextall 24–10–8 56 T 43 January 9 1–4 @ Washington Capitals Snow 24–11–8 56 L 44 January 11 5–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning Hextall 25–11–8 58 W 45 January 14 3–3 OT Montreal Canadiens Snow 25–11–9 59 T 46 January 20 3–0 Buffalo Sabres Hextall 26–11–9 61 W 47 January 22 4–3 @ New York Rangers Snow 27–11–9 63 W 48 January 24 0–1 @ Detroit Red Wings Hextall 27–12–9 63 L 49 January 26 3–1 New York Islanders Hextall 28–12–9 65 W 50 January 28 1–6 @ New York Islanders Snow 28–13–9 65 L 51 January 29 2–3 Montreal Canadiens Hextall 28–14–9 65 L 52 January 31 2–3 OT Washington Capitals Hextall 28–15–9 65 L
February: 2–2–0, 4 points (home: 0–0–0; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 53 February 4 0–1 @ Dallas Stars Hextall 28–16–9 65 L 54 February 5 6–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes Snow 29–16–9 67 W 55 February 7 2–3 @ Colorado Avalanche Hextall 29–17–9 67 L 56 February 28 3–1 @ New York Rangers Hextall 30–17–9 69 W
March: 8–7–2, 18 points (home: 7–1–2; road: 1–6–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 57 March 2 3–4 @ New Jersey Devils Hextall 30–18–9 69 L 58 March 3 1–3 @ New York Islanders Snow 30–19–9 69 L 59 March 5 3–2 Washington Capitals Hextall 31–19–9 71 W 60 March 7 4–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Hextall 31–20–9 71 L 61 March 8 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Hextall 32–20–9 73 W 62 March 10 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils Hextall 32–20–10 74 T 63 March 12 3–2 Vancouver Canucks Hextall 33–20–10 76 W 64 March 14 6–1 Detroit Red Wings Hextall 34–20–10 78 W 65 March 16 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Hextall 35–20–10 80 W 66 March 19 3–3 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Hextall 35–20–11 81 T 67 March 21 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Hextall 35–21–11 81 L 68 March 22 5–4 OT New York Rangers Burke 36–21–11 83 W 69 March 24 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils Hextall 36–22–11 83 L 70 March 26 2–4 @ Boston Bruins Burke 36–23–11 83 L 71 March 28 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Hextall 36–24–11 83 L 72 March 29 3–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes Burke 37–24–11 85 W 73 March 31 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks Burke 38–24–11 87 W
April: 4–5–0, 8 points (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–3–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 74 April 2 3–0 Los Angeles Kings Burke 39–24–11 89 W 75 April 4 1–4 Florida Panthers Burke 39–25–11 89 L 76 April 8 6–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning Burke 40–25–11 91 W 77 April 9 2–3 @ Florida Panthers Hextall 40–26–11 91 L 78 April 11 4–3 Washington Capitals Burke 41–26–11 93 W 79 April 13 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres Hextall 41–27–11 93 L 80 April 16 7–3 @ Florida Panthers Burke 42–27–11 95 W 81 April 18 1–2 New York Rangers Hextall 42–28–11 95 L 82 April 19 1–2 @ Boston Bruins Burke 42–29–11 95 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1998 Stanley Cup playoffs[14]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres - Sabres win 4–1 Game Date Score Opponent Decision Series Recap 1 April 22 2–3 Buffalo Sabres Burke Sabres lead 1–0 L 2 April 24 3–2 Buffalo Sabres Burke Series tied 1–1 W 3 April 27 1–6 @ Buffalo Sabres Burke Sabres lead 2–1 L 4 April 29 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres Burke Sabres lead 3–1 L 5 May 1 2–3 OT Buffalo Sabres Burke Sabres win 4–1 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• 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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
10	John LeClair	LW	82	51	36	87	30	32	5	1	1	2	−4	8
17	Rod Brind'Amour	LW	82	36	38	74	−2	54	5	2	2	4	2	7
88	Eric Lindros	C	63	30	41	71	14	134	5	1	2	3	−3	17
55	Chris Gratton	C	82	22	40	62	11	159	5	2	0	2	−1	10
20	Trent Klatt	RW	82	14	28	42	2	16	5	0	0	0	−6	0
44	Janne Niinimaa‡	D	66	3	31	34	6	56	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Dainius Zubrus	RW	69	8	25	33	29	42	5	0	1	1	2	4
37	Eric Desjardins	D	77	6	27	33	11	36	5	0	1	1	−3	0
77	Paul Coffey	D	57	2	27	29	3	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Alexandre Daigle†	RW	37	9	17	26	−1	6	5	0	2	2	0	0
25	Shjon Podein	RW	82	11	13	24	8	53	5	0	0	0	−1	10
11	Mike Sillinger†	C	27	11	11	22	3	16	3	1	0	1	1	0
12	Colin Forbes	LW	63	12	7	19	2	59	5	0	0	0	2	2
6	Chris Therien	D	78	3	16	19	5	80	5	0	1	1	−1	4
