2014–15_Philadelphia_Flyers_season

2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

The 2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2] For the second time in three years, the Flyers failed to qualify for the playoffs.

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2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	6th Metropolitan
Conference	12th Eastern
2014–15 record	33–31–18
Home record	23–11–7
Road record	10–20–11
Goals for	215
Goals against	234
Team information
President	Paul Holmgren
General manager	Ron Hextall
Coach	Craig Berube
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Wayne Simmonds Mark Streit
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance	19,270 (98.6%)^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lehigh Valley Phantoms Reading Royals
Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Simmonds (28)
Assists	Jakub Voracek (59)
Points	Jakub Voracek (81)
Penalty minutes	Zac Rinaldo (102)
Plus/minus	Nicklas Grossmann (+8)
Wins	Steve Mason (18)
Goals against average	Steve Mason (2.25)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Off-season

On April 15, 2014, the Flyers re-signed 27-year-old impending unrestricted free agent Andrew MacDonald to a six-year extension for $30 million to keep the defenseman under contract through the 2019–20 NHL season.^[3]

On May 7, 2014, Paul Holmgren was promoted to President of the Flyers and Ron Hextall was promoted to general manager.^[4]

On June 23, 2014, Hextall's first major move as general manager was to trade Scott Hartnell to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for R. J. Umberger and a fourth-round pick in the 2015 draft.^[5] Hextall would later sign free agent defensemen Nick Schultz and Michael Del Zotto to one-year deals.^[6]^[7]

Standings

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Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	53	22	7	49	252	192	+60	113
2	x – Washington Capitals	82	45	26	11	40	242	203	+39	101
3	x – New York Islanders	82	47	28	7	40	252	230	+22	101
4	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

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Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
2	ME	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98

3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

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2014 preseason^[8]

Preseason: 3–3–2 (home: 3–0–1 ; road: 0–3–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 22	Toronto	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Stolarz		0–0–1	Recap
2	September 22	Washington	4–5	Philadelphia		Zepp	17,679	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 23	Philadelphia	0–4	Toronto		Mason	15,190	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 25	New Jersey	0–4	Philadelphia		Mason	18,850	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 28	Philadelphia	1–3	New Jersey		Zepp	10,404	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 29	Philadelphia	3–6	NY Rangers		Mason	18,006	2–3–1	Recap
7	September 30	NY Rangers	2–4	Philadelphia		Emery	18,865	3–3–1	Recap
8	October 2	Philadelphia	2–3	Washington	SO	Mason	16,765	3–3–2	Recap
Notes: ^a Game played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.

Legend:

Win Loss Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

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2014–15 regular season^[9]

October: 4–4–2 (home: 2–1–2 ; road: 2–3–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 8	Philadelphia	1–2	Boston		Mason	17,565	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 9	New Jersey	6–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,801	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 11	Montreal	4–3	Philadelphia	SO	Emery	19,745	0–2–1	1	Recap
4	October 14	Anaheim	4–3	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,589	0–2–2	2	Recap
5	October 18	Philadelphia	6–5	Dallas	OT	Emery	18,532	1–2–2	4	Recap
6	October 21	Philadelphia	0–4	Chicago		Mason	21,162	1–3–2	4	Recap
7	October 22	Philadelphia	5–3	Pittsburgh		Emery	18,661	2–3–2	6	Recap
8	October 25	Detroit	2–4	Philadelphia		Emery	19,867	3–3–2	8	Recap
9	October 28	Los Angeles	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Emery	19,873	4–3–2	10	Recap
10	October 30	Philadelphia	3–4	Tampa Bay		Emery	18,642	4–4–2	10	Recap

November: 4–8–1 (home: 4–3–0 ; road: 0–5–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 1	Philadelphia	1–2	Florida		Mason	9,774	4–5–2	10	Recap
12	November 4	Edmonton	1–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,566	5–5–2	12	Recap
13	November 6	Florida	1–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,777	6–5–2	14	Recap
14	November 8	Colorado	3–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,792	7–5–2	16	Recap
15	November 14	Columbus	4–3	Philadelphia		Mason	19,789	7–6–2	16	Recap
16	November 15	Philadelphia	3–6	Montreal		Emery	21,287	7–7–2	16	Recap
17	November 19	Philadelphia	0–2	NY Rangers		Mason	18,006	7–8–2	16	Recap
18	November 20	Minnesota	3–2	Philadelphia		Emery	19,919	7–9–2	16	Recap
19	November 22	Columbus	2–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,846	8–9–2	18	Recap
20	November 24	Philadelphia	0–1	NY Islanders	SO	Mason	12,409	8–9–3	19	Recap
21	November 26	Philadelphia	2–5	Detroit		Mason	20,027	8–10–3	19	Recap
22	November 28	NY Rangers	3–0	Philadelphia		Mason	19,969	8–11–3	19	Recap
23	November 29	Philadelphia	2–5	NY Rangers		Emery	18,006	8–12–3	19	Recap

