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

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
1Pittsburgh Penguins8247278247216102
2New Jersey Devils824629720619799
3New York Rangers8242271321319997
4Philadelphia Flyers8242291124823395
5New York Islanders823538919424379

Conference standings
Eastern Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – Montreal CanadiensNE82472510262222104
2 y – Pittsburgh PenguinsAT8247278247216102
3 y – Washington CapitalsSE824331824223194
4 New Jersey DevilsAT824629720619799
5 New York RangersAT8242271321319997
6 Philadelphia FlyersAT8242291124823395
7 Ottawa SenatorsNE824331826124794
8 Boston BruinsNE8241291221222294
8.5
9 Carolina HurricanesSE824333625224992
10 Buffalo SabresNE8239311225524290
11 Florida PanthersSE823835921622685
12 Toronto Maple LeafsNE8236351123126083
13 New York IslandersAT823538919424379
14 Atlanta ThrashersSE823440821627276
15 Tampa Bay LightningSE823142922326771

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)
GameDateOpponentScoreAttendanceRecord
1September 17@ New Jersey Devils13 – 24,6151–0–0
2September 18Ottawa Senators20 – 49,1001–1–0
3September 22@ New York Rangers5 – 012,5002–1–0
4September 24New Jersey Devils1 – 316,5722–2–0
5September 25@ Ottawa Senators2 – 418,0532–3–0
6September 26Washington Capitals2 – 116,3273–3–0
7September 28@ Washington Capitals5 – 710,4093–4–0
8September 29New York Rangers2 – 317,9113–5–0
^ 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)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
1October 4Philadelphia3–2CalgaryBiron19,2891–0–02
2October 6Philadelphia3–5EdmontonBiron16,8391–1–02
3October 10Philadelphia8–2VancouverBiron18,6302–1–04
4October 13NY Islanders1–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,7143–1–06
5October 16Atlanta0–4PhiladelphiaBiron18,9334–1–08
6October 18New Jersey0–4PhiladelphiaBiron19,1135–1–010
7October 20Carolina2–3PhiladelphiaOTBiron19,6156–1–012
8October 24Philadelphia3–4FloridaBiron12,8566–2–012
9October 25Philadelphia2–5Tampa BayNiittymaki18,6166–3–012
10October 27Philadelphia2–1BostonBiron14,9567–3–014
November: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 5–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
11November 1Philadelphia2–5MontrealBiron21,1737–4–014
12November 2Philadelphia3–2WashingtonNiittymaki16,0558–4–016
13November 5Philadelphia0–2NY RangersBiron18,2008–5–016
14November 7Philadelphia3–1PittsburghBiron17,1329–5–018
15November 8Philadelphia1–4New JerseyBiron14,9489–6–018
16November 10Pittsburgh2–5PhiladelphiaBiron19,85910–6–020
17November 12NY Islanders2–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,31211–6–022
18November 15NY Rangers4–3PhiladelphiaSOBiron19,57111–6–123
19November 17New Jersey6–2PhiladelphiaBiron19,62111–7–123
20November 21Philadelphia6–3CarolinaBiron16,35112–7–125
21November 23Washington4–3PhiladelphiaOTBiron19,72712–7–226
22November 24Philadelphia4–3OttawaNiittymaki20,12813–7–228
23November 26Boston6–3PhiladelphiaNiittymaki19,45713–8–228
24November 28Philadelphia3–1CarolinaBiron15,10814–8–230
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 3–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
25December 1Dallas4–1PhiladelphiaBiron19,66014–9–230
26December 5Philadelphia3–1MinnesotaNiittymaki18,56815–9–232
27December 7Philadelphia1–2ColoradoBiron16,31215–10–232
28December 11Pittsburgh2–8PhiladelphiaBiron19,40916–10–234
29December 13Montreal4–1PhiladelphiaNiittymaki19,32216–11–234
30December 15Carolina6–5PhiladelphiaSOBiron19,46016–11–335
31December 16Philadelphia2–4New JerseyNiittymaki16,68716–12–335
32December 18Phoenix3–2PhiladelphiaBiron19,21116–13–335
33December 21Philadelphia2–3BuffaloBiron18,69016–14–335
34December 22Buffalo6–5PhiladelphiaSOBiron19,60616–14–436
35December 27Toronto1–4PhiladelphiaBiron19,72717–14–438
36December 29Philadelphia4–2Tampa BayBiron20,12418–14–440
37December 30Philadelphia1–0FloridaNiittymaki18,76719–14–442
January: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 5–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
38January 4Philadelphia0–3New JerseyBiron17,62519–15–442
39January 5Philadelphia3–2TorontoNiittymaki19,41220–15–444
40January 8Philadelphia4–1AtlantaNiittymaki13,04721–15–446
41January 10Philadelphia6–2NY RangersNiittymaki18,20022–15–448
42January 12Boston4–3PhiladelphiaOTNiittymaki19,79222–15–549
43January 13Philadelphia6–4WashingtonBiron17,71323–15–551
44January 16Florida3–5PhiladelphiaNiittymaki19,20724–15–553
45January 19Philadelphia5–3NY IslandersBiron16,23425–15–555
46January 20Ottawa1–6PhiladelphiaNiittymaki19,74226–15–557
47January 22New Jersey7–3PhiladelphiaNiittymaki19,67726–16–557
48January 24Pittsburgh3–4PhiladelphiaBiron19,80727–16–559
49January 29Los Angeles2–3PhiladelphiaOTBiron19,12728–16–561
50January 31NY Rangers4–0PhiladelphiaNiittymaki19,67028–17–561
February: 4–8–2 (Home: 2–5–1; Road: 2–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
