1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers season

1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
1998–99 record	37–26–19
Home record	21–9–11
Road record	16–17–8
Goals for	231
Goals against	196
Team information
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Roger Neilson
Captain	Eric Lindros
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Eric Desjardins
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,612[1]
Minor league affiliations	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)[2]
Team leaders
Goals	John LeClair (43)
Assists	Eric Lindros (53)
Points	Eric Lindros (93)
Penalties in minutes	Eric Lindros (120)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+36)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (27)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (2.18)
<1997–98 1999–00>

The 1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games.

Off-season

In the off-season, the Flyers went looking for a new goaltender. They opted not to re-sign Sean Burke and Ron Hextall was about to enter his final season as a backup. They chose to sign former Florida Panther John Vanbiesbrouck over former Edmonton Oiler Curtis Joseph, who ended up signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Regular season

Looking to put the previous year's disappointment behind them, the Flyers began the season 4–0–1. However, a quick 1–6–3 downturn caused the first casualties - as Trent Klatt was dealt to Vancouver and Shjon Podein was shipped to Colorado for Keith Jones. Jones scored a goal in his first game in orange and black, a 6–1 rout of New Jersey, keying a 6–1–0 run.

Turmoil continued, as, after a 5–4 overtime loss to the Devils on December 10 saw the Flyers blow a 4–1 lead, the decision was made to end the Chris Gratton experiment. He was dealt back to Tampa Bay along with Mike Sillinger for Mikael Renberg and Daymond Langkow, and the move paid immediate dividends. Philly topped Toronto, 3–0, spurring a 15-game unbeaten streak (10–0–5) during which the club matched a record by shutting out their opponents in four consecutive games (Islanders, Carolina, Nashville, Washington).

Another run, this time a 6–0–2 streak from January 18 to February 6, tied the Flyers atop the NHL standings with the Dallas Stars. That momentum did not last long, as the club went 1–4–1 after the All-Star break, including an inexplicable 4–3 loss in Los Angeles where the Kings scored three goals in the final minutes, including a 60-foot game-winner by Jozef Stumpel just before the final buzzer.

Following a win over Pittsburgh, the team suffered through a franchise-worst 12 games without a victory (0–8–4), broken up only by a rally from two goals down to Detroit on March 21. Eric Lindros, who was having an MVP-type season with 40 goals and 53 assists in 71 games, was felled and lost for the season by a collapsed lung sustained during a 2–1 win against the expansion Nashville Predators on April 1. It is said that if roommate Keith Jones had not intervened at the last minute, Lindros might have died on the plane ride back to Philadelphia.

The Flyers managed to lock up the five-seed on the final day of the season with a win over Boston.

John LeClair continued his goal-scoring streak with 43 on the year, matching Tim Kerr's team record of four straight seasons with 40 or more goals. He was one of only a handful of players to make it through the entire season, as general manager Bob Clarke made 12 trades involving NHL players throughout the regular season,^[3] including re-acquiring former Flyer Mark Recchi from the Montreal Canadiens at the trade deadline.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
3	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	10	194	244	58

^[4]

Eastern Conference^[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	y – Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	23	15	239	179	103
3	y – Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	34	30	18	210	202	86
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	30	7	268	231	97
5	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	214	181	91
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	28	17	207	175	91
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	ATL	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
9	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	34	18	210	228	78
10	New York Rangers	ATL	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	32	39	11	184	209	75
12	Washington Capitals	SE	82	31	45	6	200	218	68
13	New York Islanders	ATL	82	24	48	10	194	244	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	54	9	179	292	47