December: 6–4–4 (home: 2–1–1 ; road: 4–3–3)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
24	December 2	Philadelphia	1–2	San Jose		Mason	17,159	8–13–3	19	Recap
25	December 3	Philadelphia	4–5	Anaheim	SO	Mason	15,691	8–13–4	20	Recap
26	December 6	Philadelphia	2–1	Los Angeles		Mason	18,230	9–13–4	22	Recap
27	December 9	Philadelphia	2–3	Columbus	OT	Mason	14,196	9–13–5	23	Recap
28	December 11	New Jersey	1–4	Philadelphia		Emery	19,572	10–13–5	25	Recap
29	December 13	Carolina	1–5	Philadelphia		Mason	19,609	11–13–5	27	Recap
30	December 16	Tampa Bay	3–1	Philadelphia		Mason	19,576	11–14–5	27	Recap
31	December 18	Florida	2–1	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,582	11–14–6	28	Recap
32	December 20	Philadelphia	7–4	Toronto		Emery	19,343	12–14–6	30	Recap
33	December 21	Philadelphia	4–3	Winnipeg	OT	Zepp	15,016	13–14–6	32	Recap
34	December 23	Philadelphia	5–2	Minnesota		Emery	19,020	14–14–6	34	Recap
35	December 27	Philadelphia	1–4	Nashville		Emery	17,315	14–15–6	34	Recap
36	December 29	Philadelphia	2–4	Arizona		Mason	16,521	14–16–6	34	Recap
37	December 31	Philadelphia	3–4	Colorado	OT	Mason	18,007	14–16–7	35	Recap

January: 8–6–0 (home: 7–2–0 ; road: 1–4–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
38	January 2	Philadelphia	1–2	Carolina		Mason	12,682	14–17–7	35	Recap
39	January 3	Philadelphia	2–5	New Jersey		Emery	15,066	14–18–7	35	Recap
40	January 6	Ottawa	1–2	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,571	15–18–7	37	Recap
41	January 8	Washington	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Mason	19,703	16–18–7	39	Recap
42	January 10	Boston	3–1	Philadelphia		Emery	19,907	16–19–7	39	Recap
43	January 12	Tampa Bay	3–7	Philadelphia		Zepp	19,598	17–19–7	41	Recap
44	January 14	Philadelphia	0–1	Washington		Zepp	18,506	17–20–7	41	Recap
45	January 15	Vancouver	4–0	Philadelphia		Emery	19,571	17–21–7	41	Recap
46	January 17	Philadelphia	4–3	Buffalo		Zepp	19,070	18–21–7	43	Recap
47	January 19	Philadelphia	4–7	NY Islanders		Emery	16,170	18–22–7	43	Recap
48	January 20	Pittsburgh	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Emery	19,982	19–22–7	45	Recap
49	January 27	Arizona	3–4	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,581	20–22–7	47	Recap
50	January 29	Winnipeg	2–5	Philadelphia		Mason	19,673	21–22–7	49	Recap
51	January 31	Toronto	0–1	Philadelphia		Mason	19,872	22–22–7	51	Recap

February: 5–3–4 (home: 3–1–2 ; road: 2–2–2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
52	February 5	NY Islanders	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	19,042	22–22–8	52	Recap
53	February 8	Philadelphia	3–1	Washington		Emery	18,506	23–22–8	54	Recap
54	February 10	Philadelphia	1–2	Montreal	OT	Emery	21,287	23–22–9	55	Recap
55	February 13	Philadelphia	3–4	Columbus	OT	Emery	16,403	23–22–10	56	Recap
56	February 15	Philadelphia	2–1	Buffalo		Emery	18,759	24–22–10	58	Recap
57	February 17	Columbus	5–2	Philadelphia		Emery	19,082	24–23–10	58	Recap
58	February 19	Buffalo	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Emery	19,472	24–23–11	59	Recap
59	February 21	Nashville	2–3	Philadelphia	SO	Zepp	19,680	25–23–11	61	Recap
60	February 22	Washington	2–3	Philadelphia		Zepp	19,703	26–23–11	63	Recap
61	February 24	Philadelphia	1–4	Carolina		Zepp	11,024	26–24–11	63	Recap
62	February 26	Philadelphia	2–3	Toronto		Mason	18,892	26–25–11	63	Recap
63	February 28	NY Rangers	2–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,979	27–25–11	65	Recap