51February 2Anaheim0–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,82229–17–563
52February 5Philadelphia3–2AtlantaNiittymaki15,08230–17–565
53February 6Washington4–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,77830–18–565
54February 9NY Rangers2–0PhiladelphiaBiron19,86230–19–565
55February 10Philadelphia3–4PittsburghBiron17,13230–20–565
56February 12Philadelphia3–4NY IslandersNiittymaki11,19330–21–565
57February 14Tampa Bay5–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,33630–22–565
58February 16Philadelphia0–1MontrealNiittymaki21,27330–23–565
59February 17Montreal5–3PhiladelphiaNiitymaki19,61130–24–565
60February 19Philadelphia2–3OttawaSOBiron19,72930–24–666
61February 21San Jose3–1PhiladelphiaBiron19,48730–25–666
62February 23Florida2–1PhiladelphiaOTNiitymaki19,62930–25–767
63February 25Philadelphia4–3BuffaloSOBiron18,69031–25–769
64February 28Ottawa1–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,56732–25–771
March: 8–3–4 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–1–4)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
65March 1Philadelphia4–1NY IslandersBiron15,13633–25–773
66March 2Philadelphia4–5NY RangersSOBiron18,20033–25–874
67March 4Buffalo5–2PhiladelphiaBiron19,51633–26–874
68March 6Tampa Bay2–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,21734–26–876
69March 8NY Islanders1–4PhiladelphiaBiron19,74835–26–878
70March 11Philadelphia3–4TorontoOTBiron19,50735–26–979
71March 12Toronto3–2PhiladelphiaBiron19,64235–27–979
72March 15Philadelphia2–3BostonOTBiron17,56535–27–1080
73March 16Philadelphia1–7PittsburghBiron17,13235–28–1080
74March 18Atlanta2–3PhiladelphiaNiittymaki19,56436–28–1082
75March 21NY Rangers3–4PhiladelphiaSOBiron19,81937–28–1084
76March 23NY Islanders1–4PhiladelphiaBiron19,13638–28–1086
77March 25Philadelphia2–1NY RangersOTBiron18,20039–28–1088
78March 28Philadelphia4–5New JerseySOBiron17,05639–28–1189
79March 29Philadelphia4–3NY IslandersSONiittymaki15,22340–28–1191
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
80April 2Philadelphia2–4PittsburghBiron17,13240–29–1191
81April 4New Jersey0–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,95741–29–1193
82April 6Pittsburgh0–2PhiladelphiaBiron19,76742–29–1195
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
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeries
1April 11Philadelphia4–5WashingtonBiron18,277Capitals lead 1–0
2April 13Philadelphia2–0WashingtonBiron18,277Series tied 1–1
3April 15Washington3–6PhiladelphiaBiron19,822Flyers lead 2–1
4April 17Washington3–4Philadelphia2OTBiron19,913Flyers lead 3–1
5April 19Philadelphia2–3WashingtonBiron18,277Flyers lead 3–2
6April 21Washington4–2PhiladelphiaBiron19,927Series tied 3–3
7April 22Philadelphia3–2WashingtonOTBiron18,277Flyers win 4–3
Eastern Conference Semi-finals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Flyers win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeries
1April 24Philadelphia3–4MontrealOTBiron21,273Canadiens lead 1–0
2April 26Philadelphia4–2MontrealBiron21,273Series tied 1–1
3April 28Montreal2–3PhiladelphiaBiron19,849Flyers lead 2–1
4April 30Montreal2–4PhiladelphiaBiron19,872Flyers lead 3–1
5May 3Philadelphia6–4MontrealBiron21,273Flyers win 4–1
Eastern Conference Finals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeries
1May 9Philadelphia2–4PittsburghBiron17,132Penguins lead 1–0
2May 11Philadelphia2–4PittsburghBiron17,132Penguins lead 2–0
3May 13Pittsburgh4–1PhiladelphiaBiron19,965Penguins lead 3–0
4May 15Pittsburgh2–4PhiladelphiaBiron19,972Penguins lead 3–1
5May 18Philadelphia0–6PittsburghBiron17,132Penguins 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
18Mike Richards22C73284775147617771408
48Danny Briere30C79314172−2268179716−320
22Mike Knuble35RW82292655−37212347−16
17Jeff Carter23C82292453655176511012
20R. J. Umberger25C741337500191710515710
15Joffrey Lupul24RW5620264623517461012
44Kimmo Timonen32D80836440501306638
19Scott Hartnell25LW80241943215917347−220
5Braydon Coburn22D7892736177414066414
6Randy Jones26D71526318581602264
9Scottie Upshall24RW6114163027417347144
12Simon Gagne27LW2571118−84——————
40Vaclav Prospal32LW1841014761731013−36
27Steve Downie20RW3266122736011−210
34Jim Dowd39C7355100411712304
21Jason Smith34D771910−48617022−44
24Sami Kapanen34RW74538−121616202−42
2Derian Hatcher35D4425743315123240
26Jim Vandermeer27D28156−127——————
53Denis Tolpeko23C26156−424——————
28Lasse Kukkonen26D5314533814022−16
25Patrick Thoresen24LW20055−681402214
32Riley Cote25LW701342202300000
14Stefan Ruzicka22RW14134527——————
26Jaroslav Modry36D18033−1189033−60
43Martin Biron30G62011N/A817011N/A2
8Rory Fitzpatrick33D19011−1211——————
11Ryan Potulny23C701104——————
30Antero Niittymaki27G28000N/A0——————
55Ben Eager24LW23000−862——————
77Ryan Parent20D22000−464011−10
36Jesse Boulerice29RW5000−229——————
45Alexandre Picard22D4000−32——————
29Nate Guenin25D200022——————
56Claude Giroux20RW2000−20——————
65Kyle Greentree24LW2000−10——————

