On May 14, 2025, former Flyer
Rick Tocchet was hired as the 25th head coach in franchise history. Tocchet, who had coached the
Vancouver Canucks for the past three seasons and won the
Jack Adams Award in 2024, signed a reported five-year contract that made him one of the NHL's highest paid coaches. Associate coach
Brad Shaw, who had served as interim head coach after
John Tortorella was fired on March 27, and was a candidate for the head coach job, left the team and was named an assistant for the
New Jersey Devils. Hired to fill out the coaching staff were assistant coaches
Todd Reirden,
Jaroslav Svejkovsky,
Jay Varady, and video coach Dylan Crawford. Reirden had most recently been an associate coach with the
Pittsburgh Penguins for four seasons while Varady served as an assistant for the past three seasons with the
Detroit Red Wings. Svejkovsky and Crawford had worked under Tocchet in Vancouver. Previous assistants
Rocky Thompson,
Darryl Williams, and skills coach Angelo Ricci were not retained. ==Standings==