2008–09 Philadelphia Flyers season

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,^[4] with Jason Smith headed to the Ottawa Senators as a free agent. 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.^[5]

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – 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

Pre-season

2008 pre-season^[6]

Pre-season: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–5–0)

Legend: Win Loss Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2008–09 regular season

October: 4–3–3, 11 points (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–1–2)

November: 7–4–2, 16 points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–2–1)

December: 9–3–2, 20 points (Home: 7–0–1; Road: 2–3–1)

January: 6–4–2, 14 points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 3–3–2)

February: 7–3–1, 15 points (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 4–0–0)

March: 8–7–0, 16 points (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 4–3–0)

April: 3–3–1, 7 points (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–2–1)

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

Playoffs

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins - Penguins 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
17	Carter, JeffJeff Carter	24	C	82	46	38	84	23	68	6	1	0	1	−2	8
18	Richards, MikeMike Richards	23	C	79	30	50	80	22	63	6	1	4	5	−4	6
12	Gagne, SimonSimon Gagne	28	LW	79	34	40	74	21	42	6	3	1	4	−4	2
19	Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell	26	LW	82	30	30	60	14	143	6	1	1	2	−2	23
15	Lupul, JoffreyJoffrey Lupul	25	RW	79	25	25	50	1	58	6	1	1	2	1	2
22	Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	36	RW	82	27	20	47	5	62	6	2	1	3	−2	2
44	Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen	33	D	77	3	40	43	19	54	6	0	1	1	−3	12
5	Coburn, BraydonBraydon Coburn	23	D	80	7	21	28	7	97	6	0	3	3	2	7
28	Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux	21	RW	42	9	18	27	10	14	6	2	3	5	2	6
48	Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	31	C	29	11	14	25	−1	26	6	1	3	4	−1	8
25	Carle, MattMatt Carle	24	D	64	4	20	24	2	16	6	0	3	3	0	4
9	Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall	25	RW	55	7	14	21	5	63	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
45	Asham, ArronArron Asham	30	RW	78	8	12	20	0	155	6	1	1	2	−1	6
13	Metropolit, GlenGlen Metropolit	34	C	55	4	10	14	−1	15	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
41	Alberts, AndrewAndrew Alberts	27	D	79	1	12	13	6	61	6	0	1	1	1	10
36	Powe, DarrollDarroll Powe	23	C	60	6	5	11	−8	35	6	1	2	3	0	7
23	Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen	28	D	46	1	9	10	7	22	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
6	Jones, RandyRandy Jones	27	D	47	4	4	8	8	22	6	0	1	1	1	0
47	Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa	19	D	39	0	7	7	−6	36	1	0	0	0	0	2
13	Carcillo, DanielDaniel Carcillo	24	LW	20	0	4	4	−2	80	5	1	1	2	3	5
77	Parent, RyanRyan Parent	21	D	31	0	4	4	3	10	6	0	0	0	−3	6
14	Nodl, AndreasAndreas Nodl	21	RW	38	1	3	4	−15	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
32	Cote, RileyRiley Cote	26	LW	63	0	3	3	−7	174	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
43	Biron, MartinMartin Biron	31	G	55	0	4	4	-98 !N/A	0	6	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
24	Gratton, JoshJosh Gratton	26	LW	19	1	2	3	−2	57	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
46	Kalinski, JonJon Kalinski	21	C	12	1	2	3	−2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
26	Eminger, SteveSteve Eminger	25	D	12	0	2	2	0	8	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
3	Kukkonen, LasseLasse Kukkonen	27	D	22	0	2	2	−2	10	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
30	Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymaki	28	G	32	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
11	Kane, BoydBoyd Kane	30	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
26	Syvret, DannyDanny Syvret	23	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
27	Downie, SteveSteve Downie	21	RW	6	0	0	0	−4	11	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
29	Guenin, NateNate Guenin	26	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
60	Raduns, NateNate Raduns	24	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
42	Ross, JaredJared Ross	26	C	10	0	0	0	−4	2	6	1	0	1	0	0
40	Sloane, DavidDavid Sloane	23	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
51	Fritsch, JamieJamie Fritsch	23	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	OT	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
43	Biron, MartinMartin Biron	31	55	29	19	5	2	146	.915	2.76	3177	6	2	4	1	16	.919	2.56	375
30	Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymaki	28	32	15	8	6	1	83	.912	2.76	1805	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
NHL 2nd Star of the Month	Jeff Carter (December)	^[7]
NHL 1st Star of the Week	Mike Richards (February 23)	^[8]
NHL 2nd Star of the Week	Jeff Carter (December 22)	^[9]
NHL 3rd Star of the Week	Simon Gagne (November 3)	^[10]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Jeff Carter	^[11]

