# 1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals but lost in five games to the Edmonton Oilers.

## Off-season

Bobby Clarke's first move as general manager was hiring Mike Keenan as head coach. Second-year player Dave Poulin was named team captain.

## Regular season

On October 18 they tied a franchise record for most goals in one game, after a 13–2 rout of the Vancouver Canucks at the Spectrum. They recorded another 10-plus goal contest on March 10 against Pittsburgh, crushing the Penguins 11–4. In addition, the team snapped the Edmonton Oilers' then NHL record 12–0–3 unbeaten streak to start the year with a 7–5 win on November 11. Four days later, they paid tribute to the recently retired Bobby Clarke on Bobby Clarke Night with a 6–1 win over the Hartford Whalers.
Although the club got off to a hot 16–4–4 start, they faltered in December, losing four straight games and five of six prior to Christmas. With the team's slate of games thin throughout January, the Washington Capitals surged to the top of the Patrick Division although the Flyers kept winning consistently.
After trailing the division-leading Capitals by 11 points in early February, the Flyers clinched the division title on March 28 and finished 12 points ahead of Washington, reeling off an incredible 24–4–0 record after February 9. The game that kicked off the stretch, on February 9 at the Capital Centre, saw Tim Kerr score four goals but Brian Propp won it, 5–4, with two seconds remaining in regulation. The club set a franchise record with 11 straight wins from March 5–24.
One season before the Presidents' Trophy was created to reward the NHL club with the most points, the Flyers finished the season with 113, four ahead of eventual Cup champion Edmonton. They also recorded their second-highest single-season goal total (tied with 1975–76, and two fewer than the previous season) and allowed the third-fewest goals behind Washington and Buffalo.
Twice during the season two players recorded hat tricks in the same game. Propp and Ilkka Sinisalo turned the trick in the Vancouver rout, while Poulin and Kerr teamed up for six goals in a wild 9–6 win over Washington on March 7.
Goaltender Pelle Lindbergh, who led the league with 40 wins, won the Vezina Trophy.

### Season standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 53 | 20 | 7 | 348 | 241 | 113 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 322 | 240 | 101 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 345 | 312 | 86 |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 295 | 345 | 62 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 22 | 48 | 10 | 264 | 346 | 54 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 24 | 51 | 5 | 276 | 385 | 53 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Patrick Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
New Jersey
—3−2−22−52−55−22−4−114−18−3
N.Y. Islanders
2−3−2—4−33−3−15−23−417−15−3
N.Y. Rangers
5−23−4—0−74−32−514−21−0
Philadelphia
5−23−3−17−0—5−25−1−125−8−2
Pittsburgh
2−52−53−42–5—0−6−19−25−1
Washington
4−2−14−35−21–5−16−0–1—20−13−2
Vs. Adams Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
New Jersey
0−30−30−31−1−11−1−12−11−2
N.Y. Islanders
1−22−11−1−11−20−35−9−1
N.Y. Rangers
0−1−21−1−10−1−20−2−11−22−7−6
Philadelphia
2−11−1−12−0−11−21−1−17−5−3
Pittsburgh
1−20−2−11−21−20−33−11−1
Washington
2−11−21−21−1−12−17−7−1
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
New Jersey
0−31−1−11−1−10−2−13−05−7−3
N.Y. Islanders
3−02−11−1−13−02−111−3−1
N.Y. Rangers
0−31−21−22−0−12−0−16−7−2
Philadelphia
2−12−0−13−03−02−112−2−1
Pittsburgh
1−21−1−11−21−22−16−8−1
Washington
3−02−12−0−12−0−12−0−111−1−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
New Jersey
0−2−11−20−30−30−2−11−12−2
N.Y. Islanders
1−20−2−12−12−12−17−7−1
N.Y. Rangers
0−2−11−1−11−22−10−34−9−2
Philadelphia
2−13−01−1−13−00−39−5−1
Pittsburgh
2−0−11−1−10−32−11−26−7−2
Washington
2−10−1−22−13−01−28−5−2 :