Divisions: ATL - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

Playoffs

Although Vanbiesbrouck allowed nine goals to Curtis Joseph's eleven allowed, the Flyers lost their first round series with Toronto in six games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1998–99 regular season[6]
October: 5–3–2, 12 Points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 9 @ New York Rangers 1–0 1–0–0 2 2 11 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–1 2–0–0 4 3 16 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 3–0–0 6 4 17 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1–1 OT 3–0–1 7 5 20 San Jose Sharks 3–1 4–0–1 9 6 22 New Jersey Devils 2–3 4–1–1 9 7 24 New York Rangers 2–2 OT 4–1–2 10 8 27 St. Louis Blues 2–1 5–1–2 12 9 29 @ Ottawa Senators 1–3 5–2–2 12 10 31 @ New York Islanders 2–3 5–3–2 12
November: 6–4–2, 14 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–2–1) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 11 1 Ottawa Senators 4–5 5–4–2 12 12 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–4 OT 5–4–3 13 13 7 Buffalo Sabres 2–2 OT 5–4–4 14 14 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–5 5–5–4 14 15 12 Florida Panthers 1–2 5–6–4 14 16 14 New Jersey Devils 6–1 6–6–4 16 17 17 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 7–6–4 18 18 20 @ Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 8–6–4 20 19 22 @ Florida Panthers 2–1 OT 9–6–4 22 20 25 @ New York Islanders 2–4 9–7–4 22 21 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 10–7–4 24 22 29 Vancouver Canucks 6–2 11–7–4 26
December: 7–2–5, 19 Points (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 5–1–2) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 23 4 @ Buffalo Sabres 0–3 11–8–4 26 24 5 Washington Capitals 2–1 12–8–4 28 25 8 @ New Jersey Devils 5–5 OT 12–8–5 29 26 10 New Jersey Devils 4–5 OT 12–9–5 29 27 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 13–9–5 31 28 13 Edmonton Oilers 2–2 OT 13–9–6 32 29 17 Calgary Flames 3–3 OT 13–9–7 33 30 19 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 14–9–7 35 31 20 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–2 OT 14–9–8 36 32 23 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 15–9–8 38 33 26 @ Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 16–9–8 40 34 28 @ San Jose Sharks 1–1 OT 16–9–9 41 35 29 @ Calgary Flames 4–3 OT 17–9–9 43 36 31 @ Vancouver Canucks 6–2 18–9–9 45
January: 8–1–2, 18 Points (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 2–0–1) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 37 3 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–3 OT 18–9–10 46 38 7 New York Islanders 5–0 19–9–10 48 39 9 Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 20–9–10 50 40 11 Nashville Predators 8–0 21–9–10 52 41 13 @ Washington Capitals 3–0 22–9–10 54 42 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 22–10–10 56 43 18 @ Ottawa Senators 5–0 23–10–10 56 44 21 Washington Capitals 4–1 24–10–10 58 45 26 Florida Panthers 3–3 OT 24–10–11 59 46 28 Phoenix Coyotes 4–2 25–10–11 61 47 30 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 26–10–11 63
February: 4–7–2, 10 Points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–6–1) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 48 1 Los Angeles Kings 4–2 27–10–11 65 49 4 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 28–10–11 67 50 6 Boston Bruins 2–2 OT 28–10–12 68 51 10 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–5 28–11–12 68 52 11 @ Los Angeles Kings 3–4 28–12–12 68 53 14 @ Colorado Avalanche 4–4 OT 28–12–13 69 54 16 @ Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 29–12–13 71 55 18 Montreal Canadiens 1–3 29–13–13 71 56 20 @ Ottawa Senators 1–4 29–14–13 71 57 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 30–14–13 73 58 24 @ Florida Panthers 3–5 30–15–13 73 59 26 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–4 30–16–13 73 60 28 @ New York Rangers 5–6 30–17–13 73
March: 3–6–5, 11 Points (Home: 2–2–3; Road: 1–4–2) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 61 2 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–4 30–18–13 73 62 4 Ottawa Senators 0–5 30–19–13 73 63 6 New York Islanders 3–3 OT 30–19–14 74 64 7 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–1 OT 30–19–15 75 65 9 @ New York Islanders 2–2 OT 30–19–16 76 66 11 Colorado Avalanche 3–5 30–20–16 76 67 13 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 0–4 30–21–16 76 68 14 Dallas Stars 1–1 OT 30–21–17 77 69 16 @ St. Louis Blues 2–5 30–22–17 77 70 21 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 31–22–17 79 71 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 32–22–17 81 72 27 New York Rangers 3–1 33–22–17 83 73 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–3 OT 33–23–17 83 74 30 Carolina Hurricanes 3–3 OT 33–23–18 84
April: 4–3–1, 9 Points (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 75 1 @ Nashville Predators 2–1 34–23–18 86 76 3 @ Boston Bruins 0–3 34–24–18 86 77 5 New York Rangers 1–5 34–25–18 86 78 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 35–25–18 88 79 10 @ Washington Capitals 2–1 36–25–18 90 80 13 Buffalo Sabres 2–2 OT 36–25–19 91 81 16 @ New Jersey Devils 2–3 OT 36–26–19 91 82 18 Boston Bruins 3–1 37–26–19 93
