2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers season

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2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers
Division4th Atlantic
Conference6th Eastern
2007–08 record42–29–11
Home record21–14–6
Road record21–15–5
Goals for248
Goals against233
Team information
PresidentPeter Luukko
General managerPaul Holmgren
CoachJohn Stevens
CaptainJason Smith
Alternate captainsSimon Gagne
Derian Hatcher
Mike Richards
ArenaWachovia Center
Average attendance19,556 (100.2%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Philadelphia Phantoms
Wheeling Nailers
Team leaders
GoalsDanny Briere (31)
AssistsMike Richards (47)
PointsMike Richards (75)
Penalty minutesRiley Cote (202)
Plus/minusBraydon Coburn (+17)
WinsMartin Biron (30)
Goals against averageMartin Biron (2.59)

The 2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL).[2] The Flyers went from the worst team in the league during the previous season to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.

Off-season[]

In June, the Flyers made a trade which sent the first round draft pick they had acquired in the Peter Forsberg trade (23rd overall) back to the Nashville Predators for the rights to negotiate with impending unrestricted free agents Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell. Both were signed to six-year contracts.

Due to having the NHL's worst record during the 2006–07 season, the Flyers had the best chance to claim the first overall pick in the draft lottery. However, the Chicago Blackhawks won the lottery and jumped up to the first overall selection, relegating the Flyers to the 2nd overall pick. After much speculation as to whether the Flyers would trade the pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Flyers stayed put and selected New Jersey native James van Riemsdyk.

The Flyers wasted no time in addressing their free agent needs. On July 1, the Flyers signed Buffalo Sabres center Danny Briere to an eight-year, $52 million contract. Continuing to revamp their defensive core, defenseman Joni Pitkanen and forward Geoff Sanderson were traded to the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Jason Smith and forward Joffrey Lupul. Smith was named Flyers captain on October 1.[3]

Regular season[]

The season began in the image of the Broad Street Bullies era, with multiple-game suspensions handed out to five separate players, the most serious being 20- and 25-game suspensions to Steve Downie and Jesse Boulerice, respectively, for two separate incidents. A 7–3 start in October and a 9–3–1 January run had the Flyers near the top of both the division and conference standings. However, a disastrous ten-game losing streak in February, reminiscent of such a streak the previous season, nearly derailed the Flyers' season. An 8–3–4 run in March coupled with two vital wins over the New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins over the final weekend of the regular season put the Flyers back in the playoffs as the sixth seed and set for a first round matchup with the Washington Capitals.

Divisional standings[]

Atlantic Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 47 27 8 247 216 102
2 New Jersey Devils 82 46 29 7 206 197 99
3 New York Rangers 82 42 27 13 213 199 97
4 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 29 11 248 233 95
5 New York Islanders 82 35 38 9 194 243 79

Conference standings[]

Eastern Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – Montreal Canadiens NE 82 47 25 10 262 222 104
2 y – Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 47 27 8 247 216 102
3 y – Washington Capitals SE 82 43 31 8 242 231 94
4 New Jersey Devils AT 82 46 29 7 206 197 99
5 New York Rangers AT 82 42 27 13 213 199 97
6 Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 42 29 11 248 233 95
7 Ottawa Senators NE 82 43 31 8 261 247 94
8 Boston Bruins NE 82 41 29 12 212 222 94
8.5
9 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 43 33 6 252 249 92
10 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 39 31 12 255 242 90
11 Florida Panthers SE 82 38 35 9 216 226 85
12 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 36 35 11 231 260 83
13 New York Islanders AT 82 35 38 9 194 243 79
14 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 34 40 8 216 272 76
15 Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 31 42 9 223 267 71

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)


Playoffs[]