## Playoffs

The Flyers rolled through the playoffs by sweeping the New York Rangers in three games, defeating the New York Islanders in five, and beating the Quebec Nordiques in six to return to the Stanley Cup Finals. Though they defeated the defending champion Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 by a score of 4–1 at home, Edmonton won the next four games and the series.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1984–85 regular season :
October: 6–2–2, 15 points (home: 3–0–1; road: 3–2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
1October 11Washington Capitals2–2 OT0–0–11Recap
2October 13@ Washington Capitals4–21–0–13Recap
3October 15@ Montreal Canadiens2–51–1–13Recap
4October 18Vancouver Canucks13–22–1–15Recap
5October 20@ Pittsburgh Penguins1–32–2–15Recap
6October 21Pittsburgh Penguins4–23–2–17Recap
7October 23@ Minnesota North Stars7–24–2–19Recap
8October 25St. Louis Blues7–25–2–111Recap
9October 27@ New Jersey Devils4–26–2–112Recap
10October 31@ Buffalo Sabres3–3 OT6–2–214Recap :
November: 8–2–2, 18 points (home: 6–2–1; road: 2–0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
11November 1Winnipeg Jets4–76–3–214Recap
12November 3Minnesota North Stars5–17–3–216Recap
13November 9St. Louis Blues6–08–3–218Recap
14November 11Edmonton Oilers7–59–3–220Recap
15November 15Hartford Whalers6–110–3–222Recap
16November 17@ Boston Bruins5–311–3–224Recap
17November 18New York Islanders3–3 OT11–3–325Recap
18November 21Boston Bruins4–312–3–327Recap
19November 23@ Buffalo Sabres4–213–3–329Recap
20November 24@ Hartford Whalers4–4 OT13–3–430Recap
21November 27Chicago Black Hawks4–214–3–432Recap
22November 29New Jersey Devils1–214–4–432Recap :
December: 7–6–1, 15 points (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–5–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
23December 1Pittsburgh Penguins3–115–4–434Recap
24December 3@ New York Rangers6–216–4–436Recap
25December 6Quebec Nordiques1–1 OT16–4–537Recap
26December 8New York Rangers4–217–4–539Recap
27December 11@ Winnipeg Jets4–5 OT17–5–539Recap
28December 12@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–617–6–539Recap
29December 15@ New York Islanders2–617–7–539Recap
30December 16Montreal Canadiens2–317–8–539Recap
31December 20New Jersey Devils8–418–8–541Recap
32December 21@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–418–9–541Recap
33December 23Washington Capitals7–419–9–543Recap
34December 26@ Washington Capitals0–619–10–543Recap
35December 28@ Vancouver Canucks7–420–10–545Recap
36December 30@ Los Angeles Kings3–221–10–547Recap :
January: 8–4–1, 17 points (home: 5–0–0; road: 3–4–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
37January 2@ Edmonton Oilers5–222–10–549Recap
38January 3@ Calgary Flames3–422–11–549Recap
39January 5@ St. Louis Blues6–323–11–551Recap
40January 8Vancouver Canucks5–324–11–553Recap
41January 10Chicago Black Hawks6–125–11–555Recap
42January 12@ New York Islanders3–525–12–555Recap
43January 13Calgary Flames7–126–12–557Recap
44January 16@ Detroit Red Wings1–1 OT26–12–658Recap
45January 17Detroit Red Wings7–527–12–660Recap
46January 19@ Minnesota North Stars4–128–12–662Recap
47January 23@ Los Angeles Kings3–628–13–662Recap
48January 27@ Winnipeg Jets2–628–14–662Recap
49January 31New Jersey Devils3–129–14–664Recap :
February: 8–3–1, 17 points (home: 6–1–1; road: 2–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
50February 2Buffalo Sabres3–629–15–664Recap
51February 5@ New York Islanders5–729–16–664Recap
52February 7Los Angeles Kings4–4 OT29–16–765Recap
53February 9@ Washington Capitals5–430–16–767Recap
54February 10New York Rangers3–231–16–769Recap
55February 14Quebec Nordiques6–332–16–771Recap
56February 16Edmonton Oilers5–433–16–773Recap
57February 18Pittsburgh Penguins8–234–16–775Recap
58February 21Toronto Maple Leafs4–135–16–777Recap
59February 24Calgary Flames4–136–16–779Recap
60February 26@ Hartford Whalers3–237–16–781Recap
61February 28@ Boston Bruins1–637–17–781Recap :
March: 13–3–0, 26 points (home: 7–0–0; road: 6–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
62March 2@ Quebec Nordiques2–437–18–781Recap
63March 3@ New Jersey Devils2–537–19–781Recap
64March 5@ New York Islanders5–4 OT38–19–783Recap
65March 7Washington Capitals9–639–19–785Recap
66March 8@ Washington Capitals4–240–19–787Recap
67March 10Pittsburgh Penguins11–441–19–789Recap
68March 13@ New York Rangers5–242–19–791Recap
69March 16@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–143–19–793Recap
70March 17New York Islanders5–344–19–795Recap
71March 19@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–345–19–797Recap
72March 21New York Rangers8–446–19–799Recap
73March 23@ New Jersey Devils5–347–19–7101Recap
74March 24Montreal Canadiens4–348–19–7103Recap
75March 27@ Chicago Black Hawks2–548–20–7103Recap
76March 28Detroit Red Wings3–149–20–7105Recap
77March 30New York Rangers3–050–20–7107Recap :
April: 3–0–0, 6 points (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
78April 2@ New York Rangers2–151–20–7109Recap
79April 4New York Islanders3–052–20–7111Recap
80April 7@ New Jersey Devils6–153–20–7113Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1985 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. New York Rangers – Flyers win 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 10New York Rangers5–4 OTFlyers lead 1–0Recap
2April 11New York Rangers3–1Flyers lead 2–0Recap
3April 13@ New York Rangers6–5Flyers win 3–0Recap :
Patrick Division Finals vs. New York Islanders – Flyers win 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 18New York Islanders3–0Flyers lead 1–0Recap
2April 21New York Islanders5–2Flyers lead 2–0Recap
