A ranar 23 ga Yuni, 2011, Flyers sun sanya hannu kan Bryzgalov don zama sabon mai farawa, kuma sun sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru tara, dala miliyan 51. Don saukar da kwantiraginsa a ƙarƙashin ƙimar albashin ƙungiyar, Flyers sun yi manyan kasuwanci guda biyu sa'a ɗaya kafin a fara ba da rahoton sa hannu kan Bryzgalov, suna aika Jeff Carter zuwa Columbus Blue Jackets (don Jakub Voráček, da kuma zagaye na farko da na uku a cikin
2011 Entry Draft) da kuma kyaftin Mike Richards zuwa Los Angeles Kings (don Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn da kuma zagaye na biyu).