2008–09 Philadelphia Flyers season

2008–09 Philadelphia Flyers
2008–09 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
2008–09 record	44–27–11
Home record	24–13–4
Road record	20–14–7
Goals for	264
Goals against	238
Team information
President	Peter Luukko
General manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	John Stevens
Captain	Mike Richards
Alternate captains	Simon Gagne; Kimmo Timonen
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,545
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms; Mississippi Sea Wolves
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Carter (46)
Assists	Mike Richards (50)
Points	Jeff Carter (84)
Penalty minutes	Riley Cote (174)
Plus/minus	Jeff Carter (+23)
Wins	Martin Biron (29)
Goals against average	Martin Biron (2.76)
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The 2008–09 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 42nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games.

Regular season

The Flyers began the 2008–09 season by naming Mike Richards the 17th captain in Flyers history on September 17, with Jason Smith headed to the Ottawa Senators as a free agent.^[2] The Flyers were looking to build on the success of the previous season, but instead got off to an 0–3–3 start which became indicative of the season ahead. Despite a solid December and January, and finishing with four points more than the year before, for the most part the 2008–09 Flyers were an inconsistent unit, playing at the top of their ability one night while subpar the next. Defenseman Derian Hatcher missed the entire regular season and playoffs with a knee injury, and Steve Downie was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for defenseman Matt Carle. Two pleasant surprises were the emergence of rookie center Claude Giroux and defenseman Luca Sbisa, who was drafted by the Flyers in June with the 19th overall pick acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for R. J. Umberger, the victim of a salary cap crunch. Scottie Upshall also found himself the victim of such a crunch, traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Daniel Carcillo at the trade deadline.

Despite holding on to the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference for much of the season, due to a 4–5–1 finish to the season, highlighted by a home loss to the New York Rangers on the last day of the regular season, the Flyers slipped to the fifth seed and lost home-ice advantage in their first round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Flyers finished the regular season having scored the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with 16, and having allowed the fewest shorthanded goals, with just one.^[3]

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	82	51	27	4	244	209	106
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	45	28	9	264	239	99
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	44	27	11	264	238	99
4	New York Rangers	82	43	30	9	210	218	95
5	New York Islanders	82	26	47	9	201	279	61

Conference standings

Eastern Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Boston Bruins	NE	82	53	19	10	274	196	116
2	y – Washington Capitals	SE	82	50	24	8	272	245	108
3	y – New Jersey Devils	AT	82	51	27	4	244	209	106
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	45	28	9	264	239	99
5	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	44	27	11	264	238	99
6	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	45	30	7	239	226	97
7	New York Rangers	AT	82	43	30	9	210	218	95
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	11	249	247	93
8.5
9	Florida Panthers	SE	82	41	30	11	234	231	93
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	41	32	9	250	234	91
11	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	36	35	11	217	237	83
12	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	34	35	13	250	293	81
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	35	41	6	257	280	76
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	40	18	210	279	66
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	26	47	9	201	279	61

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Playoffs

Pittsburgh dominated the Flyers in Game 1, and despite a better effort by the Flyers in Game 2, Pittsburgh came to Philadelphia with a 2–0 series lead. The Flyers were the better team in Games 3 and 4, but Pittsburgh gained a split in Philadelphia and took a 3–1 series lead. After a decisive 3–0 win in Game 5, the Flyers jumped out to a 3–0 lead in Game 6, but promptly fell victim to the inconsistencies that plagued the team all season and gave up five unanswered goals in a season-ending 5–3 loss.

