2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers season

2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2000–01 record	43–25–11–3
Home record	26–11–4–0
Road record	17–14–7–3
Goals for	240
Goals against	207
Team information
President	Bob Clarke
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Craig Ramsay (fired) Bill Barber
Captain	Eric Desjardins
Alternate captains	John LeClair Mark Recchi
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,576
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Keith Primeau (34)
Assists	Mark Recchi (50)
Points	Mark Recchi (77)
Penalty minutes	Luke Richardson (131)
Plus/minus	Simon Gagne (+24)
Wins	Roman Cechmanek (35)
Goals against average	Roman Cechmanek (2.01)

The 2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 34th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round to the Buffalo Sabres in six games.

Off-season

Craig Ramsay retained the head coaching position as Roger Neilson was not asked to return, which became a matter of some controversy.

Regular season

Without Eric Lindros, who sat out the entire season awaiting a trade, while also suffering through John LeClair's 66-game absence and Brian Boucher's early erratic play in goal, the club went into an early tailspin. The team began the year 3–6–4 and at one point had six regulars out of the lineup. Keith Jones, who never fully recovered from the prior knee problems despite surgery last season, was forced to retire eight games into the schedule.

Not wanting to bank on the inexperience of Maxime Ouellet, the team recalled Roman Cechmanek, a former star goalie in the Czech Republic, from the Philadelphia Phantoms in early November and the move paid off as he recorded a pair of shutouts in his first three games. The Flyers won six in a row prior to Thanksgiving to climb above .500, but Ramsay's inability to rally the troops cost him his job. After being badly outplayed in early December losses to Ottawa (5–3) and Detroit (5–1), he was replaced by former Flyer great Bill Barber with the team sinking at 12–12–4.

Barber's high-energy, old-time hockey approach struck a chord, and the club went unbeaten in his first eight games behind the bench (5–0–3). Philly ran off an 8–2–1 stretch at the turn of the new year, then after a five-game win streak after the All-Star break found themselves atop the Atlantic Division.

Unfortunately, injuries and poor play followed. Simon Gagne was lost with a shoulder injury in a scoreless tie with the Tampa Bay Lightning in late February. In the middle of a 1–4–1 stretch in late March, Keith Primeau suffered a leg injury and missed the rest of the regular season. Despite faltering down the stretch, the Flyers finished with the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Primeau led the team with 34 goals and Mark Recchi posted team-best 50 assists and 77 points. Dan McGillis and Eric Desjardins formed a potent offensive duo on the back line, combining for 29 goals and 97 points. Cechmanek recorded a franchise rookie record 10 shutouts and finished second in voting for the Vezina Trophy.

The Flyers were the most disciplined team in the League, with just 314 power-play opportunities against.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
3	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
5	15	New York Islanders	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
8.5
9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

