2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 40th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the first time in franchise history the Flyers finished with the worst record in the entire league and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1994.

2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	15th Eastern
2006–07 record	22–48–12
Home record	10–24–7
Road record	12–24–5
Goals for	214
Goals against	303
Team information
General manager	Bob Clarke (Oct.) Paul Holmgren (Oct.–Apr.)
Coach	Ken Hitchcock (Oct.) John Stevens (Oct.–Apr.)
Captain	Peter Forsberg (Oct.–Feb.) Vacant (Feb.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Simon Gagne Derian Hatcher Sami Kapanen (Feb.–Apr.)
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,283[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Simon Gagne (41)
Assists	Joni Pitkanen (39)
Points	Simon Gagne (68)
Penalty minutes	Ben Eager (233)
Plus/minus	Scottie Upshall (+4)
Wins	Antero Niittymaki (9)
Goals against average	Martin Biron (3.01)
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Off-season

During the off-season the Flyers lost Michal Handzus in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks, defenseman Kim Johnsson to free agency and Eric Desjardins and team captain Keith Primeau to retirement.^[2]

On September 12, 2006, the Flyers signed restricted free agent Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks to an offer sheet. The Canucks matched the 1-year, $1.9 million deal.^[3]

Regular season

Peter Forsberg replaced Primeau as team captain,^[4] but a chronic foot injury had him in and out of the lineup throughout the season and limited his effectiveness. Eight games into the regular season and with a record of 1–6–1, general manager Bob Clarke resigned and head coach Ken Hitchcock was fired.^[5] Assistant coach John Stevens replaced Hitchcock and assistant general manager Paul Holmgren took on Clarke's responsibilities on an interim basis.^[5]

Alternate captain Derian Hatcher was the lone Flyer to play all 82 games and was named the league’s top penalty killer by The Hockey News.^[6]

The changes did little to improve the Flyers fortunes in 2006–07 as setting franchise records for futility became the norm. They had several multiple-game losing streaks including a franchise worst 10–game losing streak and a 12–game home losing streak that stretched from November 29 to February 10. Ultimately, the Flyers finished with a 22–48–12 record, the most losses in franchise history and the worst record in the league. They also set the NHL record for the biggest points drop off in the standings in a one-year span (101 points in 2005–06 to 56 points in 2006–07, a difference of 45 points).

With the team clearly on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time since 1994, Holmgren set his sights on rebuilding the team and preparing for the future. Forsberg, unwilling to commit to playing next season, was traded to the Nashville Predators for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent, and 2007 1st and 3rd-round draft picks.^[7] Veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for prospect defenseman Braydon Coburn and disappointing off-season acquisition Kyle Calder was sent to the Detroit Red Wings via Chicago in exchange for defenseman Lasse Kukkonen.^[8][9] The Flyers also acquired goaltender Martin Biron from the Buffalo Sabres for a 2007 2nd-round pick.^[10] Given wide praise for his efforts, the Flyers gave Holmgren a two-year contract and removed the interim label from his title.^[11]

The Flyers finished the regular season having allowed 297 goals (excluding 6 shootout goals allowed), the most in the league.^[12]

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
2	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
3	6	New York Rangers	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
4	8	New York Islanders	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
5	15	Philadelphia Flyers	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

