2010–11 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2010–11 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 44th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the second round of the 2011 playoffs to the Boston Bruins in a four-game sweep.

2010–11 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2010–11 record	47–23–12
Home record	22–12–7
Road record	25–11–5
Goals for	259
Goals against	223
Team information
General manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Mike Richards
Alternate captains	Jeff Carter Chris Pronger Kimmo Timonen
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance	19,710 (101.1%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Adirondack Phantoms Greenville Road Warriors
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Carter (36)
Assists	Claude Giroux (51)
Points	Claude Giroux (76)
Penalty minutes	Scott Hartnell (142)
Plus/minus	Matt Carle (+30) Andrej Meszaros (+30)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (28)
Goals against average	Brian Boucher (2.42)
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Off-season

Coming off a close loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Flyers traded Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning to clear up cap space, acquired Andrej Meszaros from Tampa Bay in a separate trade and signed free agent Sean O'Donnell to shore up the defense.

Regular season

The Flyers started the season with rookie goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in Russia, who recorded an opening-night win in his NHL debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins and had steady numbers throughout the season. Brian Boucher remained as the backup goaltender while Michael Leighton played one game in December after recovering from a back injury and was sent to Adirondack in the AHL. The Flyers led both the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference for the majority of the season and challenged the Vancouver Canucks for the overall NHL lead. Kris Versteeg was brought in from the Toronto Maple Leafs to add additional offense for the stretch drive and playoffs. However, lackluster play throughout March and April, coupled with a broken hand suffered by Chris Pronger in late February that ended his regular season, cost the Flyers the top seed in the East during the last week of the regular season, although the Flyers hung on to win their first Atlantic Division title since 2003–04 and clinched the second seed in the East.

Season standings

Atlantic Division^[2]

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		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	47	23	12	44	259	223	106
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	25	8	39	238	199	106
3	New York Rangers	82	44	33	5	35	233	198	93
4	New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	35	174	209	81
5	New York Islanders	82	30	39	13	26	229	264	73

Eastern Conference

R	v t e	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Washington Capitals	SE	82	48	23	11	43	224	197	107
2	y – Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	47	23	12	44	259	223	106
3	y – Boston Bruins	NE	82	46	25	11	44	246	195	103
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	49	25	8	39	238	199	106
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	25	11	40	247	240	103
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	44	30	8	41	216	209	96
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	43	29	10	38	245	229	96
8	New York Rangers	AT	82	44	33	5	35	233	198	93
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	31	11	35	236	239	91
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	34	11	32	218	251	85
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	38	39	5	35	174	209	81
12	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	34	36	12	29	223	269	80
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	32	40	10	30	192	250	74
14	New York Islanders	AT	82	30	39	13	26	229	264	73
15	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	40	12	26	195	229	72

bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division)
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Playoffs

Main article: 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs

See also: Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

The Flyers drew the Buffalo Sabres in the first round. Sergei Bobrovsky played well in a 1–0 Game 1 loss, but was replaced in Game 2 for Brian Boucher, who held on for a 5–4 Flyers win. Boucher played well in a Game 3 win and a Game 4 loss, but was replaced himself in a favor of Michael Leighton during a poor first period in Game 5, and Buffalo won in overtime. Pronger returned to the lineup and Leighton started Game 6 but was replaced by Boucher after a sub-par first period, but the Flyers went on to win in overtime and forced a Game 7, which Boucher started. The Flyers dominated Buffalo, winning 5–2, and became the first team to win a playoff series starting three different goaltenders since 1988.

The Flyers then drew a rematch with the Boston Bruins in the second round. Boston dominated the Flyers in Game 1, where Boucher was again replaced, this time by Bobrovsky. Pronger again left the lineup with an undisclosed injury, while Boston won Game 2 in overtime and again dominated the Flyers in Game 3 to take a 3–0 series lead. Bobrovsky started Game 4, but there would be no such comeback like their previous meeting as Boston completed the sweep of the Flyers. The Flyers tied an NHL record with seven playoff in-game goalie changes, and were the only NHL team not to record a shutout in either the regular season or playoffs.