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

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

The Flyers lost in the first round to the Buffalo Sabres in six games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2000–01 regular season
October: 3–5–3–0, 9 Points (Home: 2–3–2–0; Road: 1–2–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 5 Vancouver Canucks 6–3 1–0–0–0 2 2 7 Boston Bruins 1–5 1–1–0–0 2 3 11 @ Minnesota Wild 3–3 OT 1–1–1–0 3 4 12 @ Dallas Stars 1–4 1–2–1–0 3 5 14 @ Phoenix Coyotes 3–6 1–3–1–0 3 6 17 Ottawa Senators 1–6 1–4–1–0 3 7 19 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 OT 1–4–2–0 4 8 21 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3–4 1–5–2–0 4 9 24 @ New York Rangers 5–4 2–5–2–0 6 10 26 New York Rangers 3–0 3–5–2–0 8 11 29 Washington Capitals 1–1 OT 3–5–3–0 9
November: 8–5–1–0, 17 Points (Home: 4–3–0–0; Road: 4–2–1–0) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 12 1 @ New Jersey Devils 1–1 OT 3–5–4–0 10 13 2 Nashville Predators 1–3 3–6–4–0 10 14 4 Buffalo Sabres 3–0 4–6–4–0 12 15 8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 4–7–4–0 12 16 9 Edmonton Oilers 2–0 5–7–4–0 14 17 11 Ottawa Senators 4–3 6–7–4–0 16 18 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 OT 7–7–4–0 18 19 17 @ Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 OT 8–7–4–0 20 20 18 Washington Capitals 5–3 9–7–4–0 22 21 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–1 10–7–4–0 24 22 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1 10–8–4–0 24 23 26 Phoenix Coyotes 1–2 10–9–4–0 24 24 29 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 11–9–4–0 26 25 30 @ Carolina Hurricanes 0–2 11–10–4–0 26
December: 6–4–3–0, 15 Points (Home: 5–0–0–0; Road: 1–4–3–0) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 26 2 @ Ottawa Senators 3–5 11–11–4–0 26 27 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–3 12–11–4–0 28 28 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–5 12–12–4–0 28 29 10 New York Islanders 5–2 13–12–4–0 30 30 12 @ Nashville Predators 2–2 OT 13–12–5–0 31 31 13 @ Colorado Avalanche 3–3 OT 13–12–6–0 32 32 16 New Jersey Devils 6–3 14–12–6–0 34 33 19 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 OT 14–12–7–0 35 34 21 San Jose Sharks 4–3 15–12–7–0 37 35 23 Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 OT 16–12–7–0 39 36 27 @ Florida Panthers 5–2 17–12–7–0 41 37 28 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–4 17–13–7–0 41 38 30 @ Washington Capitals 3–6 17–14–7–0 41
January: 9–2–2–1, 21 Points (Home: 2–1–1–0; Road: 7–1–1–1) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 39 2 @ New Jersey Devils 1–1 OT 17–14–8–0 42 40 5 @ Atlanta Thrashers 6–4 18–14–8–0 44 41 6 Atlanta Thrashers 2–2 OT 18–14–9–0 45 42 8 @ St. Louis Blues 2–1 OT 19–14–9–0 47 43 12 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–0 20–14–9–0 49 44 13 @ Florida Panthers 4–1 21–14–9–0 51 45 16 @ New York Rangers 3–4 OT 21–14–9–1 52 46 18 New Jersey Devils 1–7 21–15–9–1 52 47 20 Florida Panthers 5–3 22–15–9–1 54 48 22 Los Angeles Kings 3–0 23–15–9–1 56 49 25 @ Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 24–15–9–1 58 50 27 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 25–15–9–1 60 51 28 @ Washington Capitals 2–4 25–16–9–1 60 52 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 26–16–9–1 62
February: 7–3–1–1, 16 Points (Home: 5–1–1–0; Road: 2–2–0–1) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 53 1 New York Islanders 2–0 27–16–9–1 64 54 6 @ Boston Bruins 3–4 27–17–9–1 64 55 7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–9 27–18–9–1 64 56 9 @ New York Islanders 5–2 28–18–9–1 66 57 14 @ New York Islanders 3–1 29–18–9–1 68 58 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 30–18–9–1 70 59 17 Atlanta Thrashers 5–1 31–18–9–1 72 60 19 Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 32–18–9–1 74 61 22 @ New York Islanders 3–4 OT 32–18–9–2 75 62 24 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–0 OT 32–18–10–2 76 63 25 New York Rangers 2–1 33–18–10–2 78 64 27 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 33–19–10–2 78
March: 8–5–1–0, 17 Points (Home: 7–2–0–0; Road: 1–3–1–0) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 65 1 Buffalo Sabres 2–0 34–19–10–2 80 66 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–3 34–20–10–2 80 67 5 Boston Bruins 6–4 35–20–10–2 82 68 8 Calgary Flames 5–2 36–20–10–2 84 69 10 New Jersey Devils 2–3 36–21–10–2 84 70 13 St. Louis Blues 5–2 37–21–10–2 86 71 15 Minnesota Wild 3–0 38–21–10–2 88 72 17 New York Rangers 2–1 39–21–10–2 90 73 19 @ Edmonton Oilers 4–2 40–21–10–2 92 74 22 @ Calgary Flames 1–3 40–22–10–2 92 75 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–5 40–23–10–2 92 76 26 @ Ottawa Senators 3–3 OT 40–23–11–2 93 77 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 40–24–11–2 93 78 31 Detroit Red Wings 1–0 41–24–11–2 95
April: 2–1–0–1, 5 Points (Home: 1–1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–1) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 79 3 Florida Panthers 1–2 41–25–11–2 95 80 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–3 OT 41–25–11–3 96 81 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT 42–25–11–3 98 82 8 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–1 43–25–11–3 100
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie/overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Sabres win 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 11 Buffalo Sabres 1–2 Sabres lead 1–0 2 April 14 Buffalo Sabres 3–4 OT Sabres lead 2–0 3 April 16 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 Sabres lead 2–1 4 April 17 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–4 OT Sabres lead 3–1 5 April 19 Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Sabres lead 3–2 6 April 21 @ Buffalo Sabres 0–8 Sabres win 4–2
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