Schedule and results

Preseason

2008 preseason^[4]^[5]

Preseason: 4–5–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 0–5–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record	Ref
1	September 22	New Jersey Devils	4–1	17,108	1–0–0	^[6]
2	September 24	@ Ottawa Senators	1–3	17,038	1–1–0	^[7]
3^[a]	September 25	New York Islanders	4–5	7,706	2–1–0	^[8]
4^[b]	September 27	Carolina Hurricanes	4–2	17,700	3–1–0	^[9]
5	September 28	@ Carolina Hurricanes	0–1	11,265	3–2–0	^[10]
6	October 1	Washington Capitals	2–1	17,523	4–2–0	^[11]
7	October 3	@ Washington Capitals	1–5	14,864	4–3–0	^[12]
8	October 4	@ New Jersey Devils	0–1	9,558	4–4–0	^[13]
9^[b]	October 7	@ Philadelphia Phantoms	2–4	17,077	4–5–0	^[14]
Notes: ^a Game played at John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. ^b Game played at Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Legend:

Win Loss Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2008–09 regular season^[15]

October: 4–3–3, 11 points (home: 2–2–1; road: 2–1–2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 11	NY Rangers	4–3	Philadelphia		Biron	19,623	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 13	Montreal	5–3	Philadelphia		Biron	19,323	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 14	Philadelphia	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Niittymaki	16,965	0–2–1	1	Recap
4	October 16	Philadelphia	2–5	Colorado		Biron	18,007	0–3–1	1	Recap
5	October 18	Philadelphia	4–5	San Jose	OT	Niittymaki	17,496	0–3–2	2	Recap
6	October 22	San Jose	7–6	Philadelphia	SO	Biron	19,072	0–3–3	3	Recap
7	October 24	Philadelphia	6–3	New Jersey		Biron	15,529	1–3–3	5	Recap
8	October 25	New Jersey	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	19,611	2–3–3	7	Recap
9	October 28	Philadelphia	7–0	Atlanta		Niittymaki	13,207	3–3–3	9	Recap
10	October 30	NY Islanders	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	18,227	4–3–3	11	Recap

November: 7–4–2, 16 points (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–2–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 2	Edmonton	5–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,437	4–4–3	11	Recap
12	November 6	Philadelphia	1–4	Ottawa		Niittymaki	18,938	4–5–3	11	Recap
13	November 8	Tampa Bay	2–1	Philadelphia		Biron	19,412	4–6–3	11	Recap
14	November 11	Philadelphia	3–1	NY Islanders		Biron	13,447	5–6–3	13	Recap
15	November 13	Philadelphia	4–5	Pittsburgh	SO	Biron	17,132	5–6–4	14	Recap
16	November 15	Philadelphia	2–1	Montreal		Biron	21,273	6–6–4	16	Recap
17	November 16	Atlanta	3–4	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,437	7–6–4	18	Recap
18	November 21	Philadelphia	3–0	Buffalo		Biron	18,256	8–6–4	20	Recap
19	November 22	Phoenix	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	19,520	9–6–4	22	Recap
20	November 24	Dallas	3–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,171	10–6–4	24	Recap
21	November 26	Philadelphia	3–1	Carolina		Niittymaki	15,057	11–6–4	26	Recap
22	November 28	Carolina	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	19,587	11–6–5	27	Recap
23	November 29	Philadelphia	2–4	Toronto		Biron	19,387	11–7–5	27	Recap

December: 9–3–2, 20 points (home: 7–0–1; road: 2–3–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
24	December 2	Tampa Bay	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	19,227	12–7–5	29	Recap
25	December 4	New Jersey	3–2	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	19,577	12–7–6	30	Recap
26	December 6	Philadelphia	2–1	Carolina	OT	Niittymaki	14,061	13–7–6	32	Recap
27	December 9	NY Islanders	3–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,037	14–7–6	34	Recap
28	December 11	Carolina	5–6	Philadelphia	SO	Niittymaki	19,057	15–7–6	36	Recap
29	December 13	Pittsburgh	3–6	Philadelphia		Biron	19,811	16–7–6	38	Recap
30	December 16	Colorado	2–5	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,219	17–7–6	40	Recap
31	December 18	Philadelphia	2–5	Montreal		Niittymaki	21,273	17–8–6	40	Recap
32	December 20	Washington	1–7	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,897	18–8–6	42	Recap
33	December 21	Philadelphia	2–3	New Jersey	SO	Niittymaki	14,426	18–8–7	43	Recap
34	December 23	Ottawa	4–6	Philadelphia		Nittymaki	19,578	19–8–7	45	Recap
35	December 26	Philadelphia	1–5	Chicago		Biron	22,712	19–9–7	45	Recap
36	December 27	Philadelphia	0–3	Columbus		Niittymaki	18,402	19–10–7	45	Recap
37	December 30	Philadelphia	3–2	Vancouver		Biron	18,630	20–10–7	47	Recap