Schedule and results

Preseason

2010 preseason[3]
Preseason: 5–2–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 21 4–3 (SO) New Jersey Devils Bobrovsky 19,288 1–0–0 W 2[a] September 23 2–3 (SO) Toronto Maple Leafs Bobrovsky 8,765 1–0–1 OTL 3 September 24 4–3 (SO) @ Toronto Maple Leafs Boucher 18,375 2–0–1 W 4 September 25 3–2 (SO) @ Minnesota Wild Bobrovsky 16,742 3–0–1 W 5 September 28 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils Boucher 10,124 3–1–1 L 6 September 29 3–1 New York Islanders Bobrovsky 17,978 4–1–1 W 7 October 1 3–1 Buffalo Sabres Boucher 18,848 4–2–1 W 8 October 3 3–9 @ Buffalo Sabres Backlund 18,690 4–3–1 L Notes: a Game played at John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario.
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season

2010–11 regular season[4]
October: 6–4–1, 13 points (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 7 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Bobrovsky 18,289 1–0–0 2 W 2 October 9 1–2 (OT) @ St. Louis Blues Boucher 19,150 1–0–1 3 OTL 3 October 11 4–2 Colorado Avalanche Bobrovsky 19,652 2–0–1 5 W 4 October 14 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning Boucher 19,592 2–1–1 5 L 5 October 16 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Bobrovsky 19,684 2–2–1 5 L 6 October 21 2–3 Anaheim Ducks Bobrovsky 19,012 2–3–1 5 L 7 October 23 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Boucher 19,382 3–3–1 7 W 8 October 25 1–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets Boucher 11,727 3–4–1 7 L 9 October 26 6–3 Buffalo Sabres Bobrovsky 19,361 4–4–1 9 W 10 October 29 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Bobrovsky 18,275 5–4–1 11 W 11 October 30 6–1 New York Islanders Bobrovsky 19,613 6–4–1 13 W
November: 9–2–3, 21 points (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–1–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 1 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes Bobrovsky 19,038 7–4–1 15 W 13 November 4 4–1 New York Rangers Bobrovsky 19,652 8–4–1 17 W 14 November 6 2–1 @ New York Islanders Bobrovsky 13,078 9–4–1 19 W 15 November 7 2–3 (OT) @ Washington Capitals Bobrovsky 18,398 9–4–2 20 OTL 16 November 11 8–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes Bobrovsky 14,719 10–4–2 22 W 17 November 13 5–2 Florida Panthers Bobrovsky 19,616 11–4–2 24 W 18 November 15 5–1 Ottawa Senators Bobrovsky 19,246 12–4–2 26 W 19 November 16 0–3 @ Montreal Canadiens Bobrovsky 21,273 12–5–2 26 L 20 November 18 7–8 Tampa Bay Lightning Boucher 19,672 12–6–2 26 L 21 November 20 5–4 (SO) @ Washington Capitals Boucher 18,398 13–6–2 28 W 22 November 22 3–2 Montreal Canadiens Boucher 19,753 14–6–2 30 W 23 November 24 6–1 @ Minnesota Wild Bobrovsky 16,516 15–6–2 32 W 24 November 26 2–3 (SO) Calgary Flames Bobrovsky 19,872 15–6–3 33 OTL 25 November 27 1–2 (SO) @ New Jersey Devils Boucher 17,625 15–6–4 34 OTL
December: 8–4–1, 17 points (home: 3–2–1; road: 5–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 26 December 1 0–3 Boston Bruins Bobrovsky 19,684 15–7–4 34 L 27 December 4 5–3 New Jersey Devils Bobrovsky 19,657 16–7–4 36 W 28 December 5 3–2 @ New York Islanders Bobrovsky 7,773 17–7–4 38 W 29 December 8 4–5 (SO) San Jose Sharks Bobrovsky 19,801 17–7–5 39 OTL 30 December 9 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Boucher 19,365 18–7–5 41 W 31 December 11 2–1 (OT) @ Boston Bruins Boucher 17,565 19–7–5 43 W 32 December 14 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Boucher 19,824 20–7–5 45 W 33 December 15 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens Bobrovsky 21,273 21–7–5 47 W 34 December 18 4–1 New York Rangers Boucher 19,898 22–7–5 49 W 35 December 20 0–5 Florida Panthers Bobrovsky 19,864 22–8–5 49 L 36 December 28 2–6 @ Vancouver Canucks Boucher 18,860 22–9–5 49 L 37 December 30 7–4 @ Los Angeles Kings Leighton 18,118 23–9–5 51 W 38 December 31 2–5 @ Anaheim Ducks Bobrovsky 17,103 23–10–5 51 L
