Stay or Go: Which Flyers do you want to see back next season?

Philadelphia Flyers' Shayne Gostisbehere, left, Jakub Voracek, center, and captain Claude Giroux all made the inaugural edition of #PhillyRank.
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On Sunday, the Philadelphia Flyers' 2015-16 season came to an end after a 1-0 loss to the Washington Capitals knocked them out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

As Rich Hofmann wrote -- and Washington coach Barry Trotz admitted -- after the game, the future is bright for the Dave Hakstol and the Flyers, who somewhat overachieved in what many dubbed as a "rebuilding year." Falling to the top-seeded Caps is nothing to hang your head about as a Flyers fan, especially after the way this team bounced back after an embarrassing showing in Game 3, when they were run out of their own building after a moving pre-game tribute to late owner Ed Snider.

Still, there will be changes made this offseason -- as there are every offseason. Players will be sent packing in order to make room for prospects who get called up to the big club. Others will leave -- or arrive -- via free agency and trades. The only thing you can be certain of is that the players and lines you saw on the ice this season will look different when the Flyers play their first preseason game in the fall.

In the meantime, we want to hear your opinion on which players should remain in the Orange and Black, and which players you'd be fine seeing much less of next season. 

But first, let's take a look at the most obvious decisions GM Ron Hextall and Co. will have to make this summer: pending free agents. The Flyers have nine of them (5 restricted, 4 unrestricted), including 24-year-old Brayden Schenn.

 STATUS2015-16
CAP HIT
2015-16
STATS
B. Schenn, LWRFA$2.5M
59 points (26G, 33A);
+3 rating in 80 games
N. Cousins, CRFA
$842.5K11 points (6G, 5A);
+5 rating in 36 games
J. Weal, CRFA
$632.5K0 points;
+1 rating in 4 games
R. Gudas, DRFA
~$992K14 points (5G, 9A);
-3 rating in 76 games;
2nd on team w/ 116 PIM
B. Manning, DRFA
$625K7 points (G, 6A);
+2 rating in 56 games
S. Gagner, CUFA$3.2M16 points (8G, 8A);
+4 rating in 53 games
Y. Medvedev, DUFA
$3.0M12 points (4G, 8A);
+5 rating in 45 games
C. McDonald, RWUFA
~$482K1 point (G);
Even rating in 5 games
R. White, RWUFA
$800K16 points (11G, 5A);
-9 rating (team low) and
101 PIM in 73 games


And before you vote, here's a look at all the team stats for the 2015-16 season. Sure, they're hardly the only thing that matters when considering which players you want back next season, but it's certainly a good starting point.

Player GP G A PTS  +/-
C. Giroux 78 22 45 67 -8
W. Simmonds 81 32 28 60 -7
B. Schenn* 80 26 33 59 3
J. Voracek 73 11 44 55 -5
S. Gostisbehere 64 17 29 46 8
S. Couturier 63 11 28 39 8
M. Raffl 82 13 18 31 9
M. Read 79 11 15 26 -5
M. Streit 62 6 17 23 -1
S. Laughton 71 7 14 21 -2
S. Gagner** 53 8 8 16 4
R. White** 73 11 5 16 -9
P. Bellemare 74 7 7 14 -8
C. VandeVelde 79 2 12 14 -7
R. Gudas* 76 5 9 14 -3
M. Del Zotto 52 4 9 13 -8
E. Medvedev** 45 4 8 12 5
N. Cousins* 36 6 5 11 5
R.J. Umberger 39 2 9 11 1
N. Schultz 81 1 9 10 -1
A. MacDonald 28 1 7 8 10
B. Manning* 56 1 6 7 2
C. McDonald** 5 1 0 1 0
T. Leier 6 0 0 0 0
J. Weal* 4 0 0 0 1
* - RESTRICTED FREE AGENT | ** - UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT

Because I don't want to contaminate the jury pool by offering my own analysis, that will have to wait until later. Once you've all had time to vote, we'll publish our own thoughts on who should stay or go -- as well as final totals based on what you, the fans, had to say.

And now, time to hit the polls...


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