3April 23@ New York Islanders5–3Flyers lead 3–0Recap
4April 25@ New York Islanders2–6Flyers lead 3–1Recap
5April 28New York Islanders1–0Flyers win 3–0Recap :
Wales Conference Finals vs. Quebec Nordiques – Flyers win 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1May 5@ Quebec Nordiques1–2 OTNordiques lead 1–0Recap
2May 7@ Quebec Nordiques4–2Series tied 1–1Recap
3May 9Quebec Nordiques4–2Flyers lead 2–1Recap
4May 12Quebec Nordiques3–5Series tied 2–2Recap
5May 14@ Quebec Nordiques2–1Flyers lead 3–2Recap
6May 16Quebec Nordiques3–0Flyers win 4–2Recap :
Stanley Cup Finals vs. Edmonton Oilers – Oilers win 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1May 21Edmonton Oilers4–1Flyers lead 1–0Recap
2May 23Edmonton Oilers1–3Series tied 1–1Recap
3May 25@ Edmonton Oilers3–4Oilers lead 2–1Recap
4May 28@ Edmonton Oilers3–5Oilers lead 3–1Recap
5May 30@ Edmonton Oilers3–8Oilers win 4–1Recap :
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.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 12 | Tim Kerr | RW | 74 | 54 | 44 | 98 | 29 | 57 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 13 |
| 26 | Brian Propp | LW | 76 | 43 | 54 | 97 | 46 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Dave Poulin | C | 73 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 43 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| 23 | Ilkka Sinisalo | RW | 70 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 32 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −1 | 0 |
| 32 | Murray Craven | LW | 80 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 45 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| 25 | Peter Zezel | C | 65 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −5 | 28 |
| 2 | Mark Howe | D | 73 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 51 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| 14 | Ron Sutter | C | 73 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 94 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −1 | 28 |
| 10 | Brad McCrimmon | D | 66 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 18 | Lindsay Carson | C | 77 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 0 | 123 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 24 | Derrick Smith | LW | 77 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 22 | Rick Tocchet | RW | 75 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 181 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 72 |
| 27 | Thomas Eriksson | D | 72 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Doug Crossman | D | 80 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 65 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −3 | 38 |
| 11 | Len Hachborn | C | 40 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Brad Marsh | D | 77 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 42 | 91 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 65 |
| 9 | Miroslav Dvorak | D | 47 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
| 19 | Todd Bergen | C | 14 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
| 15 | Rich Sutter | LW | 56 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 89 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 10 |
| 21 | Dave Brown | RW | 57 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 165 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 59 |
| 6 | Tim Young† | C | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Ed Hospodar | D | 50 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 130 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 69 |
| 29 | Glen Cochrane‡ | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Ray Allison | RW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Ross Fitzpatrick | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Bob Froese | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 34 | Paul Guay | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Darren Jensen | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Pelle Lindbergh | G | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
| 28 | Joe Paterson | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 70 |
| 5 | Steve Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Mike Stothers | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 31 | Pelle Lindbergh | 65 | 63 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 1926 | 194 | 3.02 | .899 | 2 | 3,849 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 487 | 42 | 2.50 | .914 | 3 | 1,007 |
| 35 | Bob Froese | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 427 | 37 | 2.39 | .913 | 1 | 927 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 11 | 4.51 | .849 | 0 | 146 |
| 33 | Darren Jensen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 7.00 | .767 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Jack Adams Award | Mike Keenan |
| League (annual) | NHL first All-Star team | Pelle Lindbergh (Goaltender) |
| League (annual) | Vezina Trophy | Pelle Lindbergh |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Mark Howe |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Tim Kerr |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Pelle Lindbergh |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Month | Pelle Lindbergh (March) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Pelle Lindbergh (November 19) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Ilkka Sinisalo (March 11) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Pelle Lindbergh (April 9) |
| Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Brad McCrimmon |
| Team | Bobby Clarke Trophy | Pelle Lindbergh |
| Team | Class Guy Award | Brad Marsh |

