gold star for USAHOF
 

Warning: Attempt to read property "params" on null in /home/notinhal/public_html/plugins/k2/k2canonical/k2canonical.php on line 382

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Philadelphia Flyers.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Flyers could not make the playoffs, but we still saw one new entrant and two elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Bobby Clarke
2. Bernie Parent
3. Bill Barber
4. Eric Lindros
5. Mark Howe

You can find the entire list here.

Team Captain Sean Couturier returned from injury and climbed to spot to #29.

Another Center, Travis Konecny, rose to #32 from #38.

The lone addition is Travis Sanheim, who will debut at #47.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Philadelphia Flyers.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Philadelphia again failed to make the changes and there was only one elevation.  This resulted in two new entrants, and other minor fluctuation on the top 50.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Bobby Clarke

2. Bernie Parent

3. Bill Barber

4. Eric Lindros

5. Mark Howe

 

You can find the entire list here.

The only change was Center, Travis Konecny, who rose to #38 from #50.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

A member of the Philadelphia Flyers for all twelve seasons of his NHL career, Bill Barber provided scoring punch for the Broad Street Bullies and the years beyond.  Barber is the all-time leading Goal Scorer (420) for the Flyers and the six time All Star was also a three time post season All Star (one First Team and two Second Teams).  The Left Winger never had less than 20 Goals in a season and he was a 40 Goal scorer four times and had a 50 Goal campaign in the 1975-76 Season. 

Bill Barber

Bill Barber was converted to Left Wing from his Center position by Philadelphia Flyers Head Coach, Fred Shero. As it turned out, the move put him on a first line with Bobby Clarke, and Barber never looked back. He was a strong player who was punishing when he needed to be (he was a member of the Broad Street Bullies after all), was offensively skilled and was underappreciated for his defensive skills. The NHL recognized his ability by naming him to three Post Season All Star teams and he was a major part of the Flyers two Stanley Cup wins. Barber was forced to retire early at the age of 31 due to the deterioration of his left knee. It prevented him from getting to the magical 1,000 point mark, but the Hall recognized his overall talent and he got inducted in 1990.