The Flyers fara 2009-10 kakar tare da wasu manyan canje-canje, kyale goaltenders Martin Biron da Antero Niittymaki su bar ta hanyar hukumar kyauta, maye gurbin su da tsohon Ottawa netminder Ray Emery da tsohon Flyer Brian Boucher, da kuma inganta ingantaccen tsaro tare da ƙari na Chris Pronger daga Anaheim. Pronger ya zo ne a farashi, duk da haka, yana biyan Flyers Joffrey Lupul, Luca Sbisa da Flyers 'zaɓi na zagaye na farko a duka 2009 da
Shekarar 2010. Lokacin ya fara da gaske, kodayake ba da daɗewa ba ya ɓace tare da wasan da ya dace wanda ya sa kocin John Stevens ya rasa aikinsa a watan Disamba. An ɗauki Peter Laviolette a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbinsa don sake kafa lissafi da kuma dawo da nasara ga Flyers, kodayake sakamakon bai kasance nan da nan ba; Flyers sun sha wahala 2<unk>7<unk>1 nan da nan bayan isowarsa. Raunin da ya faru ya dauki babban nauyi a kan Flyers, tare da Blair Betts, Daniel Briere, Jeff Carter, Simon Gagne da Kimmo Timonen duk sun rasa wasanni masu yawa, kodayake babu wani matsayi da ya kusan shafar raunin da ya faru a matsayin mai tsaron gida. Emery ya sami raunin cinya a watan Disamba, ya taka leda a kai a kai bayan haka kuma a ƙarshe ya yi aikin tiyata na ƙarshen kakar. Boucher ya sami rauni a hannu jim kaɗan bayan haka, wanda ya ba da damar mai tsaron gida Michael Leighton ya shiga ciki kuma ya yi tasiri nan da nan. Leighton ya tafi 8<unk>0<unk>1 a farkon farkonsa goma, ciki har da rashin nasara 2<unk>1 a cikin 2010 Winter Classic zuwa Boston a Fenway Park a ranar Sabuwar Shekara. Duk da haka, an tilasta Leighton daga cikin jerin a watan Maris tare da tsayin daka mai tsayi, yana buƙatar dawowar Boucher a matsayin mai farawa. Dukkanin, masu tsaron gida bakwai daban-daban sun dace da Flyers a wurare daban-daban a cikin shekara. Matsakaicin wasa a cikin shimfiɗar ya tilasta Flyers zuwa harbi-ko-mutu tare da Rangers a wasan karshe na kakar wasa ta yau da kullun. Boucher ya dakatar da mai harbi na karshe Olli Jokinen don tabbatar da saiti na bakwai a Gabas da wasan zagaye na farko da New Jersey.