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
General manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	John Stevens
Captain	Jason Smith
Alternate captains	Simon Gagne Mike Richards Kimmo Timonen
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)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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.^[3] Both were signed to six-year contracts.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] Smith was named Flyers captain on October 1.^[7]

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

Preseason

2007 preseason[8]
Preseason: 3–5–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Attendance Record Ref 1[a] September 17 @ New Jersey Devils 3–2 4,615 1–0–0 [9] 2[b] September 18 Ottawa Senators 0–4 9,100 1–1–0 [10] 3 September 22 @ New York Rangers 5–0 12,500 2–1–0 [11] 4 September 24 New Jersey Devils 1–3 16,572 2–2–0 [12] 5 September 25 @ Ottawa Senators 2–4 18,053 2–3–0 [13] 6 September 26 Washington Capitals 2–1 16,327 3–3–0 [14] 7 September 28 @ Washington Capitals 5–7 10,409 3–4–0 [15] 8 September 29 New York Rangers 2–3 17,911 3–5–0 [16] Notes: a Game played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. b Game played at John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

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

Playoffs

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
18	Mike Richards	C	73	28	47	75	14	76	17	7	7	14	0	8
48	Danny Briere	C	79	31	41	72	−22	68	17	9	7	16	−3	20
22	Mike Knuble	RW	82	29	26	55	−3	72	12	3	4	7	−1	6
17	Jeff Carter	C	82	29	24	53	6	55	17	6	5	11	0	12
20	R. J. Umberger	C	74	13	37	50	0	19	17	10	5	15	7	10
15	Joffrey Lupul	RW	56	20	26	46	2	35	17	4	6	10	1	2
44	Kimmo Timonen	D	80	8	36	44	0	50	13	0	6	6	3	8
19	Scott Hartnell	LW	80	24	19	43	2	159	17	3	4	7	−2	20
5	Braydon Coburn	D	78	9	27	36	17	74	14	0	6	6	4	14
6	Randy Jones	D	71	5	26	31	8	58	16	0	2	2	6	4
9	Scottie Upshall	RW	61	14	16	30	2	74	17	3	4	7	1	44
12	Simon Gagne	LW	25	7	11	18	−8	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Vaclav Prospal†	LW	18	4	10	14	7	6	17	3	10	13	−3	6
27	Steve Downie	RW	32	6	6	12	2	73	6	0	1	1	−2	10
34	Jim Dowd	C	73	5	5	10	0	41	17	1	2	3	0	4
21	Jason Smith	D	77	1	9	10	−4	86	17	0	2	2	−4	4
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	74	5	3	8	−12	16	16	2	0	2	−4	2
2	Derian Hatcher	D	44	2	5	7	4	33	15	1	2	3	2	40
53	Denis Tolpeko	C	26	1	5	6	−4	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Jim Vandermeer†‡	D	28	1	5	6	−1	27	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Lasse Kukkonen	D	53	1	4	5	3	38	14	0	2	2	−1	6
25	Patrick Thoresen†	LW	20	0	5	5	−6	8	14	0	2	2	1	4
32	Riley Cote	LW	70	1	3	4	2	202	3	0	0	0	0	0
14	Stefan Ruzicka	RW	14	1	3	4	5	27	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Jaroslav Modry†	D	18	0	3	3	−11	8	9	0	3	3	−6	0
43	Martin Biron	G	62	0	1	1		8	17	0	1	1		2
8	Rory Fitzpatrick†	D	19	0	1	1	−12	11	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Ryan Potulny	C	7	0	1	1	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Jesse Boulerice	RW	5	0	0	0	−2	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Ben Eager‡	LW	23	0	0	0	−8	62	—	—	—	—	—	—
56	Claude Giroux	RW	2	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
65	Kyle Greentree	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Nate Guenin	D	2	0	0	0	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Antero Niittymaki	G	28	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	Ryan Parent	D	22	0	0	0	−4	6	4	0	1	1	−1	0
45	Alexandre Picard‡	D	4	0	0	0	−3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
43	Martin Biron	62	59	30	20	9	1865	153	2.59	.918	5	3,539	17	17	9	8	540	52	2.98	.904	1	1,049
30	Antero Niittymaki	28	23	12	9	2	739	69	2.91	.907	1	1,424	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL 1st Star of the Week	Martin Biron (October 22)	[18]
		Danny Briere (November 26)	[19]
	NHL 3rd Star of the Week	Joffrey Lupul (December 17)	[20]
		Scott Hartnell (January 14)	[21]
		Scott Hartnell (January 21)	[22]
		Mike Knuble (March 3)	[23]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mike Richards	[24]
		Kimmo Timonen
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kimmo Timonen	[25]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mike Richards	[25]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Mike Richards	[26]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Braydon Coburn	[25]
		Riley Cote
	Toyota Cup	Martin Biron	[27]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Martin Biron	[28]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 2007–08 season was Danny Briere tying the team record for most goals scored in a single period (3) on November 21.^[29] In a 3–2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 5, goaltender Antero Niittymaki made 54 saves on 56 shots against, both team single game records.^[30][31] On January 19, Scott Hartnell scored three powerplay goals, tying the Flyers single game record.^[32]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Denis Tolpeko	October 4, 2007	[33]
	Steve Downie	December 5, 2007
	Kyle Greentree	February 12, 2008
	Claude Giroux	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.^[34]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 18, 2007 (2007-06-18)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Scott Hartnell Rights to Kimmo Timonen	To Nashville Predators Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2007	[3]
June 23, 2007 (2007-06-23)	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	[35]