After taking a three games to one series lead over Washington, the Capitals won Games 5 and 6 to force a Game 7 in Washington. The Flyers won the series in overtime on Joffrey Lupul's power play goal. The Flyers then drew a matchup with the heavily-favored Montreal Canadiens in the second round. Despite being outshot the majority of the series, the Flyers upset Montreal in five games and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2003–04 to face the Pittsburgh Penguins. Before the start of the series, the Flyers suffered a fatal blow when it was learned that defenseman Kimmo Timonen was out with a blood clot in his ankle. Coupled with a gruesome facial injury to Braydon Coburn in Game 2, Pittsburgh ran roughshod over the Flyers' depleted defense and jumped out to a 3–0 series lead. The Flyers won Game 4 at home to stave off elimination, and although Timonen returned for Game 5, Pittsburgh finished off the Flyers in five games.

Schedule and results[]

Pre-season[]

2007 pre-season[4]
Pre-season: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–2–0)
Game Date Opponent Score Attendance Record
1 September 17 @ New Jersey Devils1 3 – 2 4,615 1–0–0
2 September 18 Ottawa Senators2 0 – 4 9,100 1–1–0
3 September 22 @ New York Rangers 5 – 0 12,500 2–1–0
4 September 24 New Jersey Devils 1 – 3 16,572 2–2–0
5 September 25 @ Ottawa Senators 2 – 4 18,053 2–3–0
6 September 26 Washington Capitals 2 – 1 16,327 3–3–0
7 September 28 @ Washington Capitals 5 – 7 10,409 3–4–0
8 September 29 New York Rangers 2 – 3 17,911 3–5–0
^ Game played at Sovereign Bank Arena.
^ Game played at John Labatt Centre.
Legend:

  Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season[]

