2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers season

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.

2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2007–08 record	42–29–11
Home record	21–14–6
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	248
Goals against	233
Team information
President	Peter Luukko
General Manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	John Stevens
Captain	Jason Smith
Alternate captains	Simon Gagne Derian Hatcher Mike Richards
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,556 (100.2%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Wheeling Nailers
Team leaders
Goals	Danny Briere (31)
Assists	Mike Richards (47)
Points	Mike Richards (75)
Penalty minutes	Riley Cote (202)
Plus/minus	Braydon Coburn (+17)
Wins	Martin Biron (30)
Goals against average	Martin Biron (2.59)

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 Devils^1 3 – 2 4,615 1–0–0 2 September 18 Ottawa Senators^2 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 Semifinals 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
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• = 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 Prospal	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 Vandermeer	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 Thoresen	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 Modry	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 Fitzpatrick	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 Eager	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 Picard	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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 4]	[51]
June 3, 2008	Sami Kapanen*	KalPa (SM-liiga)	Retirement[lower-alpha 5]	[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)	[lower-alpha 6]
3	66	Garrett Klotz	Left Wing	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	[lower-alpha 7]
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)	[lower-alpha 8]
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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• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
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External links

• Philadelphia Flyers Historical Salaries from CapGeek.com