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs - Maple Leafs win 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Series tied 1–1 3 April 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Maple Leafs lead 2–1 4 April 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 Series tied 2–2 5 April 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 OT Maple Leafs lead 3–2 6 May 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1 Maple Leafs win 4–2
Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
88	Lindros, EricEric Lindros	25	C	71	40	53	93	35	120	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
10	LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	29	LW	76	43	47	90	36	30	6	3	0	3	0	12
17	Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour	28	C	82	24	50	74	3	47	6	1	3	4	1	0
37	Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	29	D	68	15	36	51	18	38	6	2	2	4	1	0
20	Jones, KeithKeith Jones	30	RW	66	18	31	49	29	78	6	2	1	3	4	14
3	McGillis, DanDan McGillis	26	D	78	8	37	45	16	61	6	0	1	1	2	12
19	Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	26	RW	46	11	15	26	7	14	6	0	1	1	-1 −1	0
26	Zelepukin, ValeriValeri Zelepukin	30	LW	74	16	9	25	0	48	4	1	0	1	1	2
18	Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow	22	C	56	10	13	23	-8 −8	24	6	0	2	2	3	2
6	Therien, ChrisChris Therien	27	D	74	3	15	18	16	48	6	0	0	0	1	6
12	Forbes, ColinColin Forbes	22	LW	66	9	7	16	0	51	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
8	Hull, JodyJody Hull	29	RW	72	3	11	14	-2 −2	12	6	0	0	0	-1 −1	4
28	Bureau, MarcMarc Bureau	32	C	71	4	6	10	-2 −2	10	6	0	2	2	2	2
5	Tertyshny, DmitriDmitri Tertyshny	22	D	62	2	8	10	-1 −1	30	1	0	0	0	0	2
9	Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	20	RW	63	3	5	8	-5 −5	25	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
15	Maneluk, MikeMike Maneluk	25	RW	13	2	6	8	4	8	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
77	Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	23	C	26	1	7	8	-8 −8	41	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
25	Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	33	D	11	2	5	7	0	2	6	0	2	2	2	2
11	Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	30	RW	10	4	2	6	-3 −3	6	6	0	1	1	-1 −1	2
23	Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	32	D	25	4	2	6	5	28	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
44	Babych, DaveDave Babych	37	D	33	2	4	6	0	20	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
24 !24, 29	Dykhuis, KarlKarl Dykhuis	26	D	45	2	4	6	-2 −2	32	5	1	0	1	1	4
22	Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	29	D	78	0	6	6	-3 −3	106	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
11 !11, 19	Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	23	C	31	3	2	3	-1 −1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
09 !9, 15, 23	Greig, MarkMark Greig	29	RW	7	1	3	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	0
11	Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	27	C	25	0	3	3	-9 −9	8	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
24 !24, 29	Vopat, RomanRoman Vopat	22	C	48	0	3	3	-3 −3	80	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
27	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	34	G	23	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
25	Podein, ShjonShjon Podein	30	LW	14	1	0	1	-2 −2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
32	Bast, RyanRyan Bast	23	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
43	Delmore, AndyAndy Delmore	22	D	2	0	1	1	-1 −1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
14	Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	32	RW	7	0	1	1	1	0	6	0	1	1	1	2
15 !15, 25	Kovalenko, AndreiAndrei Kovalenko	28	RW	13	0	1	1	-5 −5	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
21	McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy	26	RW	13	0	1	1	-2 −2	25	6	0	1	1	1	0
2	Burt, AdamAdam Burt	30	D	17	0	1	1	1	14	6	0	0	0	1	4
34	Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	35	G	62	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	12	6	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	2
49	Pelletier, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Pelletier	20	G	1	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
54	Wesenberg, BrianBrian Wesenberg	21	RW	1	0	0	0	1	5	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
25	Joseph, ChrisChris Joseph	29	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
20	Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt	28	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
21	Kordic, DanDan Kordic	27	LW	2	0	0	0	-1 −1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
40	Zent, JasonJason Zent	27	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
14	White, PeterPeter White	29	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
15	Park, RichardRichard Park	22	C	7	0	0	0	-1 −1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
12 !12, 32	Berube, CraigCraig Berube	33	LW	11	0	0	0	-3 −3	28	6	1	0	1	1	4