^[13]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference^[14]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P - Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	Y - New Jersey Devils	AT	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
3	Y - Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
4	X - Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
5	X - Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
6	X - New York Rangers	AT	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
7	X - Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
8	X - New York Islanders	AT	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	35	41	6	219	289	76
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	28	40	14	235	286	70
15	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2006 preseason[15]
Preseason: 1–5–1 (home: 1–2–0; road: 0–3–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Recap 1[a] September 20 4–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Houle 0–1–0 L 2 September 21 2–1 New Jersey Devils Niittymaki 1–1–0 W 3 September 23 3–4 Ottawa Senators Esche 1–2–0 L 4[b] September 24 1–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Houle 1–3–0 L 5 September 26 1–6 Washington Capitals Esche 1–4–0 L 6 September 28 4–5 SO @ New Jersey Devils Esche 1–4–1 OTL 7 September 29 0–1 @ Washington Capitals Esche 1–5–1 L Notes: a Game played at Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick.[16] b Game played at John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario.[17]
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[18]
October: 3–7–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–5–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 5 0–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Esche 16,957 0–1–0 0 L 2 October 7 4–5 SO New York Rangers Niittymaki 19,798 0–1–1 1 OTL 3 October 10 4–2 @ New York Rangers Niittymaki 18,200 1–1–1 3 W 4 October 11 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Niittymaki 19,256 1–2–1 3 L 5 October 14 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils Niittymaki 14,177 1–3–1 3 L 6 October 17 1–9 @ Buffalo Sabres Esche 18,690 1–4–1 3 L 7 October 19 1–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning Niittymaki 19,920 1–5–1 3 L 8 October 20 2–3 @ Florida Panthers Niittymaki 17,194 1–6–1 3 L 9 October 26 3–2 SO Atlanta Thrashers Niittymaki 19,228 2–6–1 5 W 10 October 28 2–8 Pittsburgh Penguins Niittymaki 19,589 2–7–1 5 L 11 October 30 3–0 Chicago Blackhawks Esche 18,876 3–7–1 7 W
November: 5–8–2 (home: 1–5–2; road: 4–3–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 2 2–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Niittymaki 18,633 3–8–1 7 L 13 November 4 3–5 Washington Capitals Esche 19,564 3–9–1 7 L 14 November 6 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Niittymaki 19,501 3–10–1 7 L 15 November 9 1–3 New York Islanders Niittymaki 18,656 3–11–1 7 L 16 November 11 4–5 OT Buffalo Sabres Niittymaki 19,633 3–11–2 8 OTL 17 November 13 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Niittymaki 13,781 3–12–2 8 L 18 November 15 7–4 @ Anaheim Ducks Esche 15,379 4–12–2 10 W 19 November 16 4–3 @ Los Angeles Kings Niittymaki 16,446 5–12–2 12 W 20 November 18 1–6 @ San Jose Sharks Esche 17,496 5–13–2 12 L 21 November 20 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Niittymaki 19,349 5–14–2 12 L 22 November 22 2–3 OT Ottawa Senators Niittymaki 18,990 5–14–3 13 OTL 23 November 24 3–2 Columbus Blue Jackets Niittymaki 19,301 6–14–3 15 W 24 November 25 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens Niittymaki 21,273 7–14–3 17 W 25 November 29 2–3 Nashville Predators Niittymaki 18,789 7–15–3 17 L 26 November 30 3–2 @ New York Islanders Niittymaki 10,280 8–15–3 19 W
December: 2–9–1 (home: 0–4–1; road: 2–5–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 27 December 2 3–4 SO New Jersey Devils Niittymaki 19,559 8–15–4 20 OTL 28 December 8 0–2 @ New Jersey Devils Niittymaki 14,003 8–16–4 20 L 29 December 9 3–5 Washington Capitals Niittymaki 19,211 8–17–4 20 L 30 December 12 1–3 New York Rangers Niittymaki 19,389 8–18–4 20 L 31 December 13 4–8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Niittymaki 14,150 8–19–4 20 L 32 December 16 1–4 @ Washington Capitals Niittymaki 15,021 8–20–4 20 L 33 December 19 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes Niittymaki 19,111 8–21–4 20 L 34 December 21 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens Niittymaki 21,273 8–22–4 20 L 35 December 23 3–6 Ottawa Senators Niittymaki 19,268 8–23–4 20 L 36 December 27 1–3 @ Florida Panthers Niittymaki 17,771 8–24–4 20 L 37 December 28 4–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning Esche 21,171 9–24–4 22 W 38 December 31 5–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes Esche 18,796 10–24–4 24 W
January: 2–8–2 (home: 0–4–1; road: 2–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 3–2 @ New York Islanders Esche 10,461 11–24–4 26 W 40 January 4 2–3 @ New York Rangers Esche 18,200 11–25–4 26 L 41 January 6 3–4 @ Boston Bruins Esche 17,565 11–26–4 26 L 42 January 7 1–6 @ Ottawa Senators Niittymaki 18,509 11–27–4 26 L 43 January 9 2–6 @ Washington Capitals Esche 13,143 11–28–4 26 L 44 January 11 2–4 Montreal Canadiens Niittymaki 19,411 11–29–4 26 L 45 January 13 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Niittymaki 19,587 11–30–4 26 L 46 January 18 2–4 New York Islanders Niittymaki 19,118 11–31–4 26 L 47 January 20 3–4 SO @ New Jersey Devils Niittymaki 16,621 11–31–5 27 OTL 48 January 27 1–2 New York Rangers Esche 19,618 11–32–5 27 L 49 January 28 2–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers Niittymaki 18,598 12–32–5 29 W 50 January 30 3–4 SO Tampa Bay Lightning Esche 19,313 12–32–6 30 OTL
