1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers season

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.

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
President	Bob Clarke
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 affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms
Team leaders
Goals	John LeClair (43)
Assists	Eric Lindros (53)
Points	Eric Lindros (93)
Penalty minutes	Eric Lindros (120)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+36)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (27)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (2.18)

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 Oilers goalie 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,[2] 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

[3]

Eastern Conference[4]

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

Preseason

1998 preseason[5]
Preseason: 6–2–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 3–1–0)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

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

Scoring

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

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
88	Eric Lindros	25	C	71	40	53	93	35	120	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	John LeClair	29	LW	76	43	47	90	36	30	6	3	0	3	0	12
17	Rod Brind'Amour	28	C	82	24	50	74	3	47	6	1	3	4	1	0
37	Eric Desjardins	29	D	68	15	36	51	18	38	6	2	2	4	1	0
20	Keith Jones	30	RW	66	18	31	49	29	78	6	2	1	3	4	14
3	Dan McGillis	26	D	78	8	37	45	16	61	6	0	1	1	2	12
19	Mikael Renberg	26	RW	46	11	15	26	7	14	6	0	1	1	−1	0
26	Valeri Zelepukin	30	LW	74	16	9	25	0	48	4	1	0	1	1	2
18	Daymond Langkow	22	C	56	10	13	23	−8	24	6	0	2	2	3	2
6	Chris Therien	27	D	74	3	15	18	16	48	6	0	0	0	1	6
12	Colin Forbes	22	LW	66	9	7	16	0	51	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Jody Hull	29	RW	72	3	11	14	−2	12	6	0	0	0	−1	4
28	Marc Bureau	32	C	71	4	6	10	−2	10	6	0	2	2	2	2
5	Dmitri Tertyshny	22	D	62	2	8	10	−1	30	1	0	0	0	0	2
9	Dainius Zubrus	20	RW	63	3	5	8	−5	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Mike Maneluk	25	RW	13	2	6	8	4	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	Chris Gratton	23	C	26	1	7	8	−8	41	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Steve Duchesne	33	D	11	2	5	7	0	2	6	0	2	2	2	2
11	Mark Recchi	30	RW	10	4	2	6	−3	6	6	0	1	1	−1	2
23	Petr Svoboda	32	D	25	4	2	6	5	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Dave Babych	37	D	33	2	4	6	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
24, 29	Karl Dykhuis	26	D	45	2	4	6	−2	32	5	1	0	1	1	4
22	Luke Richardson	29	D	78	0	6	6	−3	106	—	—	—	—	—	—
11, 19	Alexandre Daigle	23	C	31	3	2	3	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
9, 15, 23	Mark Greig	29	RW	7	1	3	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	0
11	Mike Sillinger	27	C	25	0	3	3	−9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
24, 29	Roman Vopat	22	C	48	0	3	3	−3	80	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Ron Hextall	34	G	23	0	2	2	N/A	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Shjon Podein	30	LW	14	1	0	1	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Ryan Bast	23	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Andy Delmore	22	D	2	0	1	1	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Mikael Andersson	32	RW	7	0	1	1	1	0	6	0	1	1	1	2
15, 25	Andrei Kovalenko	28	RW	13	0	1	1	−5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Sandy McCarthy	26	RW	13	0	1	1	−2	25	6	0	1	1	1	0
2	Adam Burt	30	D	17	0	1	1	1	14	6	0	0	0	1	4
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	35	G	62	0	1	1	N/A	12	6	0	0	0	N/A	2
49	Jean-Marc Pelletier	20	G	1	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	Brian Wesenberg	21	RW	1	0	0	0	1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Chris Joseph	29	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Trent Klatt	28	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Dan Kordic	27	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Jason Zent	27	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Peter White	29	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Richard Park	22	C	7	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
12, 32	Craig Berube	33	LW	11	0	0	0	−3	28	6	1	0	1	1	4

Goaltending

			Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	35	62	61	27	18	15	1380	135	2.18	.902	6	3,711:57	6	6	2	4	146	9	1.46	.938	1	369:07
27	Ron Hextall	34	23	19	10	7	4	464	52	2.53	.888	0	1,235:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Jean-Marc Pelletier	20	1	1	0	1	0	29	5	5.00	.828	0	60:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bud Light Plus-Minus Award	John LeClair	[7]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Eric Desjardins (Defense)	[8]
		John LeClair (Left Wing)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	John LeClair	[9]
		Eric Lindros
	NHL Player of the Month	Eric Lindros (November)	[10]
	NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 30)	[11]
		Eric Lindros (January 18)	[12]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins	[13]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Eric Lindros	[13]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Daymond Langkow	[13]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Eric Desjardins	[13]

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 1998–99 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Date(s)	Opponent	Ref
Goals scored	Period	3[lower-alpha 1]	John LeClair	11/29/1998	Vancouver Canucks	[14]
Goals scored	Game	4[lower-alpha 2]	John LeClair	11/29/1998	Vancouver Canucks	[15]
Games with a point	Streak	18[lower-alpha 3]	Eric Lindros	1/7/1999 – 2/18/1999	—	[15]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1998–99 season

