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.

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A First Round Pick in 2014 (17^th Overall), Travis Sanheim is entering his eighth season in the NHL, where he is set to enter his prime.

A good two-way blueliner who can anchor the power play, Sanheim is known for his physical style of play and expert passing.  Improving annually, Sanheim is coming off his best offensive output (44 Points) and career-highs in Blocked Shots (149).

He has the skills to replicate his 2023-24 season over the next few campaigns.

Wayne Simmonds contributed significantly to the legacy of black hockey players, and for a while, he was one of the top scoring threats for the Philadelphia Flyers.

Simmonds started his NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings after being drafted in the Second Round in 2007. Only a year later, he managed to make it to the main roster. Despite showing promise, the Kings considered him expendable and traded him to the Flyers for veteran Mike Richards as part of their push for the Stanley Cup.

Simmonds received more ice time in Philadelphia, where he was adored for his scoring, hitting, and fighting abilities. Between 2013-14 and 2016-17, he had a four-year run where he scored at least 50 points (he had 60 in two of those years) and racked up over 100 penalty minutes four times. Simmonds also emerged as a locker room leader with the Flyers, and he was finally selected to the All-Star Game in 2017, where he represented Philadelphia well and was named the game’s MVP.

With Philadelphia on the decline, Nashville traded for the winger (who was in his contract year) in 2019, hoping to add his grit and veteran presence. Simmonds became the first player to win the Mark Messier Leadership Award while playing for two different teams. After that, he signed with New Jersey and concluded his career with brief stops in Buffalo and three years in Toronto.

He scored 526 goals in 1,037 games over his career.

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.

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 2021/22 revision of our top 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, the Flyers did not make the playoffs, and went into rebuilding mode.  There was only one change to the top 50, with one new addition.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Bobby Clarke

2. Bernie Parent

3. Bill Barber

4. Eric Lindros

5. Mark Howe

You can find the entire list here.

The lone new entry is Center, Travis Konechy, who makes his first appearance at #50.

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

Travis Konecny was a late First Rounder (24^th Overall), by Philadelphia in 2015 and as of this writing, he is entering his seventh season with the Flyers.

Relatively small in stature (5” 10”), Konecny is a surprisingly physical player, unafraid to give or take hits from other opponents, while still lighting the lamp.  An All-Star in 2020, Konecny had three straight seasons (2017-18 to 2019-20) where he scored 24 Goals.  He did not break 20 Goals over the next two seasons, but in 2023-24, he set a new personal best with 31 Goals, and broke that last season with 33 Goals and 68 Points.  Konecny also led the NHL in SHort-Handed Goals with 6.

Entering his prime period going into 2024-25, we could see a sizable jump in this rank when it is redone.

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 pre-2021-22 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 NHL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

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

Please note, that this is our first revision in in the last three years, and it has generated two new entries, one of which, should have been listed before.  

As always, we present our top five immediately, although there are no changes from our last list:

1. Bobby Clarke

2. Bernie Parent

3. Bill Barber

4. Eric Lindros

5. Mark Howe

You can find the entire list here.

Jakub Voracek moves up from #23 to #18.

Former Defenseman, Kimmo Timonen, was incorrectly left off our inaugural list, enters at #27.

Sean Couturier climbs from #42 to #33.

Shayne Gotlisbehere, who is now with Arizona, debuts at #50.

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

Kimmo Timonen began his career with the Nashville Predators where he was a two-time All-Star.  In 2007, Timonen and Scott Hartnell were traded to Philadelphia for a First Round Pick, who would never make it to NHL.  It is easy to see who won this trade.

Timonen went to his third All-Star Game in his first year as a Flyer, and did so again in 2012.  Timonen had three 40-Point seasons with Philly, with another three cracking the 30-Point threshold.  While he never finished in the top ten in Norris voting as a Flyer, he did receive votes in three of his years, and he was considered one of the top Defensemen for the Flyers during his tenure, which ended in 2014.

Timonen scored 270 Points of his 571 career Points in Philadelphia.

When you think of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970’s you automatically come up with the images of the bruising “Broad Street Bullies”, the pounding and bruising team that won and fought a lot.  That is all fine and good (and it was pretty good) but you still needed hockey players to put the puck in the net.  Rick MacLeish could do just that.