• 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
8	Mark Recchi	32	RW	69	27	50	77	15	33	6	2	2	4	−3	2
25	Keith Primeau	29	C	71	34	39	73	17	76	4	0	3	3	−3	8
12	Simon Gagne	20	LW	69	27	32	59	24	18	6	2	4	6	−2	2
18	Daymond Langkow	24	C	71	13	41	54	12	50	6	3	0	3	−2	0
3	Dan McGillis	28	D	82	14	35	49	13	86	6	1	0	1	−4	6
37	Eric Desjardins	31	D	79	15	33	48	−3	50	6	1	1	2	−2	0
26, 50	Ruslan Fedotenko	22	LW	74	16	20	36	8	72	6	0	1	1	−4	4
92	Rick Tocchet	36	RW	60	14	22	36	10	83	6	0	1	1	−2	6
14	Justin Williams	19	RW	63	12	13	25	6	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Peter White	31	C	77	9	16	25	1	16	3	0	0	0	−1	0
19	Paul Ranheim	35	LW	80	10	7	17	2	14	6	0	2	2	2	2
23	Michal Sykora	27	D	49	5	11	16	9	26	6	0	1	1	0	0
11	Jody Hull	31	RW	71	7	8	15	−1	10	6	0	0	0	1	4
28	Kent Manderville	29	C	82	5	10	15	−2	47	6	1	2	3	2	2
43	Andy Delmore	24	D	66	5	9	14	2	16	2	1	0	1	−1	2
6	Chris Therien	29	D	73	2	12	14	22	48	6	1	0	1	−4	8
10	John LeClair	31	LW	16	7	5	12	2	0	6	1	2	3	−2	2
29, 52	Todd Fedoruk	21	RW	53	5	5	10	0	109	2	0	0	0	0	20
17	Kevin Stevens‡	35	LW	23	2	7	9	−2	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Luke Richardson	31	D	82	2	6	8	23	131	6	0	0	0	−3	4
42	Michel Picard	31	LW	7	1	4	5	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Chris McAllister	25	D	60	2	2	4	1	124	2	0	0	0	1	0
29	Gino Odjick‡	30	LW	17	1	3	4	0	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	P. J. Stock†	25	C	31	1	3	4	−2	78	2	0	0	0	−2	0
38	Derek Plante	30	C	12	1	2	3	0	4	5	0	1	1	−3	0
9	Mark Greig	31	RW	7	1	1	2	−2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Dean McAmmond†	27	LW	10	1	1	2	−1	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
21	Petr Hubacek	21	C	6	1	0	1	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Roman Cechmanek	29	G	59	0	1	1	N/A	4	6	0	0	0	N/A	0
47	Kirby Law	23	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Tomas Divisek	21	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Maxime Ouellet	19	G	2	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Brad Tiley	29	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Steve Washburn†	25	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Keith Jones‡	32	RW	8	0	0	0	−5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Brian Boucher	24	G	27	0	0	0	N/A	2	1	0	0	0	N/A	0

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
32	Roman Cechmanek	29	59	35	15	6	10	115	.921	2.01	3431	6	2	4	1	9	.938	1.46	369
33	Brian Boucher	24	27	8	12	5	1	80	.876	3.27	1469	1	0	0	0	3	.824	4.87	36
49	Maxime Ouellet	19	2	0	1	0	0	3	.889	2.37	76	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient	Notes	Ref
Jack Adams Award	Bill Barber
NHL Player of the Week	Roman Cechmanek (January 15)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Roman Cechmanek (Goaltender)
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Roman Cechmanek	Played for World team
	Simon Gagne	Played for North American team

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Dan McGillis
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Roman Cechmanek
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Simon Gagne Dan McGillis
Toyota Cup	Roman Cechmanek
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Keith Primeau

Records

Team

Franchise team records set during the 2000–01 season

Record	Type	Total	Refs
Fewest overtime losses	Season	3

Milestones

Individual career milestones

Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
600th assist	Mark Recchi	Secondary assist on Keith Primeau's even-strength goal at 17:43 of the first period	January 31, 2001
1000th game played	Luke Richardson		February 1, 2001
1000th point	Mark Recchi	Even-strength goal at 6:54 of the first period against Roman Turek	March 13, 2001