2007–08 Regular season
October: 7–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–3–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points
1 October 4 Philadelphia 3–2 Calgary Biron 19,289 1–0–0 2
2 October 6 Philadelphia 3–5 Edmonton Biron 16,839 1–1–0 2
3 October 10 Philadelphia 8–2 Vancouver Biron 18,630 2–1–0 4
4 October 13 NY Islanders 1–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,714 3–1–0 6
5 October 16 Atlanta 0–4 Philadelphia Biron 18,933 4–1–0 8
6 October 18 New Jersey 0–4 Philadelphia Biron 19,113 5–1–0 10
7 October 20 Carolina 2–3 Philadelphia OT Biron 19,615 6–1–0 12
8 October 24 Philadelphia 3–4 Florida Biron 12,856 6–2–0 12
9 October 25 Philadelphia 2–5 Tampa Bay Niittymaki 18,616 6–3–0 12
10 October 27 Philadelphia 2–1 Boston Biron 14,956 7–3–0 14
November: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 5–3–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points
11 November 1 Philadelphia 2–5 Montreal Biron 21,173 7–4–0 14
12 November 2 Philadelphia 3–2 Washington Niittymaki 16,055 8–4–0 16
13 November 5 Philadelphia 0–2 NY Rangers Biron 18,200 8–5–0 16
14 November 7 Philadelphia 3–1 Pittsburgh Biron 17,132 9–5–0 18
15 November 8 Philadelphia 1–4 New Jersey Biron 14,948 9–6–0 18
16 November 10 Pittsburgh 2–5 Philadelphia Biron 19,859 10–6–0 20
17 November 12 NY Islanders 2–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,312 11–6–0 22
18 November 15 NY Rangers 4–3 Philadelphia SO Biron 19,571 11–6–1 23
19 November 17 New Jersey 6–2 Philadelphia Biron 19,621 11–7–1 23
20 November 21 Philadelphia 6–3 Carolina Biron 16,351 12–7–1 25
21 November 23 Washington 4–3 Philadelphia OT Biron 19,727 12–7–2 26
22 November 24 Philadelphia 4–3 Ottawa Niittymaki 20,128 13–7–2 28
23 November 26 Boston 6–3 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,457 13–8–2 28
24 November 28 Philadelphia 3–1 Carolina Biron 15,108 14–8–2 30
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 3–3–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points
25 December 1 Dallas 4–1 Philadelphia Biron 19,660 14–9–2 30
26 December 5 Philadelphia 3–1 Minnesota Niittymaki 18,568 15–9–2 32
27 December 7 Philadelphia 1–2 Colorado Biron 16,312 15–10–2 32
28 December 11 Pittsburgh 2–8 Philadelphia Biron 19,409 16–10–2 34
29 December 13 Montreal 4–1 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,322 16–11–2 34
30 December 15 Carolina 6–5 Philadelphia SO Biron 19,460 16–11–3 35
31 December 16 Philadelphia 2–4 New Jersey Niittymaki 16,687 16–12–3 35
32 December 18 Phoenix 3–2 Philadelphia Biron 19,211 16–13–3 35
33 December 21 Philadelphia 2–3 Buffalo Biron 18,690 16–14–3 35
34 December 22 Buffalo 6–5 Philadelphia SO Biron 19,606 16–14–4 36
35 December 27 Toronto 1–4 Philadelphia Biron 19,727 17–14–4 38
36 December 29 Philadelphia 4–2 Tampa Bay Biron 20,124 18–14–4 40
37 December 30 Philadelphia 1–0 Florida Niittymaki 18,767 19–14–4 42
January: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 5–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points
38 January 4 Philadelphia 0–3 New Jersey Biron 17,625 19–15–4 42
39 January 5 Philadelphia 3–2 Toronto Niittymaki 19,412 20–15–4 44
40 January 8 Philadelphia 4–1 Atlanta Niittymaki 13,047 21–15–4 46
41 January 10 Philadelphia 6–2 NY Rangers Niittymaki 18,200 22–15–4 48
42 January 12 Boston 4–3 Philadelphia OT Niittymaki 19,792 22–15–5 49
43 January 13 Philadelphia 6–4 Washington Biron 17,713 23–15–5 51
44 January 16 Florida 3–5 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,207 24–15–5 53
45 January 19 Philadelphia 5–3 NY Islanders Biron 16,234 25–15–5 55
46 January 20 Ottawa 1–6 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,742 26–15–5 57
47 January 22 New Jersey 7–3 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,677 26–16–5 57
48 January 24 Pittsburgh 3–4 Philadelphia Biron 19,807 27–16–5 59
49 January 29 Los Angeles 2–3 Philadelphia OT Biron 19,127 28–16–5 61
50 January 31 NY Rangers 4–0 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,670 28–17–5 61
February: 4–8–2 (Home: 2–5–1; Road: 2–3–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points
51 February 2 Anaheim 0–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,822 29–17–5 63
52 February 5 Philadelphia 3–2 Atlanta Niittymaki 15,082 30–17–5 65
53 February 6 Washington 4–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,778 30–18–5 65
54 February 9 NY Rangers 2–0 Philadelphia Biron 19,862 30–19–5 65
55 February 10 Philadelphia 3–4 Pittsburgh Biron 17,132 30–20–5 65
56 February 12 Philadelphia 3–4 NY Islanders Niittymaki 11,193 30–21–5 65
57 February 14 Tampa Bay 5–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,336 30–22–5 65
58 February 16 Philadelphia 0–1 Montreal Niittymaki 21,273 30–23–5 65
59 February 17 Montreal 5–3 Philadelphia Niitymaki 19,611 30–24–5 65
60 February 19 Philadelphia 2–3 Ottawa SO Biron 19,729 30–24–6 66
61 February 21 San Jose 3–1 Philadelphia Biron 19,487 30–25–6 66
62 February 23 Florida 2–1 Philadelphia OT Niitymaki 19,629 30–25–7 67
63 February 25 Philadelphia 4–3 Buffalo SO Biron 18,690 31–25–7 69
64 February 28 Ottawa 1–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,567 32–25–7 71
March: 8–3–4 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–1–4)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points
65 March 1 Philadelphia 4–1 NY Islanders Biron 15,136 33–25–7 73
66 March 2 Philadelphia 4–5 NY Rangers SO Biron 18,200 33–25–8 74
67 March 4 Buffalo 5–2 Philadelphia Biron 19,516 33–26–8 74
68 March 6 Tampa Bay 2–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,217 34–26–8 76
69 March 8 NY Islanders 1–4 Philadelphia Biron 19,748 35–26–8 78
70 March 11 Philadelphia 3–4 Toronto OT Biron 19,507 35–26–9 79
71 March 12 Toronto 3–2 Philadelphia Biron 19,642 35–27–9 79
72 March 15 Philadelphia 2–3 Boston OT Biron 17,565 35–27–10 80
73 March 16 Philadelphia 1–7 Pittsburgh Biron 17,132 35–28–10 80
74 March 18 Atlanta 2–3 Philadelphia Niittymaki 19,564 36–28–10 82
75 March 21 NY Rangers 3–4 Philadelphia SO Biron 19,819 37–28–10 84
76 March 23 NY Islanders 1–4 Philadelphia Biron 19,136 38–28–10 86
77 March 25 Philadelphia 2–1 NY Rangers OT Biron 18,200 39–28–10 88
78 March 28 Philadelphia 4–5 New Jersey SO Biron 17,056 39–28–11 89
79 March 29 Philadelphia 4–3 NY Islanders SO Niittymaki 15,223 40–28–11 91
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points
80 April 2 Philadelphia 2–4 Pittsburgh Biron 17,132 40–29–11 91
81 April 4 New Jersey 0–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,957 41–29–11 93
82 April 6 Pittsburgh 0–2 Philadelphia Biron 19,767 42–29–11 95
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs[]