January: 6–4–2, 14 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–3–2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
38	January 2	Philadelphia	5–4	Anaheim	SO	Biron	17,597	21–10–7	49	Recap
39	January 3	Philadelphia	1–2	Los Angeles	SO	Niittymaki	18,118	21–10–8	50	Recap
40	January 6	Philadelphia	1–2	Washington	SO	Biron	18,277	21–10–9	51	Recap
41	January 8	Minnesota	1–3	Philadelphia		Biron	19,596	22–10–9	53	Recap
42	January 10	Toronto	1–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,787	23–10–9	55	Recap
43	January 13	Pittsburgh	4–2	Philadelphia		Biron	19,872	23–11–9	55	Recap
44	January 15	Philadelphia	1–4	Tampa Bay		Biron	15,604	23–12–9	55	Recap
45	January 16	Philadelphia	3–2	Florida	SO	Niittymaki	17,827	24–12–9	57	Recap
46	January 21	Atlanta	3–5	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,766	25–12–9	59	Recap
47	January 27	Philadelphia	2–3	Florida		Biron	13,904	25–13–9	59	Recap
48	January 30	Philadelphia	6–1	Tampa Bay		Niittymaki	18,120	26–13–9	61	Recap
49	January 31	Philadelphia	0–4	St. Louis		Niittymaki	19,150	26–14–9	61	Recap

February: 7–3–1, 15 points (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
50	February 4	Boston	3–1	Philadelphia		Biron	19,748	26–15–9	61	Recap
51	February 7	Philadelphia	4–3	Boston	OT	Niittymaki	17,565	27–15–9	63	Recap
52	February 8	Philadelphia	3–2	Atlanta		Niittymaki	14,175	28–15–9	65	Recap
53	February 12	Ottawa	5–2	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,679	28–16–9	65	Recap
54	February 14	NY Islanders	1–5	Philadelphia		Biron	19,789	29–16–9	67	Recap
55	February 15	Philadelphia	5–2	NY Rangers		Biron	18,200	30–16–9	69	Recap
56	February 19	Buffalo	3–6	Philadelphia		Biron	19,642	31–16–9	71	Recap
57	February 21	Pittsburgh	5–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,992	31–17–9	71	Recap
58	February 24	Philadelphia	4–2	Washington		Biron	18,277	32–17–9	73	Recap
59	February 25	Los Angeles	0–2	Philadelphia		Biron	19,568	33–17–9	75	Recap
60	February 27	Montreal	4–3	Philadelphia	OT	Niittymaki	19,881	33–17–10	76	Recap