45	Vaclav Prospal‡	C	41	5	13	18	−10	17	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Petr Svoboda	D	56	3	15	18	19	83	3	0	1	1	−1	4
15	Pat Falloon‡	RW	30	5	7	12	3	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Joel Otto	C	68	3	4	7	−2	78	5	0	0	0	−1	0
3	Dan McGillis†	D	13	1	5	6	−4	35	5	1	2	3	0	10
22	Luke Richardson	D	81	2	3	5	7	139	5	0	0	0	−3	0
32	Daniel Lacroix	C	56	1	4	5	0	135	4	0	0	0	0	4
26	John Druce	RW	23	1	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	−1	2
28	Kjell Samuelsson	D	49	0	3	3	9	28	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	Dan Kordic	LW	61	1	1	2	−4	210	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Craig Darby	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Chris Joseph	D	15	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
44	Dave Babych†	D	6	0	0	0	2	12	5	1	0	1	2	4
33	Sean Burke†	G	11	0	0	0		0	5	0	0	0		0
38	Paul Healey	RW	4	0	0	0	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Ron Hextall	G	46	0	0	0		10	1	0	0	0		0
18	Brantt Myhres†‡	RW	23	0	0	0	−1	169	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Garth Snow‡	G	29	0	0	0		18	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• † = 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.

No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
27	Ron Hextall	46	44	21	17	7	1089	97	2.17	.911	4	2,688	1	0	0	0	8	1	3.00	.875	0	20
30	Garth Snow‡	29	27	14	9	4	682	67	2.44	.902	1	1,651	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Sean Burke†	11	11	7	3	0	311	27	2.56	.913	1	632	5	5	1	4	121	17	3.60	.860	0	283

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL first All-Star team	John LeClair (Left wing)	[15]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	John LeClair[a]	[17]
		Eric Lindros[a]
	NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 10)	[18]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins	[19]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	John LeClair	[19]
	Class Guy Award	Trent Klatt	[19]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Colin Forbes	[19]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 1997–98 season was John LeClair tying the team record for most points in a single period (4) on October 11.^[20]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 1997, the day after the deciding game of the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 16, 1998, the day of the deciding game of the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals.^[21]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 18, 1997 (1997-06-18)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Martin Cerven	To Edmonton Oilers 7th-round pick in 1997	[22]
June 21, 1997 (1997-06-21)	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 1998	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 1997	[23]
August 20, 1997 (1997-08-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 1998 Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 1999 Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 2000 Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 2001	To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Dykhuis Mikael Renberg	[7]
October 15, 1997 (1997-10-15)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Brantt Myhres	To Edmonton Oilers Jason Bowen	[24]
October 21, 1997 (1997-10-21)	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Maneluk	To Ottawa Senators Future considerations	[25]
January 17, 1998 (1998-01-17)	To Philadelphia Flyers Alexandre Daigle	To Ottawa Senators Pat Falloon Vaclav Prospal 2nd-round pick in 1998	[26]
February 5, 1998 (1998-02-05)	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Sillinger	To Vancouver Canucks Conditional 6th-round pick in 1998[b]	[28]
March 4, 1998 (1998-03-04)	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean Burke	To Vancouver Canucks Garth Snow	[29]
March 9, 1998 (1998-03-09)[c]	To Philadelphia Flyers Roger Neilson	To St. Louis Blues Conditional 6th-round pick in 1999	[30]
March 24, 1998 (1998-03-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers Dave Babych Philadelphia's 6th-round pick in 1998	To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 1998	[27]
	To Philadelphia Flyers Dan McGillis 2nd-round pick in 1998	To Edmonton Oilers Janne Niinimaa	[31]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 12, 1997 (1997-06-12)	Jim Montgomery	Kolner Haie (DEL)	3-year	Free agency	[32]
July 10, 1997 (1997-07-10)	Jamie Heward	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[33]