March: 3–4–6 (home: 3–1–2 ; road: 0–3–4)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
64	March 3	Calgary	3–2	Philadelphia	OT	Mason	19,513	27–25–12	66	Recap
65	March 5	St. Louis	1–3	Philadelphia		Mason	12,531	28–25–12	68	Recap
66	March 7	Philadelphia	2–3	Boston	OT	Mason	17,565	28–25–13	69	Recap
67	March 8	Philadelphia	2–5	New Jersey		Mason	16,592	28–26–13	69	Recap
68	March 10	Dallas	2–1	Philadelphia		Mason	18,723	28–27–13	69	Recap
69	March 12	Philadelphia	0–1	St. Louis	SO	Mason	19,600	28–27–14	70	Recap
70	March 14	Detroit	2–7	Philadelphia		Mason	19,701	29–27–14	72	Recap
71	March 15	Philadelphia	1–2	Ottawa	SO	Emery	17,730	29–27–15	73	Recap
72	March 17	Philadelphia	1–4	Vancouver		Mason	18,870	29–28–15	73	Recap
73	March 19	Philadelphia	1–4	Calgary		Mason	19,289	29–29–15	73	Recap
74	March 21	Philadelphia	4–5	Edmonton	OT	Emery	16,839	29–29–16	74	Recap
75	March 25	Chicago	1–4	Philadelphia		Mason	19,831	30–29–16	76	Recap
76	March 28	San Jose	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Mason	18,783	30–29–17	77	Recap

April: 3–2–1 (home: 2–2–0 ; road: 1–0–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
77	April 1	Philadelphia	4–1	Pittsburgh		Mason	18,664	31–29–17	79	Recap
78	April 4	Philadelphia	2–3	Carolina	SO	Emery	12,852	31–29–18	80	Recap
79	April 5	Pittsburgh	1–4	Philadelphia		Mason	18,435	32–29–18	82	Recap
80	April 7	NY Islanders	4–5	Philadelphia		Mason	17,927	33–29–18	84	Recap
81	April 9	Carolina	3–1	Philadelphia		Emery	17,348	33–30–18	84	Recap
82	April 11	Ottawa	3–1	Philadelphia		Mason	17,027	33–31–18	84	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) 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.

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
93	Jakub Voracek	RW	82	22	59	81	1	78
28	Claude Giroux	C	81	25	48	73	−3	36
32	Mark Streit	D	81	9	43	52	−8	36
17	Wayne Simmonds	RW	75	28	22	50	−5	66
10	Brayden Schenn	C	82	18	29	47	−5	34
14	Sean Couturier	C	82	15	22	37	4	28
15	Michael Del Zotto	D	64	10	22	32	−5	34
24	Matt Read	RW	80	8	22	30	−4	14
12	Michael Raffl	LW	67	21	7	28	6	34
40	Vincent Lecavalier	C	57	8	12	20	−7	36
76	Chris VandeVelde	C	72	9	6	15	−6	28
18	R. J. Umberger	LW	67	9	6	15	−9	19
55	Nick Schultz	D	80	2	13	15	2	47
8	Nicklas Grossmann	D	68	5	9	14	8	32
22	Luke Schenn	D	58	3	11	14	−2	18
25	Ryan White	C	34	6	6	12	4	30
47	Andrew MacDonald	D	58	2	10	12	−5	41
78	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	LW	81	6	6	12	−3	18
5	Braydon Coburn‡	D	39	1	8	9	−1	16
26	Carlo Colaiacovo†	D	33	2	6	8	0	10
49	Scott Laughton	C	31	2	4	6	−1	17
36	Zac Rinaldo	C	58	1	5	6	−9	102
35	Steve Mason	G	51	0	3	3		2
43	Brandon Manning	D	11	0	3	3	3	7
51	Petr Straka	RW	3	0	2	2	1	0
29	Ray Emery	G	30	0	0	0		4
42	Jason Akeson	RW	13	0	0	0	−1	8
72	Rob Zepp	G	10	0	0	0		0
52	Nick Cousins	C	11	0	0	0	1	2
41	Blair Jones	C	4	0	0	0	−4	2
53	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	2	0	0	0	−2	0
39	Mark Alt	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0
38	Oliver Lauridsen	D	1	0	0	0	−1	10