January: 10–2–0, 20 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 6–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings Boucher 20,066 24–10–5 53 W 40 January 6 4–2 @ New Jersey Devils Boucher 15,098 25–10–5 55 W 41 January 8 2–1 New Jersey Devils Boucher 19,859 26–10–5 57 W 42 January 11 5–2 @ Buffalo Sabres Bobrovsky 18,155 27–10–5 59 W 43 January 13 5–7 @ Boston Bruins Boucher 17,565 27–11–5 59 L 44 January 14 5–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers Bobrovsky 15,081 28–11–5 61 W 45 January 16 3–2 @ New York Rangers Boucher 18,200 29–11–5 63 W 46 January 18 3–2 (OT) Washington Capitals Bobrovsky 19,824 30–11–5 65 W 47 January 20 6–2 Ottawa Senators Bobrovsky 19,721 31–11–5 67 W 48 January 22 1–3 New Jersey Devils Boucher 19,847 31–12–5 67 L 49 January 23 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks Bobrovsky 21,660 32–12–5 69 W 50 January 25 5–2 Montreal Canadiens Bobrovsky 19,878 33–12–5 71 W
February: 7–4–1, 15 points (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–3–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 1 0–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning Bobrovsky 16,635 33–13–5 71 L 52 February 3 3–2 Nashville Predators Bobrovsky 19,702 34–13–5 73 W 53 February 5 3–1 Dallas Stars Boucher 19,881 35–13–5 75 W 54 February 10 2–1 Carolina Hurricanes Boucher 19,726 36–13–5 77 W 55 February 13 0–1 Los Angeles Kings Bobrovsky 19,724 36–14–5 77 L 56 February 15 4–3 (SO) @ Tampa Bay Lightning Boucher 16,950 37–14–5 79 W 57 February 16 4–2 @ Florida Panthers Bobrovsky 17,077 38–14–5 81 W 58 February 18 2–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes Bobrovsky 18,726 38–15–5 81 L 59 February 20 4–2 @ New York Rangers Boucher 18,200 39–15–5 83 W 60 February 22 2–3 (OT) Phoenix Coyotes Bobrovsky 19,875 39–15–6 84 OTL 61 February 24 4–3 (OT) New York Islanders Bobrovsky 19,776 40–15–6 86 W 62 February 26 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators Boucher 19,934 40–16–6 86 L
March: 6–5–4, 16 points (home: 1–4–3; road: 5–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 63 March 3 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Bobrovsky 19,811 40–17–6 86 L 64 March 5 3–5 Buffalo Sabres Bobrovsky 19,901 40–18–6 86 L 65 March 6 0–7 @ New York Rangers Boucher 18,200 40–19–6 86 L 66 March 8 4–1 Edmonton Oilers Bobrovsky 19,730 41–19–6 88 W 67 March 10 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Boucher 19,475 42–19–6 90 W 68 March 12 4–5 (OT) Atlanta Thrashers Bobrovsky 19,892 42–19–7 91 OTL 69 March 15 3–2 @ Florida Panthers Boucher 17,377 43–19–7 93 W 70 March 17 3–4 (SO) @ Atlanta Thrashers Boucher 16,502 43–19–8 94 OTL 71 March 19 3–2 (SO) @ Dallas Stars Bobrovsky 17,652 44–19–8 96 W 72 March 22 4–5 (SO) Washington Capitals Boucher 19,893 44–19–9 97 OTL 73 March 24 1–2 (SO) Pittsburgh Penguins Bobrovsky 19,902 44–19–10 98 OTL 74 March 26 4–1 @ New York Islanders Bobrovsky 15,458 45–19–10 100 W 75 March 27 1–2 Boston Bruins Boucher 19,927 45–20–10 100 L 76 March 29 5–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Bobrovsky 18,335 46–20–10 102 W 77 March 31 0–1 Atlanta Thrashers Bobrovsky 19,879 46–21–10 102 L
