Flyers' First-Year Impressions
Flyers yearly rookie goal-scoring leaders.
Center Matt Read last season became just the third Flyer to lead the NHL in goals by a rookie, and just the second to do so outright.
Hall of Fame left wing Bill Barber had 30 in 1972-73 to tie the Rangers' Mike Vickers for rookie honors and Mikael Renberg's 38 paced first-year players in 1993-94.
Another handful of Flyers have finished in the top 5 of rookie goal-scorers, including Brian Propp, whose 34 was fourth in 1979-80, even though the incoming WHA players (such as Wayne Gretzky) were not considered rookies.
And then there was Eric Lindros, whose 41 rookie goals in 1992-93 were second in the league, but barely halfway to the still-standing rookie-record 76 posted that season by Winnipeg's Teemu Selanne, fresh in from Finland.
Here are the Flyers' year-by-year leaders in goals scored by a rookie, and where that total ranked among NHL rookies (top 5 finishers in bold; *tied for position):