March: 8–7–0, 16 points (home: 4–4–0; road: 4–3–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
61	March 1	Philadelphia	0–3	New Jersey		Biron	17,625	33–18–10	76	Recap
62	March 3	Philadelphia	4–2	Boston		Niittymaki	17,020	34–18–10	78	Recap
63	March 5	Calgary	5–1	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,513	34–19–10	78	Recap
64	March 7	Nashville	1–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,611	35–19–10	80	Recap
65	March 10	Buffalo	2–5	Philadelphia		Biron	19,421	36–19–10	82	Recap
66	March 12	Washington	2–1	Philadelphia		Biron	19,728	36–20–10	82	Recap
67	March 14	NY Rangers	2–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,836	37–20–10	84	Recap
68	March 15	Philadelphia	1–4	NY Rangers		Niittymaki	18,200	37–21–10	84	Recap
69	March 17	Philadelphia	2–3	Detroit		Biron	20,066	37–22–10	84	Recap
70	March 20	Philadelphia	6–4	Buffalo		Biron	18,690	38–22–10	86	Recap
71	March 22	Philadelphia	3–1	Pittsburgh		Biron	17,132	39–22–10	88	Recap
72	March 23	New Jersey	2–4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,762	40–22–10	90	Recap
73	March 26	Florida	4–2	Philadelphia		Biron	19,631	40–23–10	90	Recap
74	March 28	Philadelphia	4–3	NY Islanders	SO	Biron	16,234	41–23–10	92	Recap
75	March 29	Boston	4–3	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,715	41–24–10	92	Recap

April: 3–3–1, 7 points (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–2–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
76	April 1	Philadelphia	2–3	Toronto		Biron	19,340	41–25–10	92	Recap
77	April 3	Toronto	5–8	Philadelphia		Biron	19,727	42–25–10	94	Recap
78	April 4	Philadelphia	3–4	Ottawa	SO	Niittymaki	19,557	42–25–11	95	Recap
79	April 7	Florida	1–2	Philadelphia		Biron	19,637	43–25–11	97	Recap
80	April 9	Philadelphia	1–2	NY Rangers		Biron	18,200	43–26–11	97	Recap
81	April 11	Philadelphia	3–2	NY Islanders		Biron	16,234	44–26–11	99	Recap
82	April 12	NY Rangers	4–3	Philadelphia		Biron	19,648	44–27–11	99	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs^[15]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–2

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 15	Philadelphia	1–4	Pittsburgh		Biron	17,132	Penguins lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 17	Philadelphia	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Biron	17,132	Penguins lead 2–0	Recap
3	April 19	Pittsburgh	3–6	Philadelphia		Biron	19,745	Penguins lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 21	Pittsburgh	3–1	Philadelphia		Biron	19,883	Penguins lead 3–1	Recap
5	April 23	Philadelphia	3–0	Pittsburgh		Biron	17,132	Penguins lead 3–2	Recap
6	April 25	Pittsburgh	5–3	Philadelphia		Biron	20,072	Penguins win 4–2	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.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
17	Jeff Carter	C	82	46	38	84	23	68	6	1	0	1	−2	8
18	Mike Richards	C	79	30	50	80	22	63	6	1	4	5	−4	6
12	Simon Gagne	LW	79	34	40	74	21	42	6	3	1	4	−4	2
19	Scott Hartnell	LW	82	30	30	60	14	143	6	1	1	2	−2	23