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
34	Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	35	62	27	18	15	6	135	.902	2.18	3712	6	2	4	1	9	.938	1.46	369
27	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	34	23	10	7	4	0	52	.888	2.53	1235	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
49	Pelletier, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Pelletier	20	1	0	1	0	0	5	.828	5.00	60	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	John LeClair Eric Lindros
NHL Player of the Month	Eric Lindros (November)
NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 30) Eric Lindros (January 18)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Eric Desjardins (D) John LeClair (LW)

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Eric Lindros
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Daymond Langkow
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Eric Desjardins

Records

Team single season records

Record	Total
Fewest goals against, playoffs	9

Individual regular season single game records

Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Goals scored	John LeClair	4	November 29, 1998 vs. Vancouver Canucks (tied 15 times)

Individual regular season streaks records

Record	Player	Games	Dates
Longest points streak	Eric Lindros	18	January 7, 1999 through February 18, 1999 (tied by Bobby Clarke from February 26, 1975 through April 3, 1975)

Team regular season streaks records

Record	Games	Dates
Longest winless streak	12 (8 losses, 4 ties)	February 24, 1999 through March 16, 1999

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 17, 1998, the day after the deciding game of the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 19, 1999, the day of the deciding game of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals.^[7]

Trades

Date	Details
June 26, 1998[8]	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1998	To Nashville Predators Dominic Roussel Jeff Staples
June 27, 1998[9]	To Philadelphia Flyers NY Islanders' 5th-round pick in 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks Paul Coffey[a]
June 27, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 9th-round pick in 1998	To Dallas Stars 9th-round pick in 1999
August 6, 1998[10]	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1999	To San Jose Sharks rights to Johan Hedberg
August 25, 1998[11]	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To New York Islanders rights to Ray Giroux
October 5, 1998[12]	To Philadelphia Flyers Valeri Zelepukin	To Edmonton Oilers Daniel Lacroix
October 13, 1998[13]	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Ryan Bast 8th-round pick in 1999	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 1999
October 19, 1998[14]	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To Vancouver Canucks Trent Klatt[b]
November 12, 1998[15]	To Philadelphia Flyers Keith Jones	To Colorado Avalanche Shjon Podein
November 17, 1998[16]	To Philadelphia Flyers Roman Vopat	To Chicago Blackhawks Mike Maneluk
December 12, 1998[17]	To Philadelphia Flyers Daymond Langkow Mikael Renberg	To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Gratton Mike Sillinger
December 28, 1998[18]	To Philadelphia Flyers Karl Dykhuis	To Tampa Bay Lightning Petr Svoboda
January 8, 1999[19]	To Philadelphia Flyers Dennis Bonvie	To Chicago Blackhawks Frank Bialowas
January 26, 1999[20]	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Nashville Predators Sergei Klimentiev
January 29, 1999[21]	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrei Kovalenko	To Edmonton Oilers Alexandre Daigle
February 10, 1999[22]	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean O'Brien	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations
March 6, 1999[23]	To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Burt	To Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Kovalenko
March 10, 1999[24]	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Recchi	To Montreal Canadiens Dainius Zubrus Canadiens choice of a 2nd-round pick[c] Canadiens choice of a 6th or 7th-round pick[d]
March 20, 1999[25]	To Philadelphia Flyers Mikael Andersson Sandy McCarthy	To Tampa Bay Lightning Colin Forbes conditional draft pick in 1999 or 2000[e]
March 23, 1999[26]	To Philadelphia Flyers Craig Berube	To Washington Capitals future considerations
March 23, 1999[26]	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Duchesne	To Los Angeles Kings Dave Babych 5th-round pick in 2000
May 25, 1999[27]	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Francis Lessard	To Carolina Hurricanes 8th-round pick in 1999
June 1, 1999[28]	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 1999	To Vancouver Canucks rights to Pat Kavanagh

Trade notes

• ^a The Flyers agreed to pay $1 million of Coffey's salary.^[9]

• ^b The Flyers agreed to pay $1 million over three seasons of Klatt's salary.^[14]

• ^c The Canadiens had the choice of receiving the Flyers' second-round pick in 1999 or 2000. The Canadiens chose the 1999 second-round pick.^[24]

• ^d The Canadiens had the choice of receiving the San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick in 1999 or the New York Islanders' sixth-round pick in 2000. The Canadiens chose the Islanders' sixth-round pick.^[24]

• ^e The Lightning received the Flyers' 1999 fifth-round pick.