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
43Martin Biron3062593020918651532.59.91853,539:04171798540522.98.90411,048:42
30Antero Niittymaki2728231292739692.91.90711,424:01–––––––––—

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]

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
PlayerMilestoneReached
Denis Tolpeko1st NHL gameOctober 4, 2007
Randy Jones100th NHL gameOctober 6, 2007
Simon Gagne400th NHL pointOctober 20, 2007
Scottie Upshall100th NHL gameNovember 8, 2007
Ben Eager
Lasse Kukkonen		100th NHL gameNovember 10, 2007
Danny Briere500th NHL gameNovember 12, 2007
Denis Tolpeko1st NHL goal
1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		November 15, 2007
Riley Cote1st NHL assist
1st NHL point		November 15, 2007
Jeff Carter100th NHL PIMNovember 15, 2007
Danny Briere400th NHL pointNovember 21, 2007
Ben Eager300th NHL PIMNovember 26, 2007
Steve Downie1st NHL gameDecember 5, 2007
Danny Briere400th NHL PIMDecember 5, 2007
Rory Fitzpatrick200th NHL PIMDecember 7, 2007
Kimmo Timonen600th NHL gameDecember 7, 2007
Steve Downie1st NHL goalJanuary 5, 2008
Scott Hartnell100th NHL goalJanuary 8, 2008
R. J. Umberger100th NHL pointJanuary 24, 2008
Sami Kapanen800th NHL gameJanuary 24, 2008
Riley Cote1st NHL goalFebruary 17, 2008
Claude Giroux1st NHL gameFebruary 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]

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]
September 29, 2007 Tony Voce Ilves (SM-liiga) Free agency [48]
N/A Eric Meloche Straubing Tigers (DEL) Free agency [49]
N/A Rosario Ruggeri Lowell Devils (AHL) Free agency [50][51]
October 18, 2007 Robert Esche Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) Free agency [52]
May 15, 2008 Lars Jonsson* Brynäs IF (Elitserien) Free agency [53]
May 29, 2008 Denis Tolpeko* Dynamo Moscow (KHL) Free agency[lower-alpha 4] [54]
June 3, 2008 Sami Kapanen* KalPa (SM-liiga) Retirement[lower-alpha 5] [55]

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.[56] The Flyers traded their original second, third, and fourth-round picks in three different trades.[57]

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[58] and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL.[59] 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.[60] 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.[57]
  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.[57]
  8. The Flyers traded Jon Sim to the Florida Panthers for the Panthers' sixth-round pick, 161st overall, on January 23, 2006.[57]

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