15	Joffrey Lupul	RW	79	25	25	50	1	58	6	1	1	2	1	2
22	Mike Knuble	RW	82	27	20	47	5	62	6	2	1	3	−2	2
44	Kimmo Timonen	D	77	3	40	43	19	54	6	0	1	1	−3	12
5	Braydon Coburn	D	80	7	21	28	7	97	6	0	3	3	2	7
28	Claude Giroux	RW	42	9	18	27	10	14	6	2	3	5	2	6
48	Danny Briere	C	29	11	14	25	−1	26	6	1	3	4	−1	8
25	Matt Carle†	D	64	4	20	24	2	16	6	0	3	3	0	4
9	Scottie Upshall‡	RW	55	7	14	21	5	63	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Arron Asham	RW	78	8	12	20	0	155	6	1	1	2	−1	6
13	Glen Metropolit‡	C	55	4	10	14	−1	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Andrew Alberts†	D	79	1	12	13	6	61	6	0	1	1	1	10
36	Darroll Powe	C	60	6	5	11	−8	35	6	1	2	3	0	7
23	Ossi Vaananen‡	D	46	1	9	10	7	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Randy Jones	D	47	4	4	8	8	22	6	0	1	1	1	0
47	Luca Sbisa	D	39	0	7	7	−6	36	1	0	0	0	0	2
13	Daniel Carcillo†	LW	20	0	4	4	−2	80	5	1	1	2	3	5
77	Ryan Parent	D	31	0	4	4	3	10	6	0	0	0	−3	6
14	Andreas Nodl	RW	38	1	3	4	−15	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Riley Cote	LW	63	0	3	3	−7	174	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Martin Biron	G	55	0	4	4		0	6	0	0	0		0
24	Josh Gratton†	LW	19	1	2	3	−2	57	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Jon Kalinski	C	12	1	2	3	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Steve Eminger‡	D	12	0	2	2	0	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Lasse Kukkonen	D	22	0	2	2	−2	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Antero Niittymaki	G	32	0	1	1		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Boyd Kane	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Danny Syvret	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Steve Downie‡	RW	6	0	0	0	−4	11	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Nate Guenin	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	Nate Raduns	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Jared Ross	C	10	0	0	0	−4	2	6	1	0	1	0	0
40	David Sloane	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	Jamie Fritsch	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
43	Martin Biron	55	53	29	19	5	1718	146	2.76	.915	2	3,176:31	6	6	2	4	198	16	2.56	.919	1	374:44
30	Antero Niittymaki	32	29	15	8	6	947	83	2.76	.912	1	1,804:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL 2nd Star of the Month	Jeff Carter (December)	^[16]
	NHL 1st Star of the Week	Mike Richards (February 23)	^[17]
	NHL 2nd Star of the Week	Jeff Carter (December 22)	^[18]
	NHL 3rd Star of the Week	Simon Gagne (November 3)	^[19]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jeff Carter	^[20]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kimmo Timonen	^[21]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mike Richards	^[21]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Scott Hartnell	^[21]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Darroll Powe	^[21]
	Toyota Cup	Jeff Carter	^[21]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Danny Briere	^[21]