2008 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Washington Capitals – Flyers win 4–3
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 April 11 Philadelphia 4–5 Washington Biron 18,277 Capitals lead 1–0
2 April 13 Philadelphia 2–0 Washington Biron 18,277 Series tied 1–1
3 April 15 Washington 3–6 Philadelphia Biron 19,822 Flyers lead 2–1
4 April 17 Washington 3–4 Philadelphia 2OT Biron 19,913 Flyers lead 3–1
5 April 19 Philadelphia 2–3 Washington Biron 18,277 Flyers lead 3–2
6 April 21 Washington 4–2 Philadelphia Biron 19,927 Series tied 3–3
7 April 22 Philadelphia 3–2 Washington OT Biron 18,277 Flyers win 4–3
Eastern Conference Semi-finals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Flyers win 4–1
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 April 24 Philadelphia 3–4 Montreal OT Biron 21,273 Canadiens lead 1–0
2 April 26 Philadelphia 4–2 Montreal Biron 21,273 Series tied 1–1
3 April 28 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia Biron 19,849 Flyers lead 2–1
4 April 30 Montreal 2–4 Philadelphia Biron 19,872 Flyers lead 3–1
5 May 3 Philadelphia 6–4 Montreal Biron 21,273 Flyers win 4–1
Eastern Conference Finals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 May 9 Philadelphia 2–4 Pittsburgh Biron 17,132 Penguins lead 1–0
2 May 11 Philadelphia 2–4 Pittsburgh Biron 17,132 Penguins lead 2–0
3 May 13 Pittsburgh 4–1 Philadelphia Biron 19,965 Penguins lead 3–0
4 May 15 Pittsburgh 2–4 Philadelphia Biron 19,972 Penguins lead 3–1
5 May 18 Philadelphia 0–6 Pittsburgh Biron 17,132 Penguins win 4–1
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics[]

Scoring[]

