1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers 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)

November: 6–4–2, 14 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–2–1)

December: 7–2–5, 19 Points (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 5–1–2)

January: 8–1–2, 18 Points (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 2–0–1)

February: 4–7–2, 10 Points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–6–1)

March: 3–6–5, 11 Points (Home: 2–2–3; Road: 1–4–2)

April: 4–3–1, 9 Points (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–2–0)

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

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	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	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	12	6	0	0	0	−1	4
28	Bureau, MarcMarc Bureau	32	C	71	4	6	10	−2	10	6	0	2	2	2	2
5	Tertyshny, DmitriDmitri Tertyshny	22	D	62	2	8	10	−1	30	1	0	0	0	0	2
9	Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	20	RW	63	3	5	8	−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	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	6	6	0	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	32	5	1	0	1	1	4
22	Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	29	D	78	0	6	6	−3	106	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
11 !11, 19	Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	23	C	31	3	2	3	−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	8	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
24 !24, 29	Vopat, RomanRoman Vopat	22	C	48	0	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	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	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	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
21	McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy	26	RW	13	0	1	1	−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	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	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
12 !12, 32	Berube, CraigCraig Berube	33	LW	11	0	0	0	−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	Notes	Ref
Bud Light Plus-Minus Award	John LeClair		^[7]
NHL Player of the Month	Eric Lindros (November)		^[8]
NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 30)		^[9]
NHL Player of the Week	Eric Lindros (January 18)		^[10]
NHL Second All-Star Team	Eric Desjardins (Defense)		^[11]
NHL Second All-Star Team	John LeClair (Left Wing)		^[11]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	John LeClair	Played for North American team	^[12]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Eric Lindros	Played for North American team	^[12]

Team awards^[13]
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.^[14]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1998	To Nashville Predators Dominic Roussel Jeff Staples	^[15]
June 27, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers NY Islanders' 5th-round pick in 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks Paul Coffey^[a]	^[16]
June 27, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 9th-round pick in 1998	To Dallas Stars 9th-round pick in 1999	^[17]
August 6, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1999	To San Jose Sharks rights to Johan Hedberg	^[18]
August 25, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To New York Islanders rights to Ray Giroux	^[19]
October 5, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Valeri Zelepukin	To Edmonton Oilers Daniel Lacroix	^[20]
October 13, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Ryan Bast 8th-round pick in 1999	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 1999	^[21]
October 19, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To Vancouver Canucks Trent Klatt^[b]	^[22]
November 12, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Keith Jones	To Colorado Avalanche Shjon Podein	^[23]
November 17, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Roman Vopat	To Chicago Blackhawks Mike Maneluk	^[24]
December 12, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Daymond Langkow Mikael Renberg	To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Gratton Mike Sillinger	^[25]
December 28, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Karl Dykhuis	To Tampa Bay Lightning Petr Svoboda	^[26]
January 8, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Dennis Bonvie	To Chicago Blackhawks Frank Bialowas	^[27]
January 26, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Nashville Predators Sergei Klimentiev	^[28]
January 29, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrei Kovalenko	To Edmonton Oilers Alexandre Daigle	^[29]
February 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean O'Brien	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations	^[30]
March 6, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Burt	To Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Kovalenko	^[31]
March 10, 1999	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]	^[32]
March 20, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Mikael Andersson Sandy McCarthy	To Tampa Bay Lightning Colin Forbes conditional draft pick in 1999 or 2000^[e]	^[33]
March 23, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Craig Berube	To Washington Capitals future considerations	^[34]
March 23, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Duchesne	To Los Angeles Kings Dave Babych 5th-round pick in 2000	^[34]
May 25, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Francis Lessard	To Carolina Hurricanes 8th-round pick in 1999	^[35]
June 1, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 1999	To Vancouver Canucks rights to Pat Kavanagh	^[36]

Trade notes

^a The Flyers agreed to pay $1 million of Coffey's salary.^[16]
^b The Flyers agreed to pay $1 million over three seasons of Klatt's salary.^[22]
^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.^[32]
^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.^[32]
^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	Ref
July 6, 1998	Marc Bureau	Montreal Canadiens	3 years, $3.3 million		^[37]
July 7, 1998	John Vanbiesbrouck	Florida Panthers	3 years, $10.75 million	Third year is option year	^[38]
July 9, 1998	Sergei Klimentiev	Rochester Americans (AHL)	2 years*		^[39]
August 3, 1998	David MacIsaac	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	1 year*		^[40]
August 4, 1998	Mark Greig	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)	2 years*		^[41]
August 4, 1998	Jason Zent	Ottawa Senators	2 years*		^[41]
August 17, 1998	Steve McLaren	Indianapolis Ice (IHL)	1 year*		^[42]
August 24, 1998	Richard Park	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1 year*		^[43]
October 7, 1998	Jody Hull	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 years, $925,000		^[44]^[45]