February: 4–5–4 (home: 2–3–2; road: 2–2–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 1 5–6 OT New Jersey Devils Niittymaki 19,427 12–32–7 31 OTL 52 February 3 5–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers Niittymaki 18,622 13–32–7 33 W 53 February 7 0–2 @ New York Islanders Niittymaki 10,229 13–33–7 33 L 54 February 8 4–5 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Niittymaki 19,512 13–33–8 34 OTL 55 February 10 4–3 OT St. Louis Blues Leighton 19,215 14–33–8 36 W 56 February 12 6–1 Detroit Red Wings Leighton 19,575 15–33–8 38 W 57 February 15 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Leighton 19,321 15–34–8 38 L 58 February 17 5–3 @ New York Rangers Niittymaki 18,200 16–34–8 40 W 59 February 19 3–6 Boston Bruins Niittymaki 19,209 16–35–8 40 L 60 February 20 3–6 @ Buffalo Sabres Esche 18,690 16–36–8 40 L 61 February 22 2–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes Niittymaki 14,533 16–36–9 41 OTL 62 February 24 2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs Leighton 19,277 16–37–9 41 L 63 February 27 5–6 OT @ New York Islanders Niittymaki 11,443 16–37–10 42 OTL
March: 5–9–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–5–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 1 4–3 OT @ Boston Bruins Biron 12,294 17–37–10 44 W 65 March 4 3–4 SO @ Pittsburgh Penguins Biron 17,132 17–37–11 45 OTL 66 March 6 5–4 OT New Jersey Devils Biron 19,210 18–37–11 47 W 67 March 8 1–2 Florida Panthers Biron 19,489 18–38–11 47 L 68 March 10 4–1 Boston Bruins Biron 19,550 19–38–11 49 W 69 March 12 0–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes Biron 14,799 19–39–11 49 L 70 March 13 2–3 @ Dallas Stars Niittymaki 17,618 19–40–11 49 L 71 March 15 3–2 Atlanta Thrashers Biron 19,122 20–40–11 51 W 72 March 17 2–3 @ Ottawa Senators Biron 19,639 20–41–11 51 L 73 March 20 1–4 Florida Panthers Biron 18,721 20–42–11 51 L 74 March 21 0–5 @ New York Rangers Niittymaki 18,200 20–43–11 51 L 75 March 24 3–4 New York Islanders Biron 19,422 20–44–11 51 L 76 March 28 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes Biron 19,123 21–44–11 53 W 77 March 30 1–3 @ New Jersey Devils Biron 17,493 21–45–11 53 L 78 March 31 4–6 New York Rangers Biron 19,555 21–46–11 53 L
April: 1–2–1 (home: 1–2–0; road: 0–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 3 2–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs Biron 19,547 21–46–12 54 OTL 80 April 5 2–3 New Jersey Devils Biron 19,177 21–47–12 54 L 81 April 7 2–4 New York Islanders Niittymaki 19,412 21–48–12 54 L 82 April 8 4–3 Buffalo Sabres Biron 19,550 22–48–12 56 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Simon Gagne	LW	76	41	27	68	2	30
22	Mike Knuble	RW	64	24	30	54	2	56
44	Joni Pitkanen	D	77	4	39	43	−25	88
21	Peter Forsberg‡	C	40	11	29	40	2	72
17	Jeff Carter	C	62	14	23	37	−17	48
18	Mike Richards	C	59	10	22	32	−12	52
8	Geoff Sanderson	LW	58	11	18	29	−16	44
20	R. J. Umberger	C	81	16	12	28	−32	41
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	77	11	14	25	−21	22
6	Randy Jones	D	66	4	18	22	−14	38
45[a]	Alexandre Picard	D	62	3	19	22	−19	17
19	Kyle Calder‡	LW	59	9	12	21	−31	36
27	Randy Robitaille‡	C	28	5	12	17	−4	22
27	Dmitry Afanasenkov†	LW	41	8	7	15	−19	12
9	Scottie Upshall†	RW	18	6	7	13	4	8
15[b]	Stefan Ruzicka	RW	40	3	10	13	−6	18
77	Alexei Zhitnik†‡	D	31	3	10	13	−16	38
11	Ryan Potulny	C	35	7	5	12	1	22
55	Ben Eager	LW	63	6	5	11	−13	233
29	Todd Fedoruk†	LW	48	3	8	11	−11	84
2	Derian Hatcher	D	82	3	6	9	−24	67
61	Mike York†	LW	34	4	4	8	−9	8
5	Braydon Coburn†	D	20	3	4	7	−2	16
93	Petr Nedved‡	C	21	1	6	7	−20	18
34	Freddy Meyer‡	D	25	2	3	5	−4	14
23	Denis Gauthier	D	43	0	4	4	−11	45
46	Jussi Timonen	D	14	0	4	4	−10	6
40	Eric Meloche	RW	13	1	2	3	−6	4
42	Robert Esche	G	18	0	3	3		2
65	Nate Guenin	D	9	0	2	2	0	4
43	Lars Jonsson	D	8	0	2	2	−4	6
28	Boyd Kane	LW	15	0	2	2	−4	28
5	Nolan Baumgartner‡	D	6	0	1	1	0	21
52	Triston Grant	LW	8	0	1	1	−1	10
3	Mike Rathje	D	18	0	1	1	−7	6
43	Martin Biron†	G	16	0	0	0		0
33	Riley Cote	LW	8	0	0	0	0	11
14	Mark Cullen	C	3	0	0	0	−3	0
15	Niko Dimitrakos	RW	5	0	0	0	−4	6
36	Matt Ellison	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	Martin Grenier	D	3	0	0	0	−3	0
14	Denis Hamel†	LW	7	0	0	0	−4	0
35	Martin Houle	G	1	0	0	0		0
28	Lasse Kukkonen†	D	20	0	0	0	−1	8
49	Michael Leighton†‡	G	4	0	0	0		0
30	Antero Niittymaki	G	52	0	0	0		2
77	Ryan Parent†	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
54	David Printz	D	12	0	0	0	−3	4
26	Darren Reid†	RW	14	0	0	0	−7	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
		GP	GS	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Antero Niittymaki	52	46	9	29	9	1567	166	3.38	.894	0	2,943
43	Martin Biron†	16	16	6	8	2	509	47	3.01	.908	0	935
42	Robert Esche	18	16	5	9	1	483	62	4.32	.872	1	860
49	Michael Leighton†‡	4	4	2	2	0	102	12	3.70	.882	0	195
35	Martin Houle	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	27.27	.667	0	2