April: 1–2–2, 4 points (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 78 April 1 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils Boucher 17,625 46–22–10 102 L 79 April 3 2–3 (SO) New York Rangers Bobrovsky 19,788 46–22–11 103 OTL 80 April 5 2–5 @ Ottawa Senators Bobrovsky 18,397 46–23–11 103 L 81 April 8 3–4 (OT) @ Buffalo Sabres Bobrovsky 18,690 46–23–12 104 OTL 82 April 9 7–4 New York Islanders Boucher 19,909 47–23–12 106 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2011 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 0–1 Buffalo Sabres Bobrovsky 19,929 Sabres lead 1–0 L 2 April 16 5–4 Buffalo Sabres Boucher 19,942 Series tied 1–1 W 3 April 18 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres Boucher 18,690 Flyers lead 2–1 W 4 April 20 0–1 @ Buffalo Sabres Boucher 18,690 Series tied 2–2 L 5 April 22 3–4 (OT) Buffalo Sabres Leighton 19,959 Sabres lead 3–2 L 6 April 24 5–4 (OT) @ Buffalo Sabres Boucher 18,690 Series tied 3–3 W 7 April 26 5–2 Buffalo Sabres Boucher 19,966 Flyers win 4–3 W
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 30 3–7 Boston Bruins Boucher 19,641 Bruins lead 1–0 L 2 May 2 2–3 (OT) Boston Bruins Boucher 19,962 Bruins lead 2–0 L 3 May 4 1–5 @ Boston Bruins Boucher 17,565 Bruins lead 3–0 L 4 May 6 1–5 @ Boston Bruins Bobrovsky 17,565 Bruins win 4–0 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
28	Claude Giroux	RW	82	25	51	76	20	47	11	1	11	12	2	8
48	Danny Briere	C	77	34	34	68	20	87	11	7	2	9	−7	14
17	Jeff Carter	C	80	36	30	66	27	39	6	1	1	2	−3	2
18	Mike Richards	C	81	23	43	66	11	62	11	1	6	7	−1	15
22	Ville Leino	RW	81	19	34	53	14	22	11	3	2	5	−1	0
19	Scott Hartnell	LW	82	24	25	49	14	142	11	1	3	4	−5	23
21	James van Riemsdyk	LW	75	21	19	40	15	35	11	7	0	7	−3	4
25	Matt Carle	D	82	1	39	40	30	23	11	0	4	4	−8	2
44	Kimmo Timonen	D	82	6	31	37	11	36	11	1	5	6	3	14
41	Andrej Meszaros	D	81	8	24	32	30	42	11	2	4	6	−3	8
20	Chris Pronger	D	50	4	21	25	7	44	3	0	1	1	−3	4
93	Nikolay Zherdev	RW	56	16	6	22	5	22	8	1	2	3	−1	2
15	Andreas Nodl	RW	67	11	11	22	14	16	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Sean O'Donnell	D	81	1	17	18	8	87	11	0	2	2	−2	5
36	Darroll Powe	C	81	7	10	17	−6	41	11	0	1	1	−3	4
5	Braydon Coburn	D	82	2	14	16	15	53	11	1	2	3	0	6
11	Blair Betts	C	75	5	7	12	−3	8	11	0	0	0	−2	0
10	Kris Versteeg†	RW	27	7	4	11	4	24	11	1	5	6	1	12
13	Daniel Carcillo	LW	57	4	2	6	−14	127	11	2	1	3	2	30
45	Jody Shelley	LW	58	2	2	4	0	127	2	0	0	0	0	2
35	Sergei Bobrovsky	G	54	0	2	2		2	6	0	0	0		0
47	Eric Wellwood	LW	3	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Oskars Bartulis	D	13	0	0	0	−4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Brian Boucher	G	34	0	0	0		0	9	0	0	0		2
24	Nick Boynton†	D	10	0	0	0	−3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Erik Gustafsson	D	3	0	0	0	−3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Ben Holmstrom	C	2	0	0	0	−1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Michael Leighton	G	1	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
26	Danny Syvret†	D	4	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	−3	0
8	Matt Walker	D	4	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	Zac Rinaldo	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	−1	12