### Records

Among the team records set during the 1984–85 regular season was tying the team record for most goals in a game (13) on October 18 against the Vancouver Canucks, a mark which was set only seven months earlier. On October 25, Tim Kerr scored the first of what would be three 4-goal games during the regular season (January 17 and February 9 being the others), tying the team record, and also set the team marks for most goals in a period (3) and the fastest three goals by one player (two minutes and twenty-seven seconds) during the game. On January 13, Brian Propp tied a team record when he scored two shorthanded goals while the three total during the game also tied a team record. Goaltender Pelle Lindbergh tied the team record for most consecutive wins (9) from March 9 to March 24. Propp's seven shorthanded goals on the season is tied for the team record and Kerr's five hat tricks on the season is a team record. The team set records for most wins (53, tied the following season) and fewest road ties (3, subsequently tied twice).
With their victory in game one of their division semifinal playoff series against the New York Rangers, the Flyers ended a franchise record six game playoff home losing streak that stretched from April 26, 1981, to April 7, 1984. In the series deciding 6–5 victory against the Rangers on April 13, Tim Kerr set a number of NHL and team records during the second period, scoring four goals (tied for the NHL record) in a span of an NHL playoff record eight minutes and sixteen seconds, an NHL record three of which were on the powerplay. His four points during the period and his three powerplay goals during the game is also tied for the NHL record, while the three minutes and twenty-four seconds it took him to score three goals is a team record. Peter Zezel's three assists during the period is tied for the team record (replicated by Kerr on April 21 against the New York Islanders) and four points during the game is tied for the team rookie record. Records tied by the team as a whole include most goals (5) and powerplay goals (3) during the period, while the four powerplay goals during the game is tied for the team record.
Lindbergh won a team record six consecutive playoff wins from April 10 through April 23, tying Bernie Parent's 1974 mark. Doug Crossman's three powerplay goals during the playoffs is tied for the team record among defensemen.