July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14)	Luke Richardson	Edmonton Oilers	5-year	Free agency	[5]
July 16, 1997 (1997-07-16)	Travis Van Tighem	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)	1-year	Free agency	[34]
August 12, 1997 (1997-08-12)	Chris Gratton	Tampa Bay Lightning	5-year	Free agency	[6][7]
September 4, 1997 (1997-09-04)	Chris Joseph	Vancouver Canucks	1-year[d]	Free agency	[35]
May 18, 1998 (1998-05-18)	Ryan Bast	Saint John Flames (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[36][37]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[e]	Ref
August 25, 1997 (1997-08-25)	Dale Hawerchuk		Retirement	[8]
N/A	Patrik Juhlin	Jokerit (Liiga)	Free agency (II)	[39]
	Frantisek Kucera	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)	Free agency	[40]
	Darren Rumble	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[41]
September 28, 1997 (1997-09-28)	Scott Daniels	New Jersey Devils	Waiver draft	[42]
October 1997 (1997-10)	Ryan Sittler	South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)	Free agency	[43]
October 29, 1997 (1997-10-29)	Michel Petit	Detroit Vipers (IHL)	Free agency (III)	[44]
April 14, 1998 (1998-04-14)	Brantt Myhres		Release	[45]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 18, 1997 (1997-06-18)	Kjell Samuelsson	1-year	Re-signing	[46]
July 9, 1997 (1997-07-09)	Jean-Marc Pelletier		Entry-level	[47]
July 10, 1997 (1997-07-10)	Martin Cerven	3-year	Entry-level	[33]
July 15, 1997 (1997-07-15)	Craig Darby	2-year	Re-signing	[48]
	Neil Little	1-year	Re-signing	[48]
July 18, 1997 (1997-07-18)	Brett Bruininks	1-year	Re-signing	[49]
August 18, 1997 (1997-08-18)	Garth Snow	1-year	Arbitration award	[50]
September 3, 1997 (1997-09-03)	Dan Kordic	2-year	Re-signing	[51]
September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12)	Chris Therien	3-year	Re-signing	[52]
October 16, 1997 (1997-10-16)	Brantt Myhres	1-year	Re-signing
October 17, 1997 (1997-10-17)	John LeClair	3-year[f]	Re-signing	[53]
December 17, 1997 (1997-12-17)	Eric Lindros	1-year	Re-signing	[54]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1997 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 21, 1997.^[55] The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 77th overall, to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' 1998 second-round pick on June 21, 1997.^[56] They also traded their fifth-round pick, 130th overall, and Bob Wilkie to the Chicago Blackhawks for Karl Dykhuis on February 16, 1995, and their seventh-round pick, 187th overall, to the Edmonton Oilers for Martin Cerven on June 18, 1997.^[56]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
2	30	Jean-Marc Pelletier	Goaltender	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)	[g]
	50	Pat Kavanagh	Right wing	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
3	62	Kris Mallette	Defense	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	[h]
4	103	Mikhail Chernov	Defense	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (RUS)
6	158	Jordon Flodell	Defense	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7	164	Todd Fedoruk	Left wing	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	[i]
8	214	Marko Kauppinen	Defense	Finland	JYP Jr. (FIN)
9	240	Par Styf	Defense	Sweden	Modo Hockey Jrs. (SWE)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL.^[57][58]

Notes

1. LeClair and Lindros were voted to the starting lineup.^[16]
2. The conditional draft pick was traded back to the Flyers on March 24.^[27]
3. The Blues received the draft pick as compensation for the Flyers hiring Neilson as head coach. Neilson was serving as an assistant coach for the Blues.
4. Option for second year
5. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[38]
6. Replaced remaining 3 years on previous contract
7. The Flyers acquired the Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick, 30th overall, the Los Angeles Kings' 1996 first-round pick, and the Kings' 1996 fourth-round pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Dmitri Yushkevich and the Flyers' 1996 second-round pick on August 30, 1995.^[56]
8. The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 23rd overall, the Hartford Whalers' seventh-round pick, 169th overall, and Kevin Haller to the Hartford Whalers for Paul Coffey and the Whalers' third-round pick, 62nd overall, on December 15, 1996.^[56]
9. The Flyers traded their 1996 fourth-round pick to the Los Angeles Kings for John Druce and the Kings' seventh-round pick, 164th overall, on March 19, 1996.^[56]