Goaltending

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Steve Mason	51	48	18	18	11	1490	108	2.25	.928	3	2885
29	Ray Emery	31	25	10	11	7	758	80	3.06	.894	0	1570
72	Rob Zepp	10	9	5	2	0	223	25	2.89	.888	0	519

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL first All-Star team	Jakub Voracek (Right Wing)	^[10]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Claude Giroux	^[11]^[12]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jakub Voracek	^[11]^[12]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Jakub Voracek (December 22)	^[13]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Brayden Schenn (April 6)	^[14]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Mark Streit	^[15]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Jakub Voracek	^[15]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Jakub Voracek	^[15]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Chris VandeVelde	^[15]
	Toyota Cup	Claude Giroux	^[15]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Mark Streit	^[15]
Miscellaneous	Golden Hockey Stick	Jakub Voracek	^[16]

Records

Among the team records set during the 2014–15 season was single season franchise highs for most overtime losses (18), most shootouts (14) and most shootout losses (11).^[17]^[18]^[19]

Milestones

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Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	1st Career NHL Game	October 8, 2014
Michael Del Zotto	100th Career Assist	October 11, 2014
Matt Read	100th Career Game	October 14, 2014
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	October 22, 2014
Jakub Voracek	300th Career Point	October 22, 2014
Shayne Gostisbehere	1st Career NHL Game	October 25, 2014
Brayden Schenn	200th Career Game	October 25, 2014
Jakub Voracek	200th Career Assist	October 28, 2014
Luke Schenn	100th Career Point	November 4, 2014
Brayden Schenn	100th Career Point	November 15, 2014
Claude Giroux	400th Career Point	November 22, 2014
Nick Schultz	900th Career Game	November 26, 2014
Scott Laughton	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	December 2, 2014
Mark Streit	600th Career Game	December 9, 2014
R. J. Umberger	700th Career Game	December 9, 2014
R. J. Umberger	200th Career Assist	December 13, 2014
Scott Laughton	1st Career NHL Goal	December 13, 2014
Rob Zepp	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Win	December 21, 2014
Andrew MacDonald	100th Career Point	December 23, 2014
Sean Couturier	100th Career Point	December 29, 2014
Braydon Coburn	600th Career Game	December 31, 2014
Nicklas Grossmann	500th Career Game	December 31, 2014
Michael Raffl	100th Career Game	January 6, 2015
Zac Rinaldo	200th Career Game	January 19, 2015
Petr Straka	1st Career NHL Game	January 27, 2015
Petr Straka	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	January 29, 2015
Jakub Voracek	500th Career Game	January 31, 2015
Wayne Simmonds	500th Career Game	January 31, 2015
Steve Mason	25th Career Shutout	January 31, 2015
Claude Giroux	300th Career Assist	March 3, 2015
Chris VandeVelde	100th Career Game	March 3, 2015
Nick Cousins	1st Career NHL Game	March 17, 2015
Mark Alt	1st Career NHL Game	March 28, 2015
Mark Streit	300th Career Assist	April 9, 2015