Team awards^[12]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kimmo Timonen
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mike Richards
Gene Hart Memorial Award	Scott Hartnell
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Darroll Powe
Toyota Cup	Jeff Carter
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Daniel Briere

Records

Individual single season records
Record	Total	Player
Shorthanded goals	7	Mike Richards (tied by Brian Propp in 1984–85 and Mark Howe in 1985–86)
Game-winning goals	12	Jeff Carter (tied by Brian Propp in 1982–83)

Team single season records
Record	Total
Fewest shorthanded goals allowed	1
Shootout wins	4 (tied in 2005–06, 2009–10, and 2011–12)

Milestones

Individual career milestones
Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
25th shutout	Martin Biron	Stopped all 34 shots against the Los Angeles Kings	February 25, 2009	^[13]

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.^[14]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 6, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Danny Syvret	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan Potulny	^[15]
June 18, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Nashville's 7th-round pick in 2008 conditional 4th-round pick in 2009^[a]	To Tampa Bay Lightning rights to Vaclav Prospal	^[16]
June 20, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Colorado's 1st-round pick in 2008 3rd-round pick in 2008	To Columbus Blue Jackets rights to R. J. Umberger 4th-round pick in 2008	^[17]
June 20, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Eminger 3rd-round pick in 2008	To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2008	^[18]
June 21, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2009	To Anaheim Ducks 7th-round pick in 2008	^[19]
June 24, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Janne Niskala	To Nashville Predators Triston Grant 7th-round pick in 2009	^[20]
June 30, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Tim Ramholt	To Calgary Flames Kyle Greentree	^[21]
June 30, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2009	To Tampa Bay Lightning Janne Niskala	^[22]
July 1, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Patrik Hersley Ned Lukacevic	To Los Angeles Kings Denis Gauthier 2nd-round pick in 2010	^[23]
October 13, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrew Alberts	To Boston Bruins Ned Lukacevic conditional 3rd or 4th-round pick in 2009^[b]	^[24]
October 30, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Josh Gratton	To Nashville Predators Tim Ramholt	^[25]
November 7, 2008	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Carle San Jose's 3rd-round pick in 2009	To Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Downie Steve Eminger Tampa Bay's 4th-round pick in 2009	^[26]
March 4, 2009	To Philadelphia Flyers Daniel Carcillo	To Phoenix Coyotes Scottie Upshall 2nd-round pick in 2011	^[27]
March 4, 2009^[c]	To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle McLaren	To San Jose Sharks 6th-round pick in 2009	^[27]

Trade notes

^a The Flyers would receive the fourth-round pick if the Lightning re-signed Prospal, which they did on June 30.^[28]

^b 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.^[29]

^c The trade was nullified after McLaren failed his physical.^[30]

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	Ref
July 1, 2008	Sean Curry	Providence Bruins (AHL)	2 years, $1.125 million*	^[31]
July 1, 2008	Glen Metropolit	Boston Bruins	2 years, $2 million	^[31]
July 1, 2008	Nate Raduns	Worcester Sharks (AHL)	1 year, $555,000*	^[31]
July 1, 2008	Ossi Vaananen	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)	1 year, $1 million	^[31]
July 7, 2008	Arron Asham	New Jersey Devils	2 years, $1.28 million	^[32]
September 18, 2008	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	Anaheim Ducks	1 year*	^[33]
March 26, 2009	Johan Backlund	Timra IK (Elitserien)	1 year, $800,000*^[a]	^[34]
June 10, 2009	Ray Emery	Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)	1 year, $1.5 million	^[35]

Free agency notes

^a Contract for the 2009–10 season.