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Simon Gagne	[19]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Derian Hatcher	[20]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Simon Gagne	[20]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Sami Kapanen	[20]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Ben Eager	[20]
	Toyota Cup	Simon Gagne	[21]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Mike Knuble	[20]

Records

The 2006–07 edition of the Philadelphia Flyers (Kyle Calder, Jeff Carter, and Sami Kapanen pictured on the left during a January 4 game against the New York Rangers) holds several dubious franchise records.

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 2006–07 season was a number of losing and winless streaks, including a nine-game losing streak (December 8 to December 27), an eight-game home losing streak (December 9 to January 27), and a 13-game home winless streak (November 29 to February 8).^[22][23][24] Goaltender Antero Niittymaki went a team record 15 games winless from December 2 to January 20.^[25] A lone bright spot was Alexandre Picard’s five assists on February 1 against the New Jersey Devils, setting team records for most assists in a single game by a defenseman and by a rookie.^[26][27]

Franchise single season records were set for most losses (48), most home losses (24), fewest home wins (10), fewest points (56), lowest points percentage (.341), and fewest shootout wins (1, tied during the 2021–22 season).^[28][29][30] Niittymaki’s 29 losses tied Bernie Parent’s 1969–70 record for most losses in a single season by a Flyers goaltender.^[31]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
750th game coached	Ken Hitchcock	October 5, 2006	[32]
First game	Triston Grant	October 26, 2006	[33]
	Lars Jonsson
	Jussi Timonen	November 20, 2006
	Martin Houle	December 13, 2006
	Nate Guenin	January 18, 2007
	Riley Cote	March 24, 2007
	Ryan Parent	April 5, 2007
600th assist	Peter Forsberg	January 18, 2007	[34]
1,000th game played	Alexei Zhitnik	February 20, 2007	[35]
	Derian Hatcher	April 7, 2007	[36]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.^[37]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2006 4th-round pick in 2006	To Montreal Canadiens Chicago's 3rd-round pick in 2006	[38]
August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02)	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Meloche	To Chicago Blackhawks Rights to Vaclav Pletka	[39]
August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04)	To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle Calder	To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus	[40]
November 9, 2006 (2006-11-09)	To Philadelphia Flyers Darren Reid	To Tampa Bay Lightning Daniel Corso	[41]
November 13, 2006 (2006-11-13)	To Philadelphia Flyers Todd Fedoruk	To Anaheim Ducks 4th-round pick in 2007 Future considerations[c]	[43]
December 16, 2006 (2006-12-16)	To Philadelphia Flyers Alexei Zhitnik	To New York Islanders Freddy Meyer Conditional draft pick[d]	[44]
December 20, 2006 (2006-12-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike York	To New York Islanders Randy Robitaille 5th-round pick in 2008	[45]
February 15, 2007 (2007-02-15)	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Parent Scottie Upshall 1st-round pick in 2007 3rd-round pick in 2007	To Nashville Predators Peter Forsberg	[7]
February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers Braydon Coburn	To Atlanta Thrashers Alexei Zhitnik	[8]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26)	To Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen 3rd-round pick in 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder	[9]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To Philadelphia Flyers Martin Biron	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2007	[10]
June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04)	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	To Nashville Predators Matt Ellison	[46]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 26, 2006 (2006-06-26)	Brad Tapper	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	[47]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Nolan Baumgartner	Vancouver Canucks	2-year	Free agency	[48]
	Lars Jonsson	HV71 (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	[48]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Randy Robitaille	Minnesota Wild	1-year	Free agency	[49]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	Mark Cullen	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[50]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	Denis Tolpeko	Regina Pats (WHL)	3-year	Free agency	[51]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Daniel Corso	Frankfurt Lions (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	[52]
	Martin Grenier	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[52]
	Boyd Kane	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	[52]
July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)	Geoff Sanderson	Phoenix Coyotes	2-year	Free agency	[53]
August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16)	Nate Guenin	Ohio State University (CCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[54]
December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30)	Dmitry Afanasenkov	Tampa Bay Lightning		Waivers	[55]
January 11, 2007 (2007-01-11)	Michael Leighton	Nashville Predators		Waivers	[56]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	Denis Hamel	Atlanta Thrashers		Waivers	[57]
March 15, 2007 (2007-03-15)	Kyle Greentree	University of Alaska Fairbanks (CCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[58]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[e]	Ref
