2005–06 Philadelphia Flyers season

2005–06 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
2005–06 record	45–26–11
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	23–13–5
Goals for	267
Goals against	259
Team information
President	Ron Ryan
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Keith Primeau Derian Hatcher (interim)
Alternate captains	Simon Gagne Derian Hatcher Sami Kapanen
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,653
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Simon Gagne (47)
Assists	Peter Forsberg (56)
Points	Simon Gagne (79)
Penalty minutes	Donald Brashear (166)
Plus/minus	Simon Gagne (+31)
Wins	Antero Niittymaki (23)
Goals against average	Robert Esche (2.97) Antero Niittymaki (2.97)

The 2005–06 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Buffalo Sabres in six games.

Off-season

The Flyers were one of the more active teams once the lockout came to an end. Replacing the high-profile names of Tony Amonte, John LeClair and Jeremy Roenick were superstar Peter Forsberg, along with defensemen Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje, as well as several players from the Calder Cup-winning Philadelphia Phantoms. When all was said and done, the team had experienced a turnover of nearly two-thirds of the roster.

Regular season

The Flyers began the season with lofty expectations. Despite being hampered by injuries prior to and during 2005–06, the Flyers lived up to those expectations in the first half of the season, reaching the top of the league standings in January while simultaneously holding a ten-point lead in the Atlantic Division. The Deuces Wild line of Forsberg, Simon Gagne and Mike Knuble recorded 75, 79 and 65 points respectively, while Gagne scored a career high 47 goals.

However, the injuries began to accumulate and take their toll. Keith Primeau suffered a concussion on October 25 in Montreal and missed the rest of the season and the playoffs. In late January, Hatcher was named team captain for the duration of Primeau's absence. All told, the Flyers were third in the NHL with 388 man-games lost to injury, tops amongst playoff teams. The second half of the regular season was defined by a record hovering around .500, sending the Flyers on a steady slide in the standings. The Flyers fell short of an Atlantic Division title finishing second by tie-breaker to the New Jersey Devils and drawing the 5th seed and a first round match-up with the Buffalo Sabres.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	New Jersey Devils	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
3	6	New York Rangers	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
4	12	New York Islanders	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
3	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
4	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	52	24	6	242	239	110
5	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
6	X- New York Rangers	AT	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
8	X- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
11	Florida Panthers	SE	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
12	New York Islanders	AT	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	29	37	16	230	266	74
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	29	41	12	237	306	70
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

