Flyers yakatanga mwaka wa2009-10 nedzimwe shanduko huru, ichibvumira vabati vemikombe Martin Biron naAntero Niittymaki kuti vaende kuburikidza nehurumende yakasununguka, vachivatsiva neyaimbova Ottawa netminder Ray Emery uye aimbova Flyer Brian Boucher, uye zvakanyanya kuvandudza kudzivirira nekuwedzera kwaChris Pronger kubva kuAnaheim. Pronger akauya nemutengo, zvisinei, achidhura Flyers Joffrey Lupul, Luca Sbisa uye Flyers 'yekutanga-kutenderera dhizaini inosarudza muna 2009 na2010
. Mwaka wacho wakatanga nomwoyo wose, kunyange zvazvo wakakurumidza kuparara nokutamba kwakaipa kwakapedza murairidzi mukuru John Stevens basa rake muna December. Peter Laviolette akabhadharwa semutsivi wake kuitira kuti adzorere kuzvidavirira uye kudzorera kubudirira kune Flyers, kunyange zvazvo migumisiro yakanga isiri pakarepo; Flyers yakatambura 2<unk>7<unk>1 kutambanudza pakarepo mushure mekuuya kwake. Kukuvadzwa kwakauraya zvikuru Flyers, naBlair Betts, Daniel Briere, Jeff Carter, Simon Gagne naKimmo Timonen vose vakashaikwa nhamba yakakosha yemitambo, kunyange zvazvo pasina nzvimbo yakange ichinyanya kukanganiswa nekukuvadzwa sevarindi vemigwagwa. Emery akatambura kukuvara kwechiuno muna Zvita, akatamba zvishoma nezvishoma mushure mezvo uye pakupedzisira akavhiyiwa kupera kwemwaka. Boucher akakuvara ruoko nguva pfupi pashure pacho, izvo zvakabvumira muchengeti wepagedhi Michael Leighton kupinda mukati uye kuita chiitiko pakarepo. Leighton akaenda 8<unk>0<unk>1 mumatanho ake ekutanga gumi, kusanganisira 2<unk>1 yakaoma kurasikirwa munguva yekuwedzera mu2010 Winter Classic kuBoston paFenway Park paZuva reGore Idzva. Zvisinei, Leighton akamanikidzwa kubuda mumutsara munaKurume nekukwirira kwegumbo, zvichida kudzoka kwaBoucher sekutanga. Pamwe chete, varindi vanomwe vakasiyana-siyana vakakodzera Flyers panguva dzakasiyana-siyana mukati megore rose. Kutamba kwakashata kwakamanikidza Flyers kupinda mumutambo wokurwisana neRangers mumutambo wokupedzisira wemwaka wenguva dzose. Boucher akamisa mutambi wokupedzisira Olli Jokinen kuti awane nzvimbo yechinomwe muEast uye mutambo wokutanga neNew Jersey.