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 26, 2008	Jeff Carter	3 years, $15 million		^[36]
June 29, 2008	Steve Eminger	1 year, $1.2 million	Acquired in June 20 trade	^[37]
July 2, 2008	Riley Cote	3 years, $1.65 million		^[38]
July 2, 2008	Randy Jones	2 years, $5.5 million		^[38]
July 2, 2008	Danny Syvret	1 year, $550,000*
July 15, 2008	Nate Guenin	1 year, $550,000*
July 21, 2008	Joffrey Lupul	4 years, $17 million extension		^[39]

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 22, 2008	Kevin Marshall	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)	2007 2nd-round pick	3 years, $2.625 million	^[40]
August 7, 2008	Chris Zarb	Ferris State University (CCHA)	2004 5th-round pick
October 1, 2008	Luca Sbisa	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	2008 1st-round pick	3 years, $2.625 million	^[41]
April 1, 2009	James van Riemsdyk	University of New Hampshire (HE)	2007 1st-round pick	3 years, $4.962 million	^[42]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
February 27, 2009	Glen Metropolit	Montreal Canadiens	Philadelphia Flyers	^[43]
February 27, 2009	Ossi Vaananen	Vancouver Canucks	Philadelphia Flyers	^[44]

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
July 3, 2008	Rory Fitzpatrick	Florida Panthers	Free agency		^[45]
July 3, 2008	Stefan Ruzicka	Spartak Moscow (KHL)	Free agency	Flyers retained NHL rights	^[46]
July 8, 2008	Jason Smith	Ottawa Senators	Free agency		^[47]
July 14, 2008	Patrick Thoresen	HC Lugano (NLA)	Free agency	Flyers retained NHL rights	^[48]
July 25, 2008	Martin Grenier	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)	Free agency		^[49]
July 31, 2008	Jaroslav Modry	HC Liberec (CZE)	Free agency		^[50]
August 21, 2008	Rejean Beauchemin	Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)	Free agency		^[51]
August 28, 2008	Darren Reid	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency		^[52]
October 22, 2008	Martin Houle	Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)	Free agency		^[53]
November 8, 2008	Jesse Boulerice	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency		^[54]
November 17, 2008	Frederik Cabana*	—	Release		^[55]
April 7, 2009	Jim Dowd	—	Retirement		^[56]

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.^[57]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2008 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2015–16 season)
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	OT	GAA	Notes
1	19	Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa	Defense	Switzerland	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	383	14	61	75	289	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
3	67	Bourdon, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bourdon	Defense	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)	45	4	3	7	52	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
3	84	De Serres, JacobJacob De Serres	Goaltender	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[b]
6	178	Rinaldo, ZacZac Rinaldo	Center	Canada	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)	275	9	18	27	655	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	196	Eriksson, JoacimJoacim Eriksson	Goaltender	Sweden	Brynas IF (Elitserien)	1	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	10.00	^[c]

Draft notes^[58]

^a 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.
^b 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.
The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 58th overall, and the Nashville Predators' 2007 third-round pick to the Washington Capitals for the Carolina Hurricanes' 2007 second-round pick on June 23, 2007.
The Flyers traded third-round pick, 88th overall, to the Los Angeles Kings for Jaroslav Modry on February 19, 2008.
The Flyers traded their fifth-round pick, 148th overall, and Randy Robitaille to the New York Islanders for Mike York on December 20, 2006.
^c 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.
The Flyers traded their seventh-round pick, 208th overall, to the Anaheim Ducks for the Ducks' 2009 seventh-round pick on June 21, 2008.

Farm teams

American Hockey League - Philadelphia Phantoms^[2]^[59] (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.^[60] Comcast Spectacor continues 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. The Phantoms trailed the Binghamton Senators by as many as 12 points on March 14 for the final playoff spot in the East Division,^[61] 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^[3] (Standings)

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

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