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

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

The Flyers lost to Buffalo in six games.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2005 pre-season
Pre-season: 6–1–0 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record 1 September 17 Atlanta Thrashers1 8 – 6 1–0–0 2 September 21 New York Islanders2 2 – 1 2–0–0 3 September 24 Washington Capitals 5 – 2 3–0–0 4 September 27 New York Islanders 5 – 3 4–0–0 5 September 29 New Jersey Devils 3 – 2 5–0–0 6 September 30 @ New Jersey Devils 3 – 5 5–1–0 7 October 1 @ Washington Capitals 7 – 6 SO 6–1–0 ^ Game played at John Labatt Centre. ^ Game played at Sovereign Bank Arena.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2005–06 Regular season
October: 6–3–1, 13 points (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 1 October 5 NY Rangers 5 – 3 Philadelphia Esche 19,821 0–1–0 0 2 October 7 New Jersey 2 – 5 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,590 1–1–0 2 3 October 11 Philadelphia 2 – 4 Toronto Esche 19,391 1–2–0 2 4 October 14 Pittsburgh 5 – 6 Philadelphia OT Niittymaki 19,566 2–2–0 4 5 October 15 NY Islanders 1 – 5 Philadelphia Esche 19,543 3–2–0 6 6 October 22 Philadelphia 5 – 2 Toronto Esche 19,391 4–2–0 8 7 October 25 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Montreal OT Esche 21,273 4–2–1 9 8 October 27 Florida 4 – 5 Philadelphia OT Esche 19,533 5–2–1 11 9 October 28 Philadelphia 6 – 8 Carolina Niittymaki 18,165 5–3–1 11 10 October 30 Philadelphia 5 – 3 Ottawa Esche 19,335 6–3–1 13
November: 9–3–2, 20 points (Home: 6–2–2; Road: 3–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 11 November 3 Washington 1 – 8 Philadelphia Esche 19,253 7–3–1 15 12 November 5 Atlanta 3 – 4 Philadelphia Esche 19,587 8–3–1 17 13 November 8 Boston 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Esche 19,587 9–3–1 19 14 November 10 NY Islanders 2 – 3 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,601 10–3–1 21 15 November 12 Florida 4 – 5 Philadelphia Esche 19,654 11–3–1 23 16 November 14 Philadelphia 2 – 5 Tampa Bay Esche 20,020 11–4–1 23 17 November 16 Pittsburgh 3 – 2 Philadelphia OT Niittymaki 19,687 11–4–2 24 18 November 18 Atlanta 6 – 5 Philadelphia OT Esche 19,533 11–4–3 25 19 November 19 Philadelphia 6 – 3 Pittsburgh Niittymaki 17,132 12–4–3 27 20 November 22 Tampa Bay 4 – 2 Philadelphia Esche 19,567 12–5–3 27 21 November 25 Philadelphia 5 – 3 Boston Niittymaki 17,565 13–5–3 29 22 November 26 NY Islanders 4 – 2 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,780 13–6–3 29 23 November 29 Philadelphia 4 – 2 NY Islanders Esche 12,354 14–6–3 31 24 November 30 New Jersey 1 – 2 Philadelphia Esche 19,573 15–6–3 33
December: 9–2–3, 21 points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 6–0–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 25 December 3 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Nashville OT Niittymaki 16,116 15–6–4 34 26 December 6 Calgary 0 – 1 Philadelphia SO Niittymaki 19,542 16–6–4 36 27 December 8 Edmonton 3 – 2 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,411 16–7–4 36 28 December 10 Minnesota 2 – 3 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,592 17–7–4 38 29 December 13 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Columbus Esche 16,263 18–7–4 40 30 December 15 Vancouver 5 – 4 Philadelphia Esche 19,549 18–8–4 40 31 December 17 Philadelphia 5 – 2 St. Louis Niittymaki 15,299 19–8–4 42 32 December 19 Buffalo 2 – 1 Philadelphia SO Niittymaki 19,572 19–8–5 43 33 December 22 Ottawa 3 – 4 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,817 20–8–5 45 34 December 23 Philadelphia 5 – 4 Pittsburgh Niittymaki 17,132 21–8–5 47 35 December 26 Philadelphia 3 – 2 Florida SO Niittymaki 18,791 22–8–5 49 36 December 28 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Atlanta OT Niittymaki 18,545 23–8–5 51 37 December 29 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Carolina OT Niittymaki 18,730 24–8–5 53 38 December 31 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Washington SO Niittymaki 16,492 24–8–6 54