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 12, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Janssens	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th-round pick in 2000
June 25, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000 Montreal's 7th-round pick in 2000 Toronto's 9th-round pick in 2000	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2000
June 25, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2001	To New York Islanders John Vanbiesbrouck
July 27, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Freer	To Houston Aeros (IHL) future considerations
September 26, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Chris McAllister	To Toronto Maple Leafs rights to Regan Kelly
September 29, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Detroit's 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Nashville Predators Mark Eaton
December 7, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers P. J. Stock 6th-round pick in 2001	To Montreal Canadiens Gino Odjick
January 14, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers John Slaney	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Stevens
February 13, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Matt Zultek	To Boston Bruins 9th-round pick in 2001
March 13, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Dean McAmmond	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2001
March 13, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Herr	To Washington Capitals Dean Melanson
May 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Watt	To Nashville Predators Mikhail Chernov

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)	Contract details	Notes	Ref
July 6, 2000	Michal Sykora	HC Sparta Praha (CZE)	3 years, $3.75 million
July 7, 2000	Kevin Stevens	New York Rangers	1 year, $600,000
July 14, 2000	Brad Tiley	Phoenix Coyotes	multi-year*
July 24, 2000	Rob Murray	Edmonton Oilers	1 year*
July 26, 2000	Derek Plante	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $400,000
August 14, 2000	Michel Picard	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $400,000*	Option for second year
August 28, 2000	Brian Regan	Missouri River Otters (UHL)	1 year*
November 21, 2000	Steve Washburn	Kloten Flyers (NLA)	1 year*

Re-signed

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

Date	Player	Contract details	Notes	Ref
July 6, 2000	Rick Tocchet	2 years, $4.4 million
July 13, 2000	Jody Hull	1 year, $550,000
July 17, 2000	Roman Cechmanek	2 years, $2 million
July 25, 2000	Andy Delmore	2 years, $1.05 million
August 11, 2000	John LeClair	1 year, $7 million	Salary arbitration award
August 31, 2000	Brian Boucher	2 years, $3.2 million
September 9, 2000	Chris Therien	4 years, $9 million
March 6, 2001	Paul Ranheim	2 year extension
June 5, 2001	Chris McAllister	3 year extension

Entry level contracts

The following players — Flyers draft picks, undrafted free agents, and the unsigned draft picks of other teams — were signed by the Flyers to entry level contracts.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
July 12, 2000	Joe DiPenta	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)	Unsigned 1998 3rd-round pick (Florida)
September 13, 2000	Maxime Ouellet	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)	1999 1st-round pick	3 years, $3.75 million
September 23, 2000	Justin Williams	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)	2000 1st-round pick	3 years, $3.225 million
December 21, 2000	Jim Vandermeer	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	Undrafted free agent	3 years

NHL Expansion Draft

The 2000 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 23, 2000. It featured two expansion teams, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild, selecting players from the other NHL teams except for the Atlanta Thrashers and Nashville Predators. Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 5 defensemen, and 9 forwards OR 2 goaltenders, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards. All first and second-year players were exempt. The two teams were provided a list of players they could select.

Philadelphia Flyers protection lists at the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft

Status	Players
Protected	Brian Boucher (G), Andy Delmore (D), Eric Desjardins (D), Mark Greig (F), Daymond Langkow (F), John LeClair (F), Eric Lindros (F), Kent Manderville (F), Dan McGillis (D), Gino Odjick (F), Keith Primeau (F), Paul Ranheim (F), Mark Recchi (F), Luke Richardson (D), Chris Therien (D)
Unprotected	Artem Anisimov (D, unsigned draft pick), Per-Ragnar Bergkvist (G, unsigned draft pick), Craig Berube (F, unrestricted free agent), Travis Brigley (F, restricted free agent), Adam Burt (D, unrestricted free agent), Martin Cerven (F, restricted free agent), Jody Hull (F, unrestricted free agent), Mark Janssens (F), Keith Jones (F), Jeff Lank (D, unrestricted free agent), Neil Little (G), Mike Maneluk (F, unrestricted free agent), Steve McLaren (F, unrestricted free agent), Dean Melanson (D), Jim Montgomery (F, restricted free agent), Sean O'Brien (F, unrestricted free agent), Ulf Samuelsson (D), Ruslan Shafikov (F, unsigned draft pick), Radovan Somik (F, unsigned draft pick), Martin Streit (F, unsigned draft pick), Rick Tocchet (F, unrestricted free agent), John Vanbiesbrouck (G), Steve Washburn (F, restricted free agent), Peter White (F), Todd White (F, unrestricted free agent), Valeri Zelepukin (F, unrestricted free agent)
Selections	Minnesota Wild selected Artem Anisimov 21st overall
	Columbus Blue Jackets selected Martin Streit 44th overall