July 1, 2007 (2007-07-01)	To Philadelphia Flyers Joffrey Lupul Jason Smith	To Edmonton Oilers Joni Pitkanen Geoff Sanderson 3rd-round pick in 2009	[6]
December 10, 2007 (2007-12-10)	To Philadelphia Flyers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2009[a]	To Dallas Stars Jussi Timonen	[36]
December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18)	To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Vandermeer	To Chicago Blackhawks Ben Eager	[37]
February 19, 2008 (2008-02-19)	To Philadelphia Flyers Jaroslav Modry	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2008	[38]
February 20, 2008 (2008-02-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2009	To Calgary Flames Jim Vandermeer	[39]
February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25)	To Philadelphia Flyers Vaclav Prospal	To Tampa Bay Lightning Alexandre Picard 2nd-round pick in 2009	[40]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2007 (2007-07-01)	Danny Briere	Buffalo Sabres	8-year	Free agency	[5]
October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03)	Jesse Boulerice	Albany River Rats (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[41]
	Jim Dowd	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[41]
October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09)	Rory Fitzpatrick	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	[42]
February 22, 2008 (2008-02-22)	Patrick Thoresen	Edmonton Oilers		Waivers	[43]
March 19, 2008 (2008-03-19)	Michael Teslak	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[44]
April 8, 2008 (2008-04-08)	Jared Ross	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[45]
May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09)	Darroll Powe	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[46]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
July 3, 2007 (2007-07-03)	Brad Tapper	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency (III)	[48]
July 6, 2007 (2007-07-06)	Denis Hamel	Binghamton Senators (AHL)	Free agency (III)	[49]
July 9, 2007 (2007-07-09)	Todd Fedoruk	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	[50]
	Mike York	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	[50]
July 13, 2007 (2007-07-13)	Niko Dimitrakos	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (III)	[51]
July 16, 2007 (2007-07-16)	Mark Cullen	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (III)	[52]
August 1, 2007 (2007-08-01)	Dmitri Afanasenkov	HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	[53]
September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)	Tony Voce	Ilves (Liiga)	Free agency	[54]
October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)	Rosario Ruggeri	Lowell Devils (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[55]
October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)	Robert Esche	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency (III)	[56]
May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)	Lars Jonsson	Brynas IF (SHL)	Free agency	[57]
May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)	Denis Tolpeko	HC Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	Free agency[c]	[58]
June 3, 2008 (2008-06-03)	Sami Kapanen	KalPa (Liiga)	Retirement[d]	[59][60]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 8, 2007 (2007-06-08)	Lars Jonsson	1-year	Re-signing	[61]
June 14, 2007 (2007-06-14)	Antero Niittymaki	2-year	Re-signing	[62]
July 1, 2007 (2007-07-01)	Scott Hartnell	6-year	Re-signing	[4]
	Kimmo Timonen	6-year	Re-signing	[4]
July 23, 2007 (2007-07-23)	Claude Giroux	3-year	Entry-level	[63]
July 25, 2007 (2007-07-25)	Riley Cote	1-year	Re-signing	[64]
	Boyd Kane	2-year	Re-signing	[64]
November 1, 2007 (2007-11-01)	Patrick Maroon	3-year	Entry-level	[65]
November 28, 2007 (2007-11-28)	Braydon Coburn	2-year	Extension	[66]
December 13, 2007 (2007-12-13)	Mike Richards	12-year	Extension	[67]
March 19, 2008 (2008-03-19)	Rob Bellamy	2-year	Entry-level	[44]
	Matt Clackson	2-year	Entry-level	[44]
March 30, 2008 (2008-03-30)	Jon Kalinski	3-year	Entry-level	[68]
April 4, 2008 (2008-04-04)	Andreas Nodl	3-year	Entry-level	[69]
	Mike Ratchuk	3-year	Entry-level	[69]
May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09)	Garrett Klotz	3-year	Entry-level	[46]

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.^[70] The Flyers traded their original second, third, and fourth-round picks in three different trades.^[71]

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)	[e]
3	66	Garrett Klotz	Left wing	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	[f]
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)	[g]
7	182	Brad Phillips	Goaltender	United States	U.S. NTDP (NAHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL^[72] and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL.^[73] 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.^[74] In their first and only season as the Flyers ECHL affiliate, the Nailers finished last in their division and missed the playoffs.

Notes

1. Condition not met.
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[47]
3. Philadelphia retained Tolpeko's NHL rights.
4. Kapanen retired from the NHL.
5. 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.^[71]
6. The Flyers traded Kyle Calder to the Chicago Blackhawks for Lasse Kukkonen and the Blackhawks' third-round pick, 66th overall, on February 26, 2007.^[71]
7. The Flyers traded Jon Sim to the Florida Panthers for the Panthers' sixth-round pick, 161st overall, on January 23, 2006.^[71]

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External links

• Philadelphia Flyers Historical Salaries from CapGeek.com