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.  We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Philadelphia Flyers who have won their conference eight times and would win the Stanley Cup twice. Those wins took place in the second in 1974 and 1975, making them the first expansion team to win it all.

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 NHL.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

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

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2018-19 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Bobby Clarke

2. Bernie Parent

3. Bill Barber

4. Eric Lindros

5. Mark Howe

We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.  Look for the Top 50 Atlanta Braves next.

As always we thank you for your support.

This one will be interesting in terms of feedback.

Keith Primeau had already played for Team Canada in both the World Cup and Olympics and he had already long established himself in Detroit and Carolina and he was dealt to the Flyers in 2000 after holding out due to contract issues with the Hurricanes.  Primeau would go on to tie his previous high of 73 Points in the 2000-01 season and would receive a few votes (finishing 23^rd overall) for the Hart Trophy.  Three years later he would be named an All Star and he finished 6^th in Frank J. Selke Trophy.  Sadly for Primeau concussion issues would force him to prematurely retire after the 2005-06 season, but he retired with 213 Points in 312 Games for Philadelphia.

Dan McGillis had his seasons in his career when he was with the Philadelphia Flyers where the Defenseman would post two 45 Point seasons, the second of which would see him finish fourteenth in Norris Trophy voting.  He would have 140 Points over his 340 game tenure with the Flyers.

A veteran of 1,086 NHL Games, Brad Marsh would play 514 of them with Philadelphia, which was by far the most he played for any team.  Marsh was never a scoring Defenseman as he only scored 14 Goals for Philadelphia with 96 Assists and he was excellent in his role as a stay-at-home blueliner who was an exceptional puck clearer.  He would finish seventh in Defensive Point Shares in the 1984/85 Season and helped the Flyers reach two Stanley Cups.

Known as a scrappy agitator who could get under the skin of any opposing player, Ken Linseman was a also an adept scorer who averaged .96 Points per Game when he was with Philadelphia.  A Flyer for four seasons early in his career (and a half season late in it) Linseman had a 92 Point campaign in 1981-82, which was the last year of his Flyers’ first run.  He is better remembered though for his 1980 Playoff performance where he scored a playoff leading 18 Assists in the Flyers run into the Stanley Cup Final where they lost to the New York Islanders.  Linseman would later win a Cup with the Edmonton Oilers.

As of this writing, Sean Couturier is in his twelfth season in the National Hockey League all of which have been with the Philadelphia Flyers.  Couturier was the eighth overall Draft Pick in 2011 and it did not take long for the Centre to prove his worth to the team.  In his third season, Couturier finished ninth in Frank J. Selke voting and would finish eighth in voting in his fifth season.  Couturier’s game reached a new high in 2017/18 when his offensive game exploded to a 31 Goal 76 Point season, which essentially doubled anything he had done before.  He was the runner-up for the Frank J. Selke Award that season, and he equaled his Points total the following year.  In 2019/20, Couturier won his first individual accolade, the Selke, though he has yet to be in the running since.

A Philadelphia Flyer for seven full seasons and parts of two others, Braydon Coburn and his 6’ 5” frame would later be considered to be a steal for the Flyers when they traded Alexei Zhitnik to get him.  In Coburn’s first full season as a Flyer, he would have career highs of 9 Goals, 27 Assists and 36 Points.  Coburn proved to be a solid presence on the blueline for Philadelphia throughout his tenure there.

We have another member of the two Stanley Cup Championship teams from the 1970’s in Ross Lonsberry who was a perfect fit for the tough and rumble team that the Philadelphia Flyers were becoming.  Lonsberry was a good two way player and he would have three 50 Point seasons for Philadelphia with 314 overall.

A solid scorer, Murray Craven provided solid offensive support for the two Philadelphia Flyer teams that made the Stanley Cup Finals twice in the 1980’s.

A strong and imposing force, Behn Wilson was the 7^th overall pick of the 1978 Draft and his combination of skill and size made him perfect for a Philadelphia fanbase.  Wilson racked up a lot of penalty minutes often acting as the team’s enforcer but he could playmake too as he never had less than 20 Assists in a season peaking with 47 in his All Star 1980/81 Season.  He would also finish 5^th in Defensive Point Shares that year.