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • double-dagger = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
18 Mike Richards 22 C 73 28 47 75 14 76 17 7 7 14 0 8
48 Danny Briere 30 C 79 31 41 72 −22 68 17 9 7 16 −3 20
22 Mike Knuble 35 RW 82 29 26 55 −3 72 12 3 4 7 −1 6
17 Jeff Carter 23 C 82 29 24 53 6 55 17 6 5 11 0 12
20 R. J. Umberger 25 C 74 13 37 50 0 19 17 10 5 15 7 10
15 Joffrey Lupul 24 RW 56 20 26 46 2 35 17 4 6 10 1 2
44 Kimmo Timonen 32 D 80 8 36 44 0 50 13 0 6 6 3 8
19 Scott Hartnell 25 LW 80 24 19 43 2 159 17 3 4 7 −2 20
5 Braydon Coburn 22 D 78 9 27 36 17 74 14 0 6 6 4 14
6 Randy Jones 26 D 71 5 26 31 8 58 16 0 2 2 6 4
9 Scottie Upshall 24 RW 61 14 16 30 2 74 17 3 4 7 1 44
12 Simon Gagne 27 LW 25 7 11 18 −8 4 — — — — — —
40 Vaclav Prospaldagger 32 LW 18 4 10 14 7 6 17 3 10 13 −3 6
27 Steve Downie 20 RW 32 6 6 12 2 73 6 0 1 1 −2 10
34 Jim Dowd 39 C 73 5 5 10 0 41 17 1 2 3 0 4
21 Jason Smith 34 D 77 1 9 10 −4 86 17 0 2 2 −4 4
24 Sami Kapanen 34 RW 74 5 3 8 −12 16 16 2 0 2 −4 2
2 Derian Hatcher 35 D 44 2 5 7 4 33 15 1 2 3 2 40
26 Jim Vandermeerdaggerdouble-dagger 27 D 28 1 5 6 −1 27 — — — — — —
53 Denis Tolpeko 23 C 26 1 5 6 −4 24 — — — — — —
28 Lasse Kukkonen 26 D 53 1 4 5 3 38 14 0 2 2 −1 6
25 Patrick Thoresendagger 24 LW 20 0 5 5 −6 8 14 0 2 2 1 4
32 Riley Cote 25 LW 70 1 3 4 2 202 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stefan Ruzicka 22 RW 14 1 3 4 5 27 — — — — — —
26 Jaroslav Modrydagger 36 D 18 0 3 3 −11 8 9 0 3 3 −6 0
43 Martin Biron 30 G 62 0 1 1 N/A 8 17 0 1 1 N/A 2
8 Rory Fitzpatrickdagger 33 D 19 0 1 1 −12 11 — — — — — —
11 Ryan Potulny 23 C 7 0 1 1 0 4 — — — — — —
30 Antero Niittymaki 27 G 28 0 0 0 N/A 0 — — — — — —
55 Ben Eagerdouble-dagger 24 LW 23 0 0 0 −8 62 — — — — — —
77 Ryan Parent 20 D 22 0 0 0 −4 6 4 0 1 1 −1 0
36 Jesse Boulerice 29 RW 5 0 0 0 −2 29 — — — — — —
45 Alexandre Picarddouble-dagger 22 D 4 0 0 0 −3 2 — — — — — —
29 Nate Guenin 25 D 2 0 0 0 2 2 — — — — — —
56 Claude Giroux 20 RW 2 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
65 Kyle Greentree 24 LW 2 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —

Goaltending[]

Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age GP GS W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
43 Martin Biron 30 62 59 30 20 9 1865 153 2.59 .918 5 3,539:04 17 17 9 8 540 52 2.98 .904 1 1,048:42
30 Antero Niittymaki 27 28 23 12 9 2 739 69 2.91 .907 1 1,424:01 – – – – – – – – – —

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (in-season) NHL 1st Star of the Week Martin Biron (October 22) [5]
Danny Briere (November 26) [6]
NHL 3rd Star of the Week Joffrey Lupul (December 17) [7]
Scott Hartnell (January 14) [8]
Scott Hartnell (January 21) [9]
Mike Knuble (March 3) [10]
NHL All-Star Game selection Mike Richards [11]
Kimmo Timonen
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Kimmo Timonen [12]
Bobby Clarke Trophy Mike Richards [12]
Gene Hart Memorial Award Mike Richards [12]
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy Braydon Coburn [12]
Riley Cote
Toyota Cup Martin Biron [12]
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award Martin Biron [12]

