This thread was made for the Flyers
1975-1976 Finals - Bernie Parent gets injured and they lose to the Canadiens dynasty in the Finals
1979-1980 Finals - Lose to Isles dynasty because of Leon Stickle and the missed Offsides
1984-1985 Finals - Lose to the Gretzky led Oilers dynasty
1985-1986 - Pelle Lindbergh dies in car accident, but team has great season still then loses in major upset in 1st round
1986-1987 Finals - Takes the Gretzky led Oilers dynasty to 7 Games with a rookie goalie Hextall and without their top goal scorer Tim Kerr.
1996-1997 Finals - Destroy every team in the East in 3 straight 5 game series', then get swept by Detroit.
1999-2000 - Have a 3-1 series lead over NJ in the ECF - Lindros comes back and team loses Game 6 and Game 7, punctuated by the Stevens hit.
2003-2004 - Another Game 7 ECF loss, 3-2 this time, to the eventual Cup champ Lightning. Did not have top 2 defensemen.
2009-2010 Finals - Make playoffs on last game of the season and then loses Cup on the terrible Kane OT goal in Game 6