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
July 6, 2000	Mark Janssens	Chicago Blackhawks	Philadelphia Flyers

NHL Waiver Draft

The 2000 NHL Waiver Draft was held on September 29, 2000. Each NHL team placed 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select. First-year professional players were exempt. The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.

The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Brian Boucher and Roman Cechmanek, defensemen Eric Desjardins, Chris McAllister, Dan McGillis, Luke Richardson, Michal Sykora, and Chris Therien, and forwards Jody Hull, Daymond Langkow, John LeClair, Eric Lindros, Kent Manderville, Gino Odjick, Keith Primeau, Paul Ranheim, Mark Recchi, Kevin Stevens, Rick Tocchet, and Peter White.

The Flyers left the following players unprotected: goaltender Neil Little, defensemen Dean Melanson, Ulf Samuelsson, and Brad Tiley, and forwards Mark Greig, Keith Jones, Steve McLaren, Rob Murray, Michel Picard, Derek Plante, and Steve Washburn.

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	Notes	Ref
July 7, 2000	Craig Berube	Washington Capitals	Free agency
July 12, 2000	Todd White	Ottawa Senators	Free agency
July 14, 2000	Adam Burt	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency
July 18, 2000	Valeri Zelepukin	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency
July 26, 2000	Jeff Tory	Dallas Stars	Free agency
July 26, 2000	Steve Washburn	Kloten Flyers (NLA)	Free agency	Re-signed on November 21
August 15, 2000	Jim Montgomery	San Jose Sharks	Free agency
August 21, 2000	Bujar Amidovski	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency
August 24, 2000	Mike Maneluk	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency
August 29, 2000	Ulf Samuelsson	—	Buyout	Announced retirement on February 12, 2001
October 5, 2000	Ryan Bast	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency
N/A	Jeff Lank	—	Retirement	No official announcement
November 3, 2000	Travis Brigley	Cardiff Devils (BISL)	Free agency
November 21, 2000	Keith Jones*	—	Retirement
December 2000	Francis Belanger*	Montreal Canadiens	Release	Signed with Montreal on February 15, 2001
January 15, 2001	Zarley Zalapski	Munich Barons (DEL)	Free agency
May 15, 2001	Michel Picard*	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency	Contract for the 2001–02 season
June 5, 2001	Michal Sykora*	—	Release	Signed with HC Pardubice on July 19, 2001

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Canadian Airlines Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta on June 24–25, 2000. The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 63rd overall, Rod Brind'Amour, and Jean-Marc Pelletier to the Carolina Hurricanes for Keith Primeau and the Hurricanes' fifth-round pick, 148th overall, on January 23, 2000. They also traded their fifth-round pick, 165th overall, and Dave Babych to the Los Angeles Kings for Steve Duchesne on March 23, 1999, and their ninth-round pick, 291st overall, to the Chicago Blackhawks for Mark Janssens on June 12, 2000.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2000 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2017–18 season)

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
1	28	Justin Williams	Right Wing	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)	1162	289	444	733	716	—	—	—	—
3	94	Alexander Drozdetsky	Right Wing	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg (RUS)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	171	Roman Cechmanek	Goaltender	Czech Republic	HC Vsetín (CZE)	212	0	1	1	24	110	64	28	2.08
6	195	Colin Shields	Forward	United Kingdom	Cleveland Jr. Barons (NAHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	210	John Eichelberger	Forward	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	227	Guillaume Lefebvre	Left Wing	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)	39	2	4	6	13	—	—	—	—
8	259	Regan Kelly	Defense	Canada	Nipawin Hawks (SJHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	287	Milan Kopecky	Forward	Czech Republic	Slavia Praha Jr. (CZE)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific