2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season
2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 3rd Metropolitan |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
2017–18 record | 42–26–14 |
Home record | 22–13–6 |
Road record | 20–13–8 |
Goals for | 251 |
Goals against | 243 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Ron Hextall |
Coach | Dave Hakstol |
Captain | Claude Giroux |
Alternate captains | Valtteri Filppula[lower-alpha 1] Andrew MacDonald[lower-alpha 1] Wayne Simmonds |
Arena | Wells Fargo Center |
Average attendance | 19,517 (99.9%)[2] |
Minor league affiliations | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Claude Giroux (34) |
Assists | Claude Giroux (68) |
Points | Claude Giroux (102) |
Penalties in minutes | Radko Gudas (83) |
Plus/minus | Sean Couturier (+34) |
Wins | Brian Elliott (23) |
Goals against average | Michal Neuvirth (2.60) |
<2016–17 | 2018–19> |
The 2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[3] They would improve from their record from last year and make the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season.
Contents
Off-season
The first major event of the off-season was the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft with General Manager Ron Hextall having to submit his list of protected players for the draft. The Vegas Golden Knights selected Pierre-Edouard Bellemare at number 12 from the Flyers.
Having been awarded the second overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in the draft lottery, Hextall made several trades in the lead-up to draft day. The most significant of them being to trade Brayden Schenn to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for the 27th overall pick in the draft, a conditional first round pick in 2018, and Jori Lehtera.[4] The Flyers selected forward Nolan Patrick with the second overall pick, and went on to add Morgan Frost with the pick acquired from St. Louis and Isaac Ratcliffe with their second round selection, to add to their forward prospects.
The Flyers remained fairly quiet players in free agency, as had been the case the previous year. The main issue for Hextall being to decide how to fill the vacancy left in net by Steve Mason. On July 1, 2017 the Flyers announced the signing of free agent Brian Elliott who would join the recently extended Michal Neuvirth to make up the goalie tandem.[5] The Flyers also re-signed several players including Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, Jordan Weal and Shayne Gostisbehere.
Standings
Divisional standings
Template:2017–18 NHL Metropolitan Division standings
Conference standings
Template:2017–18 NHL Eastern Conference standings
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2017.[6]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1[a] | September 17 | Philadelphia | 2–3 | NY Islanders | OT | Lyon | — | 0–0–1 | Recap |
2[A][b] | September 20 | NY Islanders | 2–3 | Philadelphia | OT | Irving[7] | — | 1–0–1 | Recap |
3[A] | September 20 | Philadelphia | 2–3 | NY Islanders | Lyon | 5,042 | 1–1–1 | Recap | |
4 | September 21 | Philadelphia | 1–2 | Boston | OT | Lyon | 16,781 | 1–1–2 | Recap |
5 | September 25 | Philadelphia | 2–3 | NY Rangers | OT | Neuvirth | 14,037 | 1–1–3 | Recap |
6 | September 26 | NY Rangers | 3–4 | Philadelphia | OT | Elliott | 18,266 | 2–1–3 | Recap |
7 | September 28 | Boston | 1–5 | Philadelphia | Lyon | 18,572 | 3–1–3 | Recap | |
8 | October 1 | NY Islanders | 5–2 | Philadelphia | Elliott | 18,575 | 3–2–3 | Recap | |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.[8]
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Playoffs
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Player statistics
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Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Brian Elliott | 43 | 42 | 2,522 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 112 | 2.66 | 1,116 | .909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Michal Neuvirth | 22 | 18 | 1,039 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 2.60 | 530 | .915 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Petr Mrazek† | 17 | 15 | 914 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 3.22 | 401 | .891 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Lyon | 11 | 7 | 480 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 2.75 | 232 | .905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Brian Elliott | 4 | 4 | 178 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4.75 | 97 | .856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michal Neuvirth | 3 | 2 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4.40 | 72 | .847 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Petr Mrazek† | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.87 | 14 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
‡Traded/Waived mid-season
Awards and honors
Awards
Award or honor | Recipient | Ref |
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NHL Second All-Star Team | Claude Giroux (Left Wing) | [11] |
NHL First Star of the Week | Claude Giroux (February 12) | [12] |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Brian Elliott (December 18) | [13] |
NHL Third Star of the Week | Wayne Simmonds (October 9) | [14] |
Brian Elliott (December 11) | [15] | |
Claude Giroux (April 9) | [16] | |
Selected to NHL All-Star Game | Claude Giroux | [17] |
Award | Recipient |
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Barry Ashbee Trophy | Shayne Gostisbehere |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Claude Giroux |
Gene Hart Memorial Award | Sean Couturier |
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy | Sean Couturier |
Toyota Cup | Claude Giroux |
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award | Sean Couturier |
Records
Team
Record | Type | Total | Refs |
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Fewest penalties in minutes | Season | 679 | [19] |
Milestones
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Suspensions and fines
Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
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Radko Gudas | Slashing against Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault during NHL Game No. 284 in Winnipeg on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at 9:50 of the first period. | 10 games | $408,536.60 | November 19, 2017[20] |
Transactions
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 12, 2017, the day after the deciding game of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2018, the day of the deciding game of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.[21]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 16, 2017 | To Arizona Coyotes
Nick Cousins Rights to Merrick Madsen |
To Philadelphia Flyers
Rights to Brendan Warren 5th-round pick in 2018 |
[22] |
June 23, 2017 | To St. Louis Blues
Brayden Schenn |
To Philadelphia Flyers
Jori Lehtera Capitals' 1st-round pick in 2017 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2018[lower-alpha 2] |
[4] |
June 24, 2017 | To Arizona Coyotes
2nd-round pick in 2017 3rd-round pick in 2017 Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2017 |
To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-round pick in 2017 |
[24] |
June 24, 2017 | To Montreal Canadiens
7th-round pick in 2017 |
To Philadelphia Flyers
7th-round pick in 2018 |
[25] |
October 9, 2017 | To Anaheim Ducks
Future considerations |
To Philadelphia Flyers
Dustin Tokarski |
[26] |
February 19, 2018 | To Detroit Red Wings
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2018[lower-alpha 3] Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019[lower-alpha 4] |
To Philadelphia Flyers
Petr Mrazek[lower-alpha 5] |
[28] |
March 21, 2018 | To Edmonton Oilers
Rights to Cooper Marody |
To Philadelphia Flyers
Devils' 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
[29] |
Free agents acquired
Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*). |
Free agents lost
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Lost via retirement
WaiversThe Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.
Player signingsThe following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Entry level contractsThe 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.
NHL Expansion DraftThe 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 21, 2017. It featured the expansion Vegas Golden Knights selecting players from the other NHL teams. Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards OR 1 goaltender and 8 skaters (defensemen and forwards together). Players with no movement clauses in effect at the time of the draft had to be protected unless the player agreed to waive it. All first and second-year players as well as any unsigned draft choices were exempt.
Draft picks<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 23–24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Notes
References
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