Records[]

Individual[]

Franchise player records set during the 2007–08 season
Record Type Total Player Date(s) Opponent Ref
Goals scored Period 3[a] Danny Briere 11/21/2007 Carolina Hurricanes [13]
Saves Game 54 Antero Niittymaki 1/5/2008 Toronto Maple Leafs [14]
Powerplay goals scored Game 3[b] Scott Hartnell 1/19/2008 New York Islanders [14]

Milestones[]

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Denis Tolpeko 1st NHL game October 4, 2007
Randy Jones 100th NHL game October 6, 2007
Simon Gagne 400th NHL point October 20, 2007
Scottie Upshall 100th NHL game November 8, 2007
Ben Eager
Lasse Kukkonen		 100th NHL game November 10, 2007
Danny Briere 500th NHL game November 12, 2007
Denis Tolpeko 1st NHL goal
1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		 November 15, 2007
Riley Cote 1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		 November 15, 2007
Jeff Carter 100th NHL PIM November 15, 2007
Danny Briere 400th NHL point November 21, 2007
Ben Eager 300th NHL PIM November 26, 2007
Steve Downie 1st NHL game December 5, 2007
Danny Briere 400th NHL PIM December 5, 2007
Rory Fitzpatrick 200th NHL PIM December 7, 2007
Kimmo Timonen 600th NHL game December 7, 2007
Steve Downie 1st NHL goal January 5, 2008
Scott Hartnell 100th NHL goal January 8, 2008
R. J. Umberger 100th NHL point January 24, 2008
Sami Kapanen 800th NHL game January 24, 2008
Riley Cote 1st NHL goal February 17, 2008
Claude Giroux 1st NHL game February 19, 2008

Transactions[]

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 7, 2007, the day after the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 4, 2008, the day of the deciding game of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
June 18, 2007 To Philadelphia Flyers
rights to Scott Hartnell
rights to Kimmo Timonen 		To Nashville Predators
Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2007 		[16]
June 23, 2007 To Philadelphia Flyers
Carolina's 2nd-round pick in 2007 		To Washington Capitals
2nd-round pick in 2008
Nashville's 3rd-round pick in 2007 		[17]
July 1, 2007 To Philadelphia Flyers
Joffrey Lupul
Jason Smith 		To Edmonton Oilers
Joni Pitkanen
Geoff Sanderson
3rd-round pick in 2009 		[18]
December 10, 2007 To Philadelphia Flyers
conditional 7th-round pick in 2009[c] 		To Dallas Stars
Jussi Timonen 		[19]
December 18, 2007 To Philadelphia Flyers
Jim Vandermeer 		To Chicago Blackhawks
Ben Eager 		[20]
February 19, 2008 To Philadelphia Flyers
Jaroslav Modry 		To Los Angeles Kings
3rd-round pick in 2008 		[21]
February 20, 2008 To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd-round pick in 2009 		To Calgary Flames
Jim Vandermeer 		[22]
February 25, 2008 To Philadelphia Flyers
Vaclav Prospal 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Alexandre Picard
2nd-round pick in 2009 		[23]

Signings[]

Free agency[]

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
July 1, 2007 Danny Briere Buffalo Sabres 8-year [24]
October 3, 2007 Jesse Boulerice Albany River Rats (AHL) 1-year [25]
October 3, 2007 Jim Dowd New Jersey Devils 1-year [25]
October 9, 2007 Rory Fitzpatrick Vancouver Canucks 1-year [26]
March 19, 2008 Michael Teslak (ELC) Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA) 2-year* [27]
April 8, 2008 Jared Ross Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) 1-year* [28]
May 9, 2008 Darroll Powe (ELC) Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) 2-year* [29]

Internal[]