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details	Notes
July 6, 1998[29]	Marc Bureau	Montreal Canadiens	3 years, $3.3 million
July 7, 1998[30]	John Vanbiesbrouck	Florida Panthers	3 years, $10.75 million	Third year is option year
July 9, 1998[31]	Sergei Klimentiev	Rochester Americans (AHL)	2 years*
August 3, 1998[32]	David MacIsaac	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	1 year*
August 4, 1998[33]	Mark Greig	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)	2 years*
August 4, 1998[33]	Jason Zent	Ottawa Senators	2 years*
August 17, 1998[34]	Steve McLaren	Indianapolis Ice (IHL)	1 year*
August 24, 1998[35]	Richard Park	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1 year*
October 7, 1998[36][37]	Jody Hull	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 years, $925,000

Re-signed

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

Date	Player	Contract details	Notes
June 22, 1998[38]	Neil Little	1 year*
June 25, 1998[39][40]	Eric Lindros	1 year, $8.5 million
July 15, 1998[41]	Paul Healey	2 years*
July 15, 1998[41]	Ron Hextall	1 year extension
July 15, 1998[41]	Jeff Lank	2 years*
August 3, 1998[32][12]	Mike Maneluk	1 year, $275,000*
August 3, 1998[32]	John Stevens	2 years*
August 13, 1998[42]	Trent Klatt	1 year, $900,000	Salary arbitration award[a]
August 14, 1998[43]	Rod Brind'Amour	3 years, $11.25 million
August 17, 1998[34]	Peter White	3 years*
September 1, 1998[44]	Daniel Lacroix	1 year, $490,000
March 30, 1999[45][46]	Eric Desjardins	4 years, $15 million extension
May 10, 1999[47]	Mark Recchi	5 years, $25 million extension

Re-signed notes

• ^a Klatt later signed a two-year contract extension which when combined with the arbitration award totaled $3.2 million.^[48][14]

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
July 16, 1998[49]	Dmitri Tertyshny	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)	1995 6th-round pick	2 years
July 28, 1998[50]	Mark Eaton	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (CCHA)	Undrafted free agent	3 years

Departures

The following players — excluding those who were traded or claimed on waivers — left the team during the off-season. Players who were under contract during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Notes
June 26, 1998[8][51]	Craig Darby	Nashville Predators	Expansion Draft
August 6, 1998[52]	Jamie Heward	Nashville Predators	Free agency
September 11, 1998[53]	Sean Burke	Florida Panthers	Free agency
N/A[54]	John Druce	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)	Free agency
N/A[55]	Joel Otto	—	Retirement	No official announcement
October 14, 1998[56]	Kjell Samuelsson	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency
February 10, 1999[57]	John Stevens*	—	Retirement

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York on June 27, 1998.^[58]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1998 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2014–15 season)

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA	Notes
1	22	Gagne, SimonSimon Gagne	Left Wing	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)	822	291	310	601	328	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	42	Beckett, JasonJason Beckett	Defense	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[a]
2	51	Forbes, IanIan Forbes	Defense	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	109	Morin, J. P.J. P. Morin	Defense	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	124	Belanger, FrancisFrancis Belanger	Left Wing	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)	10	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	29	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[b]
5	139	Prosofsky, GarrettGarrett Prosofsky	Center	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	168	Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymaki	Goaltender	Finland	TPS (SM-liiga)	234	0.1 !0	3	3	6	95	86	0.1 !0	31	2.95
7	175	Ondrik, CamCam Ondrik	Goaltender	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[c]
7	195	Divisek, TomasTomas Divisek	Right Wing	Czech Republic	HC Slavia Praha (CZE)	5	1	0.1 !0	1	0.1 !0	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	222	Pistek, LubomirLubomir Pistek	Right Wing	Slovakia	Bratislava Slovan (Slovakia)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	243	Hubacek, PetrPetr Hubacek	Center	Czech Republic	Brno Kometa (Czech)	6	1	0.1 !0	1	2	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[d]
9	253	St. Jacques, BrunoBruno St. Jacques	Defense	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)	67	3	7	10	47	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	258	Skrobot, SergeiSergei Skrobot	Defense	Russia	Dynamo-2 Moscow (RUS)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[e]

Draft notes^[59]

• ^a The Flyers traded Janne Niinimaa to the Edmonton Oilers for Dan McGillis and the Oilers' second-round pick, 42nd overall, on March 24, 1998.
• The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 81st overall, to the Vancouver Canucks for Dave Babych and the Flyers' fifth-round pick, 139th overall, on March 24, 1998.
• ^b The Flyers traded Paul Coffey to the Chicago Blackhawks for the New York Islanders' fifth-round pick, 124th overall, on June 27, 1998.
• ^c The Flyers traded Dominic Roussel and Jeff Staples to the Nashville Predators for the Predators' seventh-round pick, 175th overall, on June 26, 1998.
• ^d The Flyers received the 243rd overall pick as compensation for losing Michel Petit as a free agent.
• ^e The Flyers traded their 1999 ninth-round pick to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' ninth-round pick, 258th overall, on June 27, 1998.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL.^[2][60]

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

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