Suspensions and fines

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Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Team	Violating the terms of the CBA (travelling during a restricted period for team activity).	–	Undisclosed	January 4, 2015^[20]
Zac Rinaldo	Boarding and charging against Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang during NHL Game No. 684 in Philadelphia on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at 15:36 of the first period.	8 games	$73,170.72	January 26, 2015^[21]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2014, the day after the deciding game of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 15, 2015, the day of the deciding game of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals.^[22]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2014	To Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Hartnell	To Philadelphia Flyers R. J. Umberger 4th-round pick in 2015	^[23]
July 2, 2014	To San Jose Sharks Rights to Tye McGinn	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2015	^[24]
February 27, 2015	To Chicago Blackhawks Kimmo Timonen	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2016^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[28]
March 2, 2015	To Tampa Bay Lightning Braydon Coburn	To Philadelphia Flyers Radko Gudas Conditional 1st-round pick in 2015^{[lower-alpha 2]} 3rd-round pick in 2015	^[29]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	Blair Jones	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	^[31]
July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	Rob Zepp	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	^[32]
July 2, 2014 (2014-07-02)	Andrew Gordon	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	^[33]
	Nick Schultz	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	^[34]
	Zack Stortini	Anaheim Ducks	1-year	Free agency	^[35]
August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05)	Michael Del Zotto	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	^[36]
August 7, 2014 (2014-08-07)	Ryan White	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	^[37]
October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)	Carlo Colaiacovo	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	^[38]
March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)	Danick Martel	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)	3-year	Free agency	^[39]
March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12)	Cole Bardreau	Cornell University (ECAC)	2-year	Free agency	^[40]
May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)	Christian Marti	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)	2-year	Free agency	^[41]
May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20)	Evgeny Medvedev	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[42]
May 21, 2015 (2015-05-21)	Aaron Palushaj	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[43]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ref
July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	Bruno Gervais	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (III)	^[45]
July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	Tyler Hostetter^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[44]
July 2, 2014 (2014-07-02)	Steve Downie	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (III)	^[47]
July 3, 2014 (2014-07-03)	Ben Holmstrom	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency (III)	^[48]
July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04)	Kris Newbury	Washington Capitals	Free agency (III)	^[49]
August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)	Kyle Flanagan	Modo Hockey (SHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[50]
August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02)	Adam Hall	HC Ambrì-Piotta (NLA)	Free agency (III)	^[51]
August 7, 2014 (2014-08-07)	Cullen Eddy	Sheffield Steelers (EIHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[52]
September 5, 2014 (2014-09-05)	Tyler Brown	Greenville Road Warriors (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[53]
October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)	Cal Heeter	Evansville IceMen (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[54]
October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11)	Marcel Noebels	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Release	^[56]
November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)	Yann Danis	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (III)	^[57]
November 29, 2014 (2014-11-29)	Marc-Andre Bourdon		Retirement (UFA)	^[58]
April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23)	Hal Gill		Retirement (III)	^[59]
June 3, 2015 (2015-06-03)	Andrew Gordon	Linkoping HC (SHL)	Free agency	^[60]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)	Brayden Schenn	2-year	Re-signing	^[61]
July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)	Ray Emery	1-year	Re-signing	^[32]
July 2, 2014 (2014-07-02)	Jason Akeson	1-year	Re-signing	^[62]
July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04)	Chris VandeVelde	1-year	Re-signing	^[63]
July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)	Jesper Pettersson	3-year	Entry-level	^[64]
August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27)	Brandon Manning	1-year	Re-signing	^[65]
September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)	Zac Rinaldo	2-year	Extension	^[66]
September 25, 2014 (2014-09-25)	Travis Sanheim	3-year	Entry-level	^[67]
October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	3-year	Entry-level	^[68]
February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)	Nick Schultz	2-year	Extension	^[69]
March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	2-year	Extension	^[70]
March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)	Tyrell Goulbourne	3-year	Entry-level	^[71]
April 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)	Brandon Manning	1-year	Extension	^[72]
May 28, 2015 (2015-05-28)	Radel Fazleyev	3-year	Entry-level	^[73]

Draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[74]^[75]^[76] The team finished the previous season ranked 13th in the league, but secured the 17th overall pick, ahead of the New Jersey Devils who were relegated to the 30th spot for attempting to circumvent the salary cap in 2010.^[77] The Flyers original third and fourth-round picks were traded to New York Islanders in two separate trades.^[78]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	17	Travis Sanheim	Defense	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2	48	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Right Wing	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
3	86	Mark Friedman	Defense	Canada	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
5	138	Oskar Lindblom	Left Wing	Sweden	Brynäs IF (J20 SuperElit)
6	168	Radel Fazleyev	Center	Russia	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
7	198	Jesper Pettersson	Defense	Sweden	Linköpings HC (SHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League – Lehigh Valley Phantoms^[80]
ECHL – Reading Royals^[81]^[82]

Notes

The 4th-round pick would be upgraded to a 3rd-round pick if the Blackhawks win two playoff rounds or a 2nd-round pick if the Blackhawks win three playoff rounds provided Timonen plays in at least half of Chicago's playoff games.^[25] The pick was upgraded to a 3rd-round pick after the Blackhawks defeated the Minnesota Wild in their second round series on May 7.^[26] It was upgraded to a 2nd-round pick after the Blackhawks defeated the Anaheim Ducks in their third round series on May 30.^[27]
If Tampa Bay missed the playoffs and ended up with the first overall selection the Flyers would instead receive the New York Rangers' first-round pick, which Tampa Bay had previously acquired.^[29] Tampa Bay made the playoffs.^[30]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[44]
Hostetter retired.^[46]
Noebels signed with Eisbaren Berlin on October 13, 2014.^[55]
The Flyers acquired the Boston Bruins' third-round pick as the result of a March 5, 2014 trade that sent Andrej Meszaros to the Bruins for this pick.^[79]^[78]

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