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player Term Ref
June 8, 2007 Lars Jonsson 1-year* [30]
June 14, 2007 Antero Niittymaki 2-year [31]
July 1, 2007 Scott Hartnell 6-year [32]
July 1, 2007 Kimmo Timonen 6-year [32]
July 23, 2007 Claude Giroux (ELC) 3-year* [33]
July 25, 2007 Riley Cote 1-year* [34]
July 25, 2007 Boyd Kane 2-year* [34]
November 1, 2007 Patrick Maroon (ELC) 3-year* [35]
November 28, 2007 Braydon Coburn 2-year extension [36]
December 13, 2007 Mike Richards 12-year extension [37]
March 19, 2008 Rob Bellamy (ELC) 2-year* [27]
March 19, 2008 Matt Clackson (ELC) 2-year* [27]
March 30, 2008 Jon Kalinski (ELC) 3-year* [38]
April 4, 2008 Andreas Nodl (ELC) 3-year* [39]
April 4, 2008 Mike Ratchuk (ELC) 3-year* [39]
May 9, 2008 Garrett Klotz (ELC) 3-year* [29]

Waivers[]

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date Player Team Ref
February 22, 2008 Patrick Thoresen from Edmonton Oilers [40]

Departures[]

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player New team (league) Via Ref
July 3, 2007 Brad Tapper Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) Free agency [41]
July 6, 2007 Denis Hamel Binghamton Senators (AHL) Free agency [42]
July 9, 2007 Todd Fedoruk Dallas Stars Free agency [43]
July 9, 2007 Mike York Phoenix Coyotes Free agency [44]
July 13, 2007 Niko Dimitrakos Ottawa Senators Free agency [45]
July 16, 2007 Mark Cullen Detroit Red Wings Free agency [46]
August 1, 2007 Dmitri Afanasenkov Dynamo Moscow (RSL) Free agency [47]
N/A Eric Meloche Straubing Tigers (DEL) Free agency [48]
October 18, 2007 Robert Esche Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) Free agency [49]
May 15, 2008 Lars Jonsson* Brynäs IF (Elitserien) Free agency [50]
May 29, 2008 Denis Tolpeko* Dynamo Moscow (KHL) Free agency[d] [51]
June 3, 2008 Sami Kapanen* KalPa (SM-liiga) Retirement[e] [52]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on June 22–23, 2007.[53] The Flyers traded their original second, third, and fourth-round picks in three different trades.[54]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 2 James van Riemsdyk Left Wing  United States U.S. NTDP (NAHL)
2 41 Kevin Marshall Defense  Canada Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL) [f]
3 66 Garrett Klotz Left Wing  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL) [g]
5 122 Mario Kempe Right Wing  Sweden St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL)
6 152 Jon Kalinski Left Wing  Canada Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)
6 161 Patrick Maroon Left Wing  United States London Knights (OHL) [h]
7 182 Brad Phillips Goaltender  United States U.S. NTDP (NAHL)

Farm teams[]

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL[55] and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL.[56] The Phantoms, with Craig Berube returning as head coach, finished second in their division and won their first round playoff series against the Albany River Rats in seven games. They lost in the second round to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in five games.[57] In their first and only season as the Flyers ECHL affiliate, the Nailers finished last in their division and missed the playoffs.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tied nine times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
  2. ^ Tied four times by three different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
  3. ^ Condition not met.
  4. ^ The Flyers retained Tolpeko's NHL rights.
  5. ^ Kapanen retired from the NHL.
  6. ^ The Flyers traded their 2008 second-round pick and the Nashville Predators' third-round pick, 84th overall, to the Washington Capitals for the Carolina Hurricanes' second-round pick, 41st overall, on June 23, 2007.[54]
  7. ^ The Flyers traded Kyle Calder to the Chicago Blackhawks for Lasse Kukkonen and the Blackhawks' third-round pick, 66th overall, on February 26, 2007.[54]
  8. ^ The Flyers traded Jon Sim to the Florida Panthers for the Panthers' sixth-round pick, 161st overall, on January 23, 2006.[54]

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