Records

Among the team records set during the 2008–09 season was Simon Gagne tying the team record for most shorthanded goals in a single game on November 13.^[22] On December 20, Scott Hartnell tied the team record with three goals scored in a single period.^[23] On the season, Mike Richards tied the team record for most shorthanded goals (7) and Jeff Carter tied the mark for most game-winning goals (12).^[24]^[25] The one shorthanded goal allowed by the Flyers during the season is the fewest in franchise history.^[26]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
25th shutout	Martin Biron	February 25, 2009	^[27]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 5, 2008, the day after the deciding game of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 12, 2009, the day of the deciding game of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals.^[28]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 6, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Danny Syvret	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan Potulny	^[29]
June 18, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick (196th overall) in 2008 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2009^[a]	To Tampa Bay Lightning Rights to Vaclav Prospal	^[31]
June 20, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick (19th overall) in 2008 3rd-round pick (67th overall) in 2008	To Columbus Blue Jackets R. J. Umberger 4th-round pick (118th overall) in 2008	^[32]
June 20, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Eminger 3rd-round pick (84th overall) in 2008	To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick (27th overall) in 2008	^[33]
June 21, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2009	To Anaheim Ducks 7th-round pick (208th overall) in 2008	^[34]
June 24, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Janne Niskala	To Nashville Predators Triston Grant 7th-round pick in 2009	^[35]
June 30, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Tim Ramholt	To Calgary Flames Kyle Greentree	^[36]
June 30, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2009	To Tampa Bay Lightning Janne Niskala	^[37]
July 1, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Patrik Hersley Ned Lukacevic	To Los Angeles Kings Denis Gauthier 2nd-round pick in 2010	^[38]
October 13, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrew Alberts	To Boston Bruins Ned Lukacevic Conditional 3rd- or 4th-round pick in 2009^[b]	^[40]
October 30, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Josh Gratton	To Nashville Predators Tim Ramholt	^[41]
November 7, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Carle 3rd-round pick in 2009	To Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Downie Steve Eminger 4th-round pick in 2009	^[42]
March 4, 2009	To Philadelphia Flyers Daniel Carcillo	To Phoenix Coyotes Scottie Upshall 2nd-round pick in 2011	^[43]
March 4, 2009^[c]	To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle McLaren	To San Jose Sharks 6th-round pick in 2009	^[43]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2008 (2008-07-01)	Sean Curry	Providence Bruins (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[45]
	Glen Metropolit	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	^[45]
	Nate Raduns	Worcester Sharks (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[45]
	Ossi Vaananen	Djurgardens IF (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[45]
July 7, 2008 (2008-07-07)	Arron Asham	New Jersey Devils	2-year	Free agency	^[46]
September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18)	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	Anaheim Ducks	1-year	Free agency	^[47]
March 26, 2009 (2009-03-26)	Johan Backlund	Timra IK (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[48]
June 10, 2009 (2009-06-10)	Ray Emery	Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[49]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[d]	Ref
July 3, 2008 (2008-07-03)	Rory Fitzpatrick	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	^[52]
July 3, 2008 (2008-07-03)	Stefan Ruzicka	HC Spartak Moscow (KHL)	Free agency (II)^[e]	^[54]
July 8, 2008 (2008-07-08)	Jason Smith	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (III)	^[55]
July 14, 2008 (2008-07-14)	Patrick Thoresen	HC Lugano (NLA)	Free agency (II)^[f]	^[57]
July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25)	Martin Grenier	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)	Free agency (III)	^[58]
July 31, 2008 (2008-07-31)	Jaroslav Modry	HC Liberec (ELH)	Free agency (III)	^[59]
August 21, 2008 (2008-08-21)	Rejean Beauchemin	Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[60]
August 28, 2008 (2008-08-28)	Darren Reid	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[61]
October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08)	Jesse Boulerice	Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)	Free agency (III)	^[62]
October 22, 2008 (2008-10-22)	Martin Houle	Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[63]
November 17, 2008 (2008-11-17)	Frederik Cabana		Release	^[64]
February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)	Glen Metropolit	Montreal Canadiens	Waivers	^[65]
February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)	Ossi Vaananen	Vancouver Canucks	Waivers	^[65]
April 7, 2009 (2009-04-07)	Jim Dowd		Retirement (III)	^[66]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 26, 2008 (2008-06-26)	Jeff Carter	3-year	Re-signing	^[67]
June 29, 2008 (2008-06-29)	Steve Eminger	1-year	Re-signing	^[68]
July 2, 2008 (2008-07-02)	Riley Cote	3-year	Re-signing	^[69]
	Randy Jones	2-year	Re-signing	^[69]
	Danny Syvret	1-year	Re-signing
July 15, 2008 (2008-07-15)	Nate Guenin	1-year	Re-signing
July 21, 2008 (2008-07-21)	Joffrey Lupul	4-year	Extension	^[70]
July 22, 2008 (2008-07-22)	Kevin Marshall	3-year	Entry-level	^[71]
August 7, 2008 (2008-08-07)	Chris Zarb		Entry-level
N/A	Scott Munroe	1-year	Re-signing
October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01)	Luca Sbisa	3-year	Entry-level	^[72]
April 1, 2009 (2009-04-01)	James van Riemsdyk	3-year	Entry-level	^[73]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario on June 20–21, 2008.^[74] The Flyers traded their originally allotted second, third, fifth, and seventh-round picks in four separate trades.^[75]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	19	Luca Sbisa	Defense	Switzerland	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	^[g]
3	67	Marc-Andre Bourdon	Defense	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)	^[g]
3	84	Jacob DeSerres	Goaltender	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	^[h]
6	178	Zac Rinaldo	Center	Canada	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
7	196	Joacim Eriksson	Goaltender	Sweden	Brynas IF (Elitserien)	^[i]

