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Wayne Simmonds became a Philadelphia Flyer after playing his first three years in Los Angeles.  

Proving to be more than a solid player,, Simmonds has had two 60 Point seasons for Philadelphia and he had back-to-back 30 Goal seasons in 2015-16 & 2016-17.  In that latter campaign, he would be named an NHL All-Star.  Despite his skill, the struggling Flyers traded Simmonds to Nashville during the 2018/19 Season, and he won the Mark Messier Leadership Award that year.  

With the Flyers, Simmonds had 378 Points.
A member of the Philadelphia Flyers for their two Stanley Cup wins in the 1970’s, Tom Bladon was known for his devastating slapshot and for becoming the first Defenseman to score eight points in a game, which he did in 1977 against the Cleveland Barons.  He would also set a record of +10 in that game, which has yet to be equaled.  As a Flyer, Bladon had 270 Points over his career with a very strong Plus/Minus of 186 and two All Star Game appearances.

Spending all but 11 of his 764 NHL Games with the Philadelphia Flyers, Chris Therien had a very good career utilizing his imposing 6’ 5” 235 lb frame to push opposing attackers around and stifle offensive rushes.  He was not a scorer but he was usually on the first line of defensive corps for Philly to provide a balance on the ice, which he did brilliantly.

Like so many good hockey players in the Mid-60’s Gary Dornhoefer struggled to find a permanent spot in the National Hockey League.  The Right Wing played 62 Games for the Boston Bruins from the 1963-64 to 1965-66 season but he was never called up in the season before the 1967 Expansion.