June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30)	Turner Stevenson[f]		Buyout	[60]
	Chris Therien		Retirement (III)	[61]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Kim Johnsson	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (III)	[62]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	Branko Radivojevic	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (UFA)	[63]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Donald Brashear	Washington Capitals	Free agency (III)	[64]
	John Slaney	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[65]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Wade Skolney	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (VI)	[66]
August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)	Mark Murphy	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency (III)	[67]
August 10, 2006 (2006-08-10)	Eric Desjardins		Retirement (III)	[68]
August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)	Stephen Wood	Peoria Rivermen (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[69]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14)	Keith Primeau		Retirement	[2]
September 15, 2006 (2006-09-15)	Ryan Ready	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[70]
September 18, 2006 (2006-09-18)	Mathieu Brunelle	Bloomington PrairieThunder (UHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[71]
September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	Joey Hope	Alaska Aces (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[72]
September 21, 2006 (2006-09-21)	Brian Savage		Retirement (III)	[73]
September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	Pat Kavanagh	Portland Pirates (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[74]
October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)	Kiel McLeod	Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[75]
November 11, 2006 (2006-11-11)	Marty Murray	Los Angeles Kings	Re-entry waivers	[76]
January 2, 2007 (2007-01-02)	Petr Nedved	Edmonton Oilers	Re-entry waivers	[77]
February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)	Nolan Baumgartner	Dallas Stars	Re-entry waivers	[78]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	Michael Leighton	Montreal Canadiens	Waivers	[57]
April 30, 2007 (2007-04-30)	Eric Meloche	Straubing Tigers (DEL)	Free agency	[79]
June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04)	David Printz	Djurgarden IF (SHL)	Free agency	[80]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	Antero Niittymaki	1-year	Re-signing	[81]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	R. J. Umberger	2-year	Re-signing	[82]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Matt Ellison	1-year	Re-signing	[52]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Joni Pitkanen	1-year	Re-signing	[83]
July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29)	David Printz	1-year	Re-signing	[84]
September 2, 2006 (2006-09-02)	Tony Voce	1-year	Re-signing	[85]
September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11)	Simon Gagne	5-year	Re-signing	[86]
September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23)	Oskars Bartulis	3-year	Entry-level	[87]
November 29, 2006 (2006-11-29)	Mike Knuble	2-year	Extension	[88]
February 13, 2007 (2007-02-13)	Sami Kapanen	2-year	Extension	[89]
March 15, 2007 (2007-03-15)	Jon Matsumoto	3-year	Entry-level	[58]
March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27)	Martin Biron	2-year	Extension	[90]
May 11, 2007 (2007-05-11)	Scottie Upshall	2-year	Extension	[91]
May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)	Ben Eager	2-year	Extension	[92]
May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17)	Lasse Kukkonen	2-year	Extension	[93]
	David Laliberte	3-year	Entry-level	[93]
June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01)	Josh Beaulieu	3-year	Entry-level	[94]
	Jeremy Duchesne	3-year	Entry-level	[94]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft, which was held at General Motors Place in Vancouver on June 24, 2006.^[95] The Flyers original third-round pick, 85th overall, was traded to the San Jose Sharks for Niko Dimitrakos on March 9, 2006.^[96]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	22	Claude Giroux	Right wing	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
2	39	Andreas Nodl	Right wing	Austria	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)	[g]
	42	Mike Ratchuk	Defense	United States	U.S. NTDP (NAHL)	[h]
	55	Denis Bodrov	Defense	Russia	Tolyatti Lada (RSL)
3	79	Jon Matsumoto	Center	Canada	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)	[i]
4	101	Joonas Lehtivuori	Defense	Finland	Ilves (SM-liiga)	[j]
	109	Jakub Kovar	Goaltender	Czech Republic	Budějovice Jr. (CZE)	[i]
5	145	Jon Rheault	Right wing	United States	Providence College (HE)
6	175	Michael Dupont	Goaltender	Switzerland	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7	205	Andrei Popov	Right wing	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Vysshaya Liga)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL^[97] and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.^[98] After an early season coaching change from Craig Berube, who joined the Flyers as an assistant, to Kjell Samuelsson, the Phantoms struggled finishing sixth in their division and missing the playoffs.^[99] Trenton finished 4th in their division and made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs before losing to the Dayton Bombers in their last season as a Flyers affiliate. Following the 2006–07 ECHL season the Titans were renamed the Trenton Devils by their new owners, the New Jersey Devils.