Farm teams

American Hockey League – Philadelphia Phantoms^[76]^[77] (Standings)

The 2008–09 season was the Phantoms' last playing in the Wachovia Spectrum and means they will move following the season. Comcast Spectacor sold the Phantoms to the Brooks Group of Pittsburgh on February 4, 2009, and the new ownership has expressed interest in eventually moving the Phantoms to Allentown provided that a multi-purpose arena can be constructed there. Until a permanent new home is found for the club it will have to operate starting in 2009–10 in a temporary location. The site being given the most serious consideration for that is Glen Falls, the former home of the AHL Adirondack Red Wings from 1979 to 1999.^[78] Comcast Spectacor continued to operate the team through the conclusion of the 2008–09 AHL season and playoffs.

With Craig Berube returning to his role as an assistant coach with the Flyers, John Paddock was named head coach of the Phantoms.^[79] The Phantoms trailed the Binghamton Senators by as many as 12 points on March 14 for the final playoff spot in the East Division, but came back to overtake Binghamton and clinch the final playoff spot in the final regular season game at the Spectrum. The Phantoms final season in Philadelphia came to an end after being swept from the first round of the playoffs by the Hershey Bears.

ECHL – Mississippi Sea Wolves^[80] (Standings)

Mississippi missed the ECHL playoffs and announced they would suspend operations for the 2009–10 season.

Notes

^ The Flyers would receive the fourth-round pick if the Lightning re-signed Prospal, which they did on June 30.^[30]
^ The Bruins would have received a third-round pick instead of a fourth-round pick if Alberts re-signed with the Flyers after the 2008–09 season. The Flyers did not re-sign Alberts and the draft pick remained a fourth-rounder.^[39]
^ The trade was nullified after McLaren failed his physical.^[44]
^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[50]^[51]
^ Philadelphia retained Ruzicka's NHL rights through the 2011–12 season.^[53]
^ Philadelphia retained Thoresen's NHL rights through the 2010–11 season.^[56]
^ ^a ^b The Flyers traded R. J. Umberger and their fourth-round pick, 118th overall, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for the Colorado Avalanche's first-round pick, 19th overall, and the Blue Jackets' third-round pick, 67th overall, on June 20, 2008.^[75]
^ The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 27th overall, to the Washington Capitals for Steve Eminger and the Capitals' third-round pick, 84th overall, on June 20, 2008.^[75]
^ The Flyers traded Vaclav Prospal to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Nashville Predators' seventh-round pick, 196th overall, and a conditional 2009 fourth-round pick (if Lightning re-sign Prospal) on June 18, 2008.^[75]

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Philadelphia Flyers Historical Salaries from CapGeek.com

[31] The Flyers would receive the fourth-round pick if the Lightning re-signed Prospal, which they did on June 30.^[30]

[41] The Bruins would have received a third-round pick instead of a fourth-round pick if Alberts re-signed with the Flyers after the 2008–09 season. The Flyers did not re-sign Alberts and the draft pick remained a fourth-rounder.^[39]

[47] The trade was nullified after McLaren failed his physical.^[44]

[55] In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[50]^[51]

[58] Philadelphia retained Ruzicka's NHL rights through the 2011–12 season.^[53]

[62] Philadelphia retained Thoresen's NHL rights through the 2010–11 season.^[56]

[fn1-82] The Flyers traded R. J. Umberger and their fourth-round pick, 118th overall, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for the Colorado Avalanche's first-round pick, 19th overall, and the Blue Jackets' third-round pick, 67th overall, on June 20, 2008.^[75]

[83] The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 27th overall, to the Washington Capitals for Steve Eminger and the Capitals' third-round pick, 84th overall, on June 20, 2008.^[75]

[84] The Flyers traded Vaclav Prospal to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Nashville Predators' seventh-round pick, 196th overall, and a conditional 2009 fourth-round pick (if Lightning re-sign Prospal) on June 18, 2008.^[75]

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