January: 7–5–2, 16 points (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 6–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 39 January 2 Philadelphia 1 – 0 Boston Niittymaki 16,980 25–8–6 56 40 January 5 Philadelphia 4 – 3 NY Rangers OT Niittymaki 18,200 26–8–6 58 41 January 6 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Washington Niittymaki 16,876 27–8–6 60 42 January 9 Philadelphia 0 – 3 New Jersey Niittymaki 16,015 27–9–6 60 43 January 11 Philadelphia 5 – 2 Chicago Niittymaki 12,003 28–9–6 62 44 January 12 Philadelphia 3 – 6 Detroit Niittymaki 20,066 28–10–6 62 45 January 14 Colorado 4 – 3 Philadelphia OT Niittymaki 19,953 28–10–7 63 46 January 17 Carolina 4 – 3 Philadelphia SO Niittymaki 19,572 28–10–8 64 47 January 19 Boston 5 – 2 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,618 28–11–8 64 48 January 21 Philadelphia 2 – 1 Pittsburgh Esche 17,132 29–11–8 66 49 January 23 Pittsburgh 2 – 4 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,726 30–11–8 68 50 January 25 Montreal 5 – 3 Philadelphia Esche 19,711 30–12–8 68 51 January 28 Tampa Bay 6 – 0 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,789 30–13–8 68 52 January 30 Philadelphia 3 – 2 NY Rangers OT Esche 18,200 31–13–8 70
February: 2–3–1, 5 points (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 0–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 53 February 2 Philadelphia 2 – 4 Buffalo Esche 18,690 31–14–8 70 54 February 4 NY Rangers 4 – 3 Philadelphia OT Esche 19,801 31–14–9 71 55 February 5 Philadelphia 0 – 5 Montreal Niittymaki 21,273 31–15–9 71 56 February 8 NY Islanders 2 – 5 Philadelphia Esche 19,603 32–15–9 73 57 February 10 Washington 4 – 5 Philadelphia Esche 19,692 33–15–9 75 58 February 11 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Ottawa Niittymaki 19,834 33–16–9 75
March: 7–6–1, 15 points (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 3–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 59 March 1 Philadelphia 1 – 2 New Jersey SO Esche 16,067 33–16–10 76 60 March 2 NY Rangers 6 – 1 Philadelphia Esche 19,682 33–17–10 76 61 March 4 Philadelphia 2 – 4 NY Islanders Niittymaki 16,234 33–18–10 76 62 March 6 Montreal 4 – 5 Philadelphia SO Esche 19,561 34–18–10 78 63 March 8 Carolina 2 – 3 Philadelphia SO Niittymaki 19,644 35–18–10 80 64 March 11 Buffalo 6 – 5 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,717 35–19–10 80 65 March 12 Philadelphia 0 – 2 Pittsburgh Esche 14,904 35–20–10 80 66 March 15 Philadelphia 4 – 0 Florida Esche 15,614 36–20–10 82 67 March 17 Philadelphia 3 – 6 Tampa Bay Esche 20,834 36–21–10 82 68 March 18 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Atlanta Niittymaki 18,612 37–21–10 84 69 March 21 New Jersey 1 – 2 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,777 38–21–10 86 70 March 22 Philadelphia 6 – 3 NY Rangers Esche 18,200 39–21–10 88 71 March 25 Ottawa 3 – 6 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,869 40–21–10 90 72 March 28 Toronto 3 – 2 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,651 40–22–10 90