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Sergei Bobrovsky	54	52	28	13	8	1527	130	2.59	.915	0	3,017	6	3	0	2	81	10	3.23	.877	0	186
33	Brian Boucher	34	29	18	10	4	902	76	2.42	.916	0	1,885	9	7	4	4	229	22	3.13	.904	0	422
49	Michael Leighton	1	1	1	0	0	36	4	4.01	.889	0	60	2	1	0	1	29	4	3.44	.862	0	70

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Ian Laperriere	[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Danny Briere	[6]
		Claude Giroux	[7]
		Peter Laviolette (coach)	[8]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Sergei Bobrovsky (November)	[9]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Andrej Meszaros	[10]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Claude Giroux	[10]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Claude Giroux	[10]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Andreas Nodl	[10]
	Toyota Cup	Danny Briere	[10]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Brian Boucher	[10]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 2010–11 season was winning a franchise record 25 games on the road (subsequently tied in 2011–12) and tying the team record for fewest shutouts in a season (0).^[11][12]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Sergei Bobrovsky	October 7, 2010	[13]
	Eric Wellwood	November 1, 2010
	Erik Gustafsson	February 26, 2011
	Ben Holmstrom	March 3, 2011
	Zac Rinaldo	April 22, 2011	[14]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2010, the day after the deciding game of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 15, 2011, the day of the deciding game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.^[15]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 19, 2010 (2010-06-19)	To Nashville Predators Ryan Parent	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Dan Hamhuis Conditional 7th-round pick in 2011[a]	[16]
June 25, 2010 (2010-06-25)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rights to Dan Hamhuis	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2011	[17]
June 26, 2010 (2010-06-26)	To Carolina Hurricanes Jon Matsumoto	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2010	[18]
July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 2012	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrej Meszaros	[19]
July 19, 2010 (2010-07-19)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Simon Gagne	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Walker 4th-round pick in 2011	[20]
November 21, 2010 (2010-11-21)	To Anaheim Ducks David Laliberte Patrick Maroon	To Philadelphia Flyers Rob Bordson Danny Syvret	[21]
February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st-round pick in 2011 3rd-round pick in 2011	To Philadelphia Flyers Kris Versteeg	[22]
February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Greg Moore Rights to Michael Chaput	To Philadelphia Flyers Tom Sestito	[23]
June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)	To Phoenix Coyotes Matt Clackson 3rd-round pick in 2012 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2011[b]	To Philadelphia Flyers Ilya Bryzgalov	[25]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)	Sean O'Donnell	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	[26]
	Jody Shelley	New York Rangers	3-year	Free agency	[27]
July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09)	Nikolay Zherdev	Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[28]
July 10, 2010 (2010-07-10)	Greg Moore	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	[29]
July 22, 2010 (2010-07-22)	Dan Jancevski	Dallas Stars	2-year	Free agency	[30]
November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)	Brandon Manning	Chilliwack Bruins (WHL)	3-year	Free agency	[31]
	Michael Ryan	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	[32]
February 26, 2011 (2011-02-26)	Nick Boynton	Chicago Blackhawks		Waivers	[33]
March 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)	Jason Akeson	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	3-year	Free agency	[34]
	Tyler Brown	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)	3-year	Free agency	[34]
March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07)	Harry Zolnierczyk	Brown University (ECAC)	1-year	Free agency	[35]
March 24, 2011 (2011-03-24)	Matt Read	Bemidji State University (WCHA)	3-year	Free agency	[36]
May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)	Niko Hovinen	Pelicans (Liiga)	2-year	Free agency	[37]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[c]	Ref