Re-signed

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

Date	Player	Contract details	Notes	Ref
June 22, 1998	Neil Little	1 year*		^[46]
June 25, 1998	Eric Lindros	1 year, $8.5 million		^[47]^[48]
July 15, 1998	Paul Healey	2 years*		^[49]
July 15, 1998	Ron Hextall	1 year extension		^[49]
July 15, 1998	Jeff Lank	2 years*		^[49]
August 3, 1998	Mike Maneluk	1 year, $275,000*		^[20]^[40]
August 3, 1998	John Stevens	2 years*		^[40]
August 13, 1998	Trent Klatt	1 year, $900,000	Salary arbitration award^[a]	^[50]
August 14, 1998	Rod Brind'Amour	3 years, $11.25 million		^[51]
August 17, 1998	Peter White	3 years*		^[42]
September 1, 1998	Daniel Lacroix	1 year, $490,000		^[52]
March 30, 1999	Eric Desjardins	4 years, $15 million extension		^[53]^[54]
May 10, 1999	Mark Recchi	5 years, $25 million extension		^[55]

Re-signed notes

^a Klatt later signed a two-year contract extension which when combined with the arbitration award totaled $3.2 million.^[22]^[56]

Entry level contracts

The following players — Flyers draft picks, undrafted free agents, and the unsigned draft picks of other teams — were signed by the Flyers to entry level contracts.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
July 16, 1998	Dmitri Tertyshny	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)	1995 6th-round pick	2 years	^[57]
July 28, 1998	Mark Eaton	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (CCHA)	Undrafted free agent	3 years	^[58]

NHL Expansion Draft

The 1998 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 26, 1998.^[15]^[59] It featured one expansion team, the Nashville Predators, selecting players from the other 26 NHL teams.^[59] Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 5 defensemen, and 9 forwards OR 2 goaltenders, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards.^[59] All first-year players were exempt.^[59] The Predators were provided a list of players they could select.^[59]

The Flyers protected the following players:^[59] goaltender Ron Hextall, defensemen Dave Babych, Eric Desjardins, Jeff Lank, Luke Richardson, Petr Svoboda, and Chris Therien, and forwards Rod Brind'Amour, Alexandre Daigle, Chris Gratton, Trent Klatt, John LeClair, Eric Lindros, Mike Maneluk, Shjon Podein, and Mike Sillinger.

The Flyers made the following players available:^[59] goaltenders Sean Burke (unrestricted free agent), Neil Little, and Dominic Roussel (restricted free agent), defensemen Artem Anisimov (unsigned draft pick), Paul Coffey, Chris Joseph, Kjell Samuelsson (unrestricted free agent), Jeff Staples (restricted free agent), John Stevens, and Roman Zolotov (unsigned draft pick), and forwards Frank Bialowas, Bruce Coles, Craig Darby, John Druce, Paul Healey (restricted free agent), Patrik Juhlin, Dan Kordic, Daniel Lacroix (restricted free agent), Jan Lipiansky, Shawn McCosh, Jim Montgomery, Brantt Myhres (restricted free agent), and Joel Otto (unrestricted free agent).

Players selected from the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft^[59]^[60]
Pick	Player	Selected by
12	Craig Darby	Nashville Predators

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1998 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 5, 1998.^[61] Each NHL team placed 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.^[61] First-year professional players were exempt.^[61] The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.^[61]

The Flyers left the following players unprotected:^[62] goaltender Neil Little, defensemen Chris Joseph, Sergei Klimentiev, Jeff Lank, David MacIsaac, and John Stevens, and forwards Frank Bialowas, Bruce Coles, Mark Greig, Paul Healey, Patrik Juhlin, Daniel Lacroix, Shawn McCosh, Jim Montgomery, Richard Park, Peter White, and Jason Zent.

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Notes	Ref
August 6, 1998	Jamie Heward	Nashville Predators	Free agency		^[63]
September 11, 1998	Sean Burke	Florida Panthers	Free agency		^[64]
N/A	John Druce	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)	Free agency		^[65]
N/A	Joel Otto	—	Retirement	No official announcement	^[66]
October 14, 1998	Kjell Samuelsson	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency		^[67]
February 10, 1999	John Stevens*	—	Retirement		^[68]

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.^[69]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1998 and their NHL career regular season statistics
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^[70]

^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]^[71]

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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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Philadelphia Flyers seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Philadelphia Flyers

Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft Eric Lindros trade Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Comcast Spectacor (Ed Snider, chairman) President Paul Holmgren General manager Ron Hextall Head coach Dave Hakstol Team captain Claude Giroux Current roster

Arenas	Spectrum Wells Fargo Center

Rivalries	Pittsburgh Penguins New York Rangers New Jersey Devils

Affiliates	AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms ECHL Reading Royals USPHL Premier Philadelphia Flyers-USPHL Affiliate history

Media	CSN Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia 97.5 The Fanatic Broadcasters

Culture/Lore	1976 Flyers–Red Army game 2010 NHL Winter Classic 2012 NHL Winter Classic Broad Street Bullies Curse of Billy Penn Ed Snider Flyers–Senators brawl Gene Hart "God Bless America" Kate Smith Lauren Hart Legion of Doom Lou Nolan Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

1998–99 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs 1999 Stanley Cup Finals

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