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Derrick Smith | October 11, 1984 |
| First game | Rick Tocchet | October 11, 1984 |
| First game | Peter Zezel | October 11, 1984 |
| First game | Mike Stothers | December 23, 1984 |
| First game | Todd Bergen | January 8, 1985 |

## Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 20, 1984, the day after the deciding game of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 30, 1985, the day of the deciding game of the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| May 24, 1984 (1984-05-24) | To Philadelphia Flyers Ian Armstrong | To New Jersey Devils 10th-round pick in 1985 |
| September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27) | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations | To New Jersey Devils Sam St. Laurent |
| October 10, 1984 (1984-10-10) | To Philadelphia Flyers Murray CravenJoe Paterson | To Detroit Red Wings Darryl Sittler |
| March 12, 1985 (1985-03-12) | To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 1986 | To Vancouver Canucks Glen Cochrane |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 25, 1984 (1984-07-25) | Ed Hospodar | Hartford Whalers | | Free agency |
| September 30, 1984 (1984-09-30) | Nick Kypreos | North Bay Centennials (OHL) | | Free agency |
| October 4, 1984 (1984-10-04) | Don Nachbaur | Los Angeles Kings | | Free agency |
| October 8, 1984 (1984-10-08) | Al Hill | Maine Mariners (AHL) | | Free agency |
| October 15, 1984 (1984-10-15) | Tim Young | Winnipeg Jets | 1-year | Free agency |
| November 22, 1984 (1984-11-22) | Craig Piette | University of Wisconsin–River Falls (NAIA) | | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
| July 30, 1984 (1984-07-30) | Frank Bathe | | Retirement | |
| July 30, 1984 (1984-07-30) | Randy Holt | | Retirement | |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| August 17, 1984 (1984-08-17) | Doug Crossman | |
| August 17, 1984 (1984-08-17) | Len Hachborn | |
| August 17, 1984 (1984-08-17) | Brad McCrimmon | |
| September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) | Tim Kerr | multi-year |
| February 17, 1985 (1985-02-17) | Lindsay Carson | |

## Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1984 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, on June 9, 1984. The Flyers selection of Petr Rucka in the eleventh-round, 226th overall, was voided since Rucka had already been selected by the Calgary Flames in the tenth-round.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 2 | 22 | Greg Smyth | Defense | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 2 | 27 | Scott Mellanby | Right wing | Canada | Henry Carr Secondary School (Toronto) |
| 2 | 37 | Jeff Chychrun | Defense | Canada | Kingston Canadians (OHL) |
| 3 | 43 | Dave McLay | Forward | Canada | Kelowna Wings (WHL) |
| 3 | 47 | John Stevens | Defense | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 4 | 79 | David Hanson | Center | United States | Grand Forks High School (N. Dakota) |
| 5 | 100 | Brian Dobbin | Right wing | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 6 | 121 | John Dzikowski | Center | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 7 | 142 | Tom Allen | Defense | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 8 | 163 | Luke Vitale | Forward | Canada | Henry Carr Secondary School (Toronto) |
| 9 | 184 | Billy Powers | Forward | United States | Matignon High School (Massachusetts) |
| 10 | 204 | Daryn Fersovich | Forward | Canada | St. Albert Saints (AJHL) |
| 12 | 245 | Juraj Bakos | Defense | Czechoslovakia | HC Košice (Czech) |

## Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.