Record	Type	Total	Date(s)	Refs
Games with a shutout	Streak	4[lower-alpha 4]	1/7/1999 – 1/13/1999	[16]
Games without a win	Streak	12[lower-alpha 5]	2/24/1999 – 3/16/1999	[17]
Fewest goals against, playoffs	Season	9	—

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.[18]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1998	To Nashville Predators Dominic Roussel Jeff Staples	[19]
June 27, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers NY Islanders' 5th-round pick in 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks Paul Coffey[lower-alpha 6]	[20]
June 27, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 9th-round pick in 1998	To Dallas Stars 9th-round pick in 1999	[21]
August 6, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 1999	To San Jose Sharks rights to Johan Hedberg	[22]
August 25, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To New York Islanders rights to Ray Giroux	[23]
October 5, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Valeri Zelepukin	To Edmonton Oilers Daniel Lacroix	[24]
October 13, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Ryan Bast 8th-round pick in 1999	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 1999	[25]
October 19, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000	To Vancouver Canucks Trent Klatt[lower-alpha 7]	[26]
November 12, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Keith Jones	To Colorado Avalanche Shjon Podein	[27]
November 17, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Roman Vopat	To Chicago Blackhawks Mike Maneluk	[28]
December 12, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Daymond Langkow Mikael Renberg	To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Gratton Mike Sillinger	[29]
December 28, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Karl Dykhuis	To Tampa Bay Lightning Petr Svoboda	[30]
January 8, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Dennis Bonvie	To Chicago Blackhawks Frank Bialowas	[31]
January 26, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Nashville Predators Sergei Klimentiev	[32]
January 29, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrei Kovalenko	To Edmonton Oilers Alexandre Daigle	[33]
February 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean O'Brien	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations	[34]
March 6, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Burt	To Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Kovalenko	[35]
March 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Recchi	To Montreal Canadiens Dainius Zubrus Canadiens choice of a 2nd-round pick[lower-alpha 8] Canadiens choice of a 6th or 7th-round pick[lower-alpha 9]	[36]
March 20, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Mikael Andersson Sandy McCarthy	To Tampa Bay Lightning Colin Forbes conditional draft pick in 1999 or 2000[lower-alpha 10]	[37]
March 23, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Craig Berube	To Washington Capitals future considerations	[38]
March 23, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Duchesne	To Los Angeles Kings Dave Babych 5th-round pick in 2000	[38]
May 25, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Francis Lessard	To Carolina Hurricanes 8th-round pick in 1999	[39]
June 1, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 1999	To Vancouver Canucks rights to Pat Kavanagh	[40]

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
July 6, 1998	Marc Bureau	Montreal Canadiens	3-year	[41]
July 7, 1998	John Vanbiesbrouck	Florida Panthers	3-year[lower-alpha 11]	[42]
July 9, 1998	Sergei Klimentiev	Rochester Americans (AHL)	2-year*	[43]
July 28, 1998	Mark Eaton (ELC)	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (CCHA)	3-year*	[44]
August 3, 1998	David MacIsaac	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	1-year*	[45]
August 4, 1998	Mark Greig	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)	2-year*	[46]
August 4, 1998	Jason Zent	Ottawa Senators	2-year*	[46]
August 17, 1998	Steve McLaren	Indianapolis Ice (IHL)	1-year*	[47]
August 24, 1998	Richard Park	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1-year*	[48]
October 7, 1998	Jody Hull	Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year	[49][50]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 22, 1998	Neil Little	1-year*	[51]
June 25, 1998	Eric Lindros	1-year	[52][53]
July 15, 1998	Paul Healey	2-year*	[54]
July 15, 1998	Ron Hextall	1-year extension	[54]
July 15, 1998	Jeff Lank	2-year*	[54]
July 16, 1998	Dmitri Tertyshny (ELC)	2-year*	[55]
August 3, 1998	Mike Maneluk	1-year*	[24][45]
August 3, 1998	John Stevens	2-year*	[45]
August 13, 1998	Trent Klatt	1-year[lower-alpha 12]	[57]
August 14, 1998	Rod Brind'Amour	3-year	[58]
August 17, 1998	Peter White	3-year*	[47]
September 1, 1998	Daniel Lacroix	1-year	[59]
March 30, 1999	Eric Desjardins	4-year extension	[60][61]
May 10, 1999	Mark Recchi	5-year extension	[62]

NHL Expansion Draft

The 1998 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 26, 1998.[19][63] It featured one expansion team, the Nashville Predators, selecting players from the other 26 NHL teams.[63] Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 5 defensemen, and 10 forwards OR 2 goaltenders, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards.[63] All first-year players were exempt.[63] The Predators were provided a list of players they could select.[63]

Philadelphia Flyers protection lists at the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft

Status	Players
Protected[63]	Dave Babych (D), Rod Brind'Amour (F), Alexandre Daigle (F), Eric Desjardins (D), Chris Gratton (F), Ron Hextall (G), Trent Klatt (F), Jeff Lank (D), John LeClair (F), Eric Lindros (F), Mike Maneluk (F), Shjon Podein (F), Luke Richardson (D), Mike Sillinger (F), Petr Svoboda (D), Chris Therien (D)
Unprotected[63]	Artem Anisimov (D, unsigned draft pick), Frank Bialowas (F), Sean Burke (G, unrestricted free agent), Paul Coffey (D), Bruce Coles (F), Craig Darby (F), John Druce (F), Paul Healey (F, restricted free agent), Chris Joseph (D), Patrik Juhlin (F), Dan Kordic (F), Daniel Lacroix (F, restricted free agent), Jan Lipiansky (F), Neil Little (G), Shawn McCosh (F), Jim Montgomery (F), Brantt Myhres (F, restricted free agent), Joel Otto (F, unrestricted free agent), Dominic Roussel (G, restricted free agent), Kjell Samuelsson (D, unrestricted free agent), Jeff Staples (D, restricted free agent), John Stevens (D), Roman Zolotov (D, unsigned draft pick)
Selection[64]	Nashville Predators selected Craig Darby

Waivers

The Flyers were not involved in any waivers transactions. The 1998 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 5, 1998.[65] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Ron Hextall and John Vanbiesbrouck, defensemen Dave Babych, Eric Desjardins, Dan McGillis, Luke Richardson, Petr Svoboda, and Chris Therien, and forwards Rod Brind'Amour, Marc Bureau, Alexandre Daigle, Chris Gratton, Trent Klatt, Dan Kordic, John LeClair, Eric Lindros, Mike Maneluk, Shjon Podein, Mike Sillinger, and Dainius Zubrus.[66] The Flyers left the following players unprotected: 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.[67]

Departures

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

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Ref
August 6, 1998	Jamie Heward	Nashville Predators	Free agency	[68]
September 5, 1998	Joel Otto	—	Retirement	[69]
September 11, 1998	Sean Burke	Florida Panthers	Free agency	[70]
N/A	John Druce	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)	Free agency	[71]
October 14, 1998	Kjell Samuelsson	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency	[72]
February 10, 1999	John Stevens*	—	Retirement	[73]

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.[74] 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.[75]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	22	Simon Gagne	Left Wing	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
2	42	Jason Beckett	Defense	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	[lower-alpha 13]
2	51	Ian Forbes	Defense	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	109	J. P. Morin	Defense	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
5	124	Francis Belanger	Left Wing	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)	[lower-alpha 14]
5	139	Garrett Prosofsky	Center	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	168	Antero Niittymaki	Goaltender	Finland	TPS (SM-liiga)
7	175	Cam Ondrik	Goaltender	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	[lower-alpha 15]
7	195	Tomas Divisek	Right Wing	Czech Republic	HC Slavia Praha (CZE)
8	222	Lubomir Pistek	Right Wing	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
9	243	Petr Hubacek	Center	Czech Republic	HC Kometa Brno (Czech)	[lower-alpha 16]
9	253	Bruno St. Jacques	Defense	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
9	258	Sergei Skrobot	Defense	Russia	Dynamo-2 Moscow (RUS)	[lower-alpha 17]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL.[76][77]

Notes

1. Tied nine times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
2. Tied fifteen times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
3. Tied mark set by Bobby Clarke during the 1974–75 season.
4. Tied mark set during the 1996–97 season.
5. 8 losses and 4 ties.
6. The Flyers also agreed to pay $1 million of Coffey's salary.[20]
7. The Flyers also agreed to pay $1 million over three seasons of Klatt's salary.[26]
8. The Canadiens had the choice of receiving the Flyers' second-round pick in 1999 or 2000. The Canadiens chose the 1999 second-round pick.[36]
9. 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.[36]
10. The Lightning received the Flyers' 1999 fifth-round pick.
11. Third year is option year
12. Salary arbitration award. Klatt later signed a two-year contract extension.[26][56]
13. The Flyers traded Janne Niinimaa to the Edmonton Oilers for Dan McGillis and the Oilers' second-round pick, 42nd overall, on March 24, 1998.[75]
14. The Flyers traded Paul Coffey to the Chicago Blackhawks for the New York Islanders' fifth-round pick, 124th overall, on June 27, 1998.[75]
15. The Flyers traded Dominic Roussel and Jeff Staples to the Nashville Predators for the Predators' seventh-round pick, 175th overall, on June 26, 1998.[75]
16. The Flyers received the 243rd overall pick as compensation for losing Michel Petit as a free agent.[75]
17. The Flyers traded their 1999 ninth-round pick to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' ninth-round pick, 258th overall, on June 27, 1998.[75]

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
• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.

Specific

1. "All Time Team Attendance". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
2. Bowen, Les (March 24, 1999). "Big Changes Since Last Year". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
3. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
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