2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers season

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
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%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
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)

The 2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). 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 Daniel 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.

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	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
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)

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
18	Mike Richards	22	C	73	28	47	75	14	76	17	7	7	14	0	8
48	Daniel 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	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	OT	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
43	Martin Biron	30	62	30	20	9	5	153	.918	2.59	3539	17	9	8	1	52	.904	2.97	1049
30	Antero Niittymaki	27	28	12	9	2	1	69	.907	2.91	1424	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
NHL 1st Star of the Week	Martin Biron (October 22)
	Danny Briere (November 26)
NHL 3rd Star of the Week	Joffrey Lupul (December 17)
	Scott Hartnell (January 14)
	Scott Hartnell (January 21)
	Mike Knuble (March 3)
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Mike Richards
	Kimmo Timonen

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kimmo Timonen
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mike Richards
Gene Hart Memorial Award	Mike Richards
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Braydon Coburn
	Riley Cote
Toyota Cup	Martin Biron
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Martin Biron

Records

Individual regular season single game records

Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Powerplay goals	Scott Hartnell	3	January 19, 2008 at New York Islanders (tied three times)

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
Daniel 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.

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
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
July 1, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Joffrey Lupul Jason Smith	To Edmonton Oilers Joni Pitkanen Geoff Sanderson 3rd-round pick in 2009
December 10, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional 7th-round pick in 2009[a]	To Dallas Stars Jussi Timonen
December 18, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Vandermeer	To Chicago Blackhawks Ben Eager
February 19, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Jaroslav Modry	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2008
February 20, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2009	To Calgary Flames Jim Vandermeer
February 25, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Vaclav Prospal	To Tampa Bay Lightning Alexandre Picard 2nd-round pick in 2009

Trade notes

• ^a Condition not met.

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	Ref
July 1, 2007	Daniel Briere	Buffalo Sabres	8 years, $52 million
October 3, 2007	Jesse Boulerice	Albany River Rats (AHL)	1 year, $475,000
October 3, 2007	Jim Dowd	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $500,000
October 9, 2007	Rory Fitzpatrick	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $550,000
April 8, 2008	Jared Ross	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	1 year, $500,000*

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
June 8, 2007	Lars Jonsson	1 year, $600,000*
June 14, 2007	Antero Niittymaki	2 years, $2.54 million
July 1, 2007	Scott Hartnell	6 years, $25.2 million	Acquired in June 18 trade
July 1, 2007	Kimmo Timonen	6 years, $37.8 million	Acquired in June 18 trade
July 25, 2007	Riley Cote	1 year, $500,000*
July 25, 2007	Boyd Kane	2 years, $1 million*
November 28, 2007	Braydon Coburn	2 years, $2.6 million extension
December 13, 2007	Mike Richards	12 years, $69 million 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 23, 2007	Claude Giroux	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)	2006 1st-round pick	3 years, $2.55 million
November 1, 2007	Patrick Maroon	London Knights (OHL)	2007 6th-round pick	3 years, $1.637 million
March 19, 2008	Rob Bellamy	Maine Black Bears (HE)	2004 3rd-round pick	2 years, $1.065 million
March 19, 2008	Matt Clackson	Western Michigan Broncos (CCHA)	2005 7th-round pick	2 years, $1.015 million
March 19, 2008	Michael Teslak	Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA)	Undrafted free agent	2 years, $1.85 million
March 30, 2008	Jon Kalinski	Minnesota State Mavericks (WCHA)	2007 6th-round pick	3 years, $2.625 million
April 4, 2008	Andreas Nodl	St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA)	2006 2nd-round pick	3 years, $2.55 million
April 4, 2008	Mike Ratchuk	Michigan State Spartans (CCHA)	2006 2nd-round pick	3 years, $2.55 million
May 9, 2008	Garrett Klotz	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	2007 3rd-round pick	3 years, $2.4 million
May 9, 2008	Darroll Powe	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	Undrafted free agent	2 years, $1.04 million

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
February 22, 2008	Patrick Thoresen	Philadelphia Flyers	Edmonton Oilers

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 3, 2007	Brad Tapper	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency
July 6, 2007	Denis Hamel	Binghamton Senators (AHL)	Free agency
July 9, 2007	Todd Fedoruk	Dallas Stars	Free agency
July 9, 2007	Mike York	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency
July 13, 2007	Niko Dimitrakos	Ottawa Senators	Free agency
July 16, 2007	Mark Cullen	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency
August 1, 2007	Dmitri Afanasenkov	Dynamo Moscow (RSL)	Free agency
N/A	Eric Meloche	Straubing Tigers (DEL)	Free agency
October 18, 2007	Robert Esche	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency
May 15, 2008	Lars Jonsson*	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)	Free agency
May 29, 2008	Denis Tolpeko*	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	Free agency	Flyers retained NHL rights
June 3, 2008	Sami Kapanen*	KalPa (SM-liiga)	Retirement	Retired from NHL

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.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2007 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2015–16 season)

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	OT	GAA	Notes
1	2	James van Riemsdyk	Left Wing	United States	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)	446	136	141	277	214	—	—	—	—
2	41	Kevin Marshall	Defense	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)	10	0	0	0	8	—	—	—	—	[a]
3	66	Garrett Klotz	Left Wing	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[b]
5	122	Mario Kempe	Right Wing	Sweden	St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	152	Jon Kalinski	Left Wing	Canada	Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)	22	1	4	5	0	—	—	—	—
6	161	Patrick Maroon	Left Wing	United States	London Knights (OHL)	220	34	59	93	283	—	—	—	—	[c]
7	182	Brad Phillips	Goaltender	United States	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Draft notes

• The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 31st overall, to the Buffalo Sabres for Martin Biron on February 27, 2007.
• ^a 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.
• The Flyers traded Freddy Meyer and their third-round pick, 62nd overall, to the New York Islanders for Alexei Zhitnik on December 16, 2006.
• ^b The Flyers traded Kyle Calder to the Chicago Blackhawks for Lasse Kukkonen and the Blackhawks' third-round pick, 66th overall, on February 26, 2007.
• The Flyers traded their fourth-round pick, 92nd overall, and future considerations to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Todd Fedoruk on November 13, 2006.
• ^c The Flyers traded Jon Sim to the Florida Panthers for the Panthers' sixth-round pick, 161st overall, on January 23, 2006.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. 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. In their first and only season as the Flyers ECHL affiliate, the Nailers finished last in their division and missed the playoffs.

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

External links

• Philadelphia Flyers Historical Salaries from CapGeek.com