Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Brashear akatamba mumitambo 79 mwaka wakatevera, achinyoresa 19 kubatsira uye 28 mapoinzi. Mushure mekutungamira maCanucks mumaminetsi ekurangwa kwemwaka mina yapfuura, Brashear akatengeswa mitambo makumi matatu nematanhatu mumwaka wa2001-02 kuenda kuPhiladelphia Flyers. Flyers yakagamuchira Brashear neCanucks' round-six draft pick muna 2002
mukutsinhana naJan Hlaváč neFlyers' yechitatu-kutenderera sarudza mudhirowa imwe cheteyo. Achiparadzanisa nguva pakati pezvikwata zviviri, Brashear akaisa basa-rakakwirira mumapoinzi (32) uku achiunganidzawo 199 PIMs. Muna 2002-03, akarekodha zvibodzwa zvisere, mapoinzi makumi maviri nemashanu uye 161 PIMs. Pamusana petsika dzake dzakasimba dzokushanda, akapiwa Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy, mubayiro wegore negore unopiwa mutambi akanakisisa weFlyers. Mumwaka wa2003-04, aive pakati pevatungamiriri veLigi muPIMs, achinyoresa 212, achimuisa pachinzvimbo chechishanu. Nhamba yake yePIM yakabatsirwa nebasa rake mumutambo wakanyanya kurangwa munhoroondo yeNHL. Musi waMarch 5, 2004, Flyers yakanga ichikunda Ottawa Senators 5<unk>2, apo ne 1:45 yasara mumutambo, Brashear akarwa neOttawa enforcer Rob Ray. Kurwisana kwaifungidzirwa kuti kwaiva kutsiva kumutsotsi weFlyers Mark Recchi akachekwa kumeso neSenator Martin Havlát. Pashure pokurwisana kwaBrashear, kurwisana kushanu kwakaparadzana kwakaitika. Nokuda kwebasa rake mukutanga kurwa, Brashear akaongororwa 34 PIMs, kupfuura imwe Flyer ipi neipi. Paakabvunzwa gare gare kuti nei akanga atanga kurwa, akapindura achiti, "Nei ndisina kudaro? Wakaona mutambo wokupedzisira here?"