Notes

1. Picard originally wore number 29 until Fedoruk was re-acquired.
2. Ruzicka originally wore number 9 until Upshall was acquired.
3. Anaheim received the conditional right to switch 2007 5th-round picks with the Flyers, but the condition was not met.^[42]
4. The Islanders had a choice between the Flyers' third-round pick in 2007 or the Flyers' second-round pick in 2008. The Islanders chose the 2007 third-round pick.
5. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[59]
6. Stevenson announced his retirement on April 13, 2007.
7. The Flyers traded the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim's 2005 second-round pick to the Phoenix Coyotes for the Coyotes' second-round pick, 39th overall, and the Columbus Blue Jackets' 2005 fourth-round pick on July 30, 2005.^[96]
8. The Flyers received the Los Angeles Kings' second-round pick, 42nd overall, as compensation for the Kings hiring Dean Lombardi as their general manager.^[96]
9. The Flyers traded Eric Meloche and Patrick Sharp to the Chicago Blackhawks for Matt Ellison and the Blackhawks' third-round pick, 66th overall, on December 5, 2005.^[96] The Flyers traded the Blackhawks' pick to the Montreal Canadiens for the Canadiens' third, 79th overall, and fourth-round pick, 109th overall, on June 24, 2006.
10. The Flyers traded Dennis Seidenberg to the Phoenix Coyotes for Petr Nedved on January 20, 2006. The Flyers also had the option of swapping fourth-round picks, which was exercised resulting in the Flyers moving from the 115th overall pick to the 101st overall pick, and 2007 third-round picks, which was not exercised.^[96]