July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)	Mike Rathje[d]		Contract expiration (III)	[38]
	Michael Teslak[e]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[38]
July 7, 2010 (2010-07-07)	Jared Ross	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (III)	[41]
July 21, 2010 (2010-07-21)	Danny Syvret	Anaheim Ducks	Free agency (VI)	[42]
July 29, 2010 (2010-07-29)	Mika Pyorala	Frolunda HC (SHL)	Free agency (III)	[43]
August 9, 2010 (2010-08-09)	Riley Cote		Retirement	[44]
August 20, 2010 (2010-08-20)	Arron Asham	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (III)	[45]
August 22, 2010 (2010-08-22)	Sebastien Caron	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)	Free agency (III)	[46]
September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)	Joey Mormina	Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Free agency (III)	[47]
September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10)	Jeremy Duchesne	Saint-Georges CRS Express (LNAH)	Free agency (UFA)	[48]
September 16, 2010 (2010-09-16)	Lukas Krajicek	Ocelari Trinec (ELH)	Free agency (III)	[49]
September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)	Rob Bellamy	Elmira Jackals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[50]
September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30)	Josh Beaulieu	Rapid City Rush (CHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[51]
October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04)	Ryan Dingle	Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	[52]
November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09)	Sean Curry	Toledo Walleye (ECHL)	Free agency (III)	[53]
November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15)	Jason Ward	EHC Black Wings Linz (EBEL)	Free agency (III)	[54]
February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)	Ray Emery	Anaheim Ducks	Free agency (III)	[55]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 15, 2010 (2010-06-15)	Johan Backlund	2-year	Re-signing	[56]
June 30, 2010 (2010-06-30)	Michael Leighton	2-year	Re-signing	[57]
July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)	Braydon Coburn	2-year	Re-signing	[19]
July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)	Daniel Carcillo	1-year	Re-signing	[58]
July 22, 2010 (2010-07-22)	Matt Clackson	1-year	Re-signing	[30]
	David Laliberte	1-year	Re-signing	[30]
	Darroll Powe	1-year	Re-signing	[30]
November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)	Claude Giroux	3-year	Extension	[59][60]
November 13, 2010 (2010-11-13)	Jeff Carter	11-year	Extension	[61][62]
March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)	Oliver Lauridsen	2-year	Entry-level	[63]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2010 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on June 25–26, 2010.^[64] The Flyers traded their 2009 and 2010, 29th overall, first-round picks, Joffrey Lupul, Luca Sbisa and a conditional 2010 or 2011 third-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks for Ryan Dingle and Chris Pronger on June 26, 2009.^[65] They also traded their original second-round pick, 59th overall, and Denis Gauthier to the Los Angeles Kings for Patrik Hersley and Ned Lukacevic on July 1, 2008.^[65]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
3	89	Michael Chaput	Center	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
4	119	Tye McGinn	Left wing	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	149	Michael Parks	Right wing	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
6	179	Nick Luukko	Defense	United States	The Gunnery (USHS-CT)
7	206	Ricard Blidstrand	Defense	Sweden	AIK IF Jr. (J20 SuperElit)	[f]
	209	Brendan Ranford	Left wing	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League – Adirondack Phantoms^[66][67] (Standings)

ECHL – Greenville Road Warriors^[68]

Notes

1. The Flyers would have received the draft pick if they did not sign Hamhuis and did not trade the rights to Hamhuis prior to July 1, 2010. They did not receive the pick due to trading Hamhuis' rights on June 25.
2. The Coyotes would receive the 2011 third-round pick if the Flyers signed Bryzgalov before the 2011 NHL entry draft, which they did on June 23.^[24]
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[38]
4. Rathje, who last played during the 2006–07 season, retired.^[39]
5. Teslak was inactive during 2010–11 season.^[40]
6. The Flyers traded Jon Matsumoto to the Carolina Hurricanes for the Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick, 206th overall, on June 26, 2010.^[65]