April: 5–4–1, 11 points (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 3–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 73 April 1 New Jersey 4 – 1 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,710 40–23–10 90 74 April 2 Philadelphia 4 – 1 NY Islanders Esche 12,125 41–23–10 92 75 April 4 Philadelphia 2 – 3 NY Rangers SO Esche 18,200 41–23–11 93 76 April 7 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Buffalo Esche 16,909 42–23–11 95 77 April 8 Toronto 5 – 2 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,783 42–24–11 95 78 April 11 Pittsburgh 3 – 4 Philadelphia Esche 19,756 43–24–11 97 79 April 13 Philadelphia 1 – 4 New Jersey Esche 15,628 43–25–11 97 80 April 15 NY Rangers 1 – 4 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,810 44–25–11 99 81 April 16 Philadelphia 1 – 5 New Jersey Esche 15,981 44–26–11 99 82 April 18 Philadelphia 4 – 1 NY Islanders Esche 10,524 45–26–11 101
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2006 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Sabres win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 22 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Buffalo 2OT Esche 18,690 Sabres lead 1–0 2 April 24 Philadelphia 2 – 8 Buffalo Esche 18,690 Sabres lead 2–0 3 April 26 Buffalo 2 – 4 Philadelphia Esche 19,984 Sabres lead 2–1 4 April 28 Buffalo 4 – 5 Philadelphia Esche 20,092 Series tied 2–2 5 April 30 Philadelphia 0 – 3 Buffalo Esche 18,690 Sabres lead 3–2 6 May 2 Buffalo 7 – 1 Philadelphia Esche 19,967 Sabres win 4–2
Legend:   Win   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.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Simon Gagne	25	LW	72	47	32	79	31	38	6	3	1	4	2	2
21	Peter Forsberg	32	C	60	19	56	75	21	46	6	4	4	8	2	6
22	Mike Knuble	33	RW	82	34	31	65	25	80	6	1	3	4	1	8
44	Joni Pitkanen	22	D	58	13	33	46	22	78	6	0	2	2	0	2
26	Michal Handzus	28	C	73	11	33	44	−2	38	6	0	2	2	−2	2
17	Jeff Carter	21	C	81	23	19	42	10	40	6	0	0	0	−4	10
20	R. J. Umberger	23	C	73	20	18	38	9	18	5	1	0	1	−3	2
24	Sami Kapanen	32	RW	58	12	22	34	−9	12	6	0	0	0	−4	2
18	Mike Richards	20	C	79	11	23	34	6	65	6	0	1	1	−5	0
34	Freddy Meyer	25	D	57	6	21	27	10	33	6	0	1	1	−5	8
5	Kim Johnsson	29	D	47	6	19	25	5	34	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Eric Desjardins	36	D	45	4	20	24	3	56	6	1	3	4	−3	6
3	Mike Rathje	31	D	79	3	21	24	22	46	6	0	0	0	−1	6
2	Derian Hatcher	33	D	77	4	13	17	2	93	6	0	2	2	−4	10
49	Brian Savage	34	LW	66	9	5	14	−18	28	6	1	0	1	−4	4
19	Branko Radivojevic	25	RW	64	8	6	14	−6	44	5	1	0	1	−1	0
11	Jon Sim‡	28	RW	39	7	7	14	−6	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
93	Petr Nedved†	34	C	28	5	9	14	−8	36	6	2	0	2	−4	8
15	Niko Dimitrakos†	26	RW	9	5	4	9	4	6	5	0	0	0	−2	2
87	Donald Brashear	34	LW	76	4	5	9	−2	166	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Patrick Sharp‡	24	C	22	5	3	8	4	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Ben Eager	22	LW	25	3	5	8	0	18	2	0	0	0	−4	26
29	Randy Jones	24	D	28	0	8	8	−6	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Dennis Seidenberg‡	24	D	24	2	5	7	−4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Keith Primeau	34	C	9	1	6	7	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Turner Stevenson	33	RW	31	1	3	4	−2	45	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Chris Therien	34	D	47	0	4	4	−7	34	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Robert Esche	28	G	40	0	3	3	N/A	4	6	0	0	0	N/A	2
30	Antero Niittymaki	25	G	46	0	1	1	N/A	0	2	0	0	0	N/A	0
14	Ryan Ready	27	LW	7	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Matt Ellison†	22	RW	5	0	1	1	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Ryan Potulny	21	C	2	0	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Denis Gauthier†	29	D	17	0	0	0	6	37	6	0	1	1	−5	19
36	Pat Kavanagh	26	RW	8	0	0	0	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Alexandre Picard	20	D	6	0	0	0	−2	45	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Josh Gratton‡	23	LW	3	0	0	0	0	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Eric Chouinard‡	25	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	David Printz	25	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Stefan Ruzicka	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Wade Skolney	24	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

			Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Antero Niittymaki	25	46	42	23	15	6	1266	133	2.97	.895	2	2,690:05	2	0	0	0	29	5	4.13	.828	0	72:41
42	Robert Esche	28	40	40	22	11	5	1099	113	2.97	.897	1	2,286:24	6	6	2	4	176	22	4.20	.875	0	314:29

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Antero Niittymaki (January 9)
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Joni Pitkanen
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Simon Gagne
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Joni Pitkanen
	Toyota Cup	Simon Gagne
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Peter Forsberg

Records

Team

Franchise team records set during the 2005–06 season

Record	Type	Total	Date(s)	Opponent	Player(s)	Refs
Fastest overtime goal scored	Game	0:07	1/5/2006	New York Rangers	Simon Gagne

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 season was officially canceled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 29, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2005	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Todd Fedoruk
July 30, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2005 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick in 2005
July 30, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2005 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Anaheim's 2nd-round pick in 2005
July 30, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas' 3rd-round pick in 2005 4th-round pick in 2005
August 2, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2006	To Nashville Predators Danny Markov
August 4, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Los Angeles Kings Jeremy Roenick Nashville's 3rd-round pick in 2006
December 5, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Ellison 3rd-round pick in 2006	To Chicago Blackhawks Eric Meloche Patrick Sharp
December 28, 2005	To Philadelphia Flyers Kiel McLeod	To Phoenix Coyotes Eric Chouinard
January 20, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Petr Nedved option to switch 4th-round picks in 2006 option to switch 3rd-round picks in 2007	To Phoenix Coyotes Dennis Seidenberg
January 23, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2007	To Florida Panthers Jon Sim
March 9, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Denis Gauthier	To Phoenix Coyotes Josh Gratton Florida's 2nd-round pick in 2006 Tampa Bay's 2nd-round pick in 2006
March 9, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Niko Dimitrakos	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2006
April 21, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Los Angeles Kings Dean Lombardi

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
August 2, 2005	Derian Hatcher	Detroit Red Wings	4-year
August 2, 2005	Mike Rathje	San Jose Sharks	5-year
August 2, 2005	Jon Sim	Phoenix Coyotes	1-year
August 2, 2005	Chris Therien	Dallas Stars	1-year
August 3, 2005	Peter Forsberg	Colorado Avalanche	2-year
August 22, 2005	Eric Chouinard	Minnesota Wild	1-year*
August 22, 2005	Pat Kavanagh	Ottawa Senators	1-year*
August 22, 2005	Jamie Storr	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	1-year*
August 23, 2005	Riley Cote	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	2-year*
September 15, 2005	Brian Savage	Phoenix Coyotes	1-year
April 16, 2006	Scott Munroe (ELC)	Alabama–Huntsville Chargers (CHA)	*
June 15, 2006	Marty Murray	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)	1-year

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 27, 2005	Jeff Carter (ELC)	3-year*
July 27, 2005	Triston Grant (ELC)	3-year*
July 27, 2005	Alexandre Picard (ELC)	3-year*
July 27, 2005	Mike Richards (ELC)	3-year*
July 29, 2005	Rejean Beauchemin (ELC)	*
July 29, 2005	Stefan Ruzicka (ELC)	3-year*
August 9, 2005	Simon Gagne	1-year
August 9, 2005	Kim Johnsson	1-year
August 9, 2005	Branko Radivojevic	1-year
August 9, 2005	Patrick Sharp	1-year
August 10, 2005	Robert Esche	2-year
August 10, 2005	Dennis Seidenberg	1-year
August 22, 2005	Ryan Ready	1-year*
February 3, 2006	Freddy Meyer	2-year extension
February 7, 2006	Randy Jones	2-year extension
March 23, 2006	Denis Gauthier	3-year extension
March 29, 2006	Ryan Potulny (ELC)	2-year*
April 27, 2006	Gino Pisellini (ELC)	*
May 30, 2006	Frederik Cabana (ELC)	3-year*
May 30, 2006	Steve Downie (ELC)	3-year*
May 30, 2006	Jussi Timonen (ELC)	2-year*

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Ref
July 18, 2005	Neil Little	Espoo Blues (SM-liiga)	Free agency
July 23, 2005	Tony Amonte	Calgary Flames	Buyout
July 23, 2005	John LeClair	Pittsburgh Penguins	Buyout
July 24, 2005	Marcus Ragnarsson	Almtuna IS (Allsvenskan)	Free agency
July 25, 2005	Mattias Timander	Modo Hockey (Elitserien)	Free agency
August 2, 2005	Radovan Somik	Severstal Cherepovets (RSL)	Free agency
August 9, 2005	Sean Burke	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency
August 12, 2005	Boyd Kane	Washington Capitals	Free agency
September 29, 2005	Peter White	HIFK (SM-liiga)	Free agency
N/A	Claude Lapointe	—	Free agency
May 19, 2006	Jamie Storr*	DEG Metro Stars (DEL)	Free agency

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Westin Hotel Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 2005. The Flyers traded their originally allotted second, third, and fourth-round picks in three separate trades.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	29	Steve Downie	Right Wing	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3	91	Oskars Bartulis	Defense	Latvia	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
4	119	Jeremy Duchesne	Goaltender	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
5	152	Josh Beaulieu	Center	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
6	174	John Flatters	Defense	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	215	Matt Clackson	Right Wing	Canada	Chicago Steel (USHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific