1999–2000 Philadelphia Flyers season

1999–2000 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division Champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
1999–2000 record	45–25–12–3
Home record	25–9–7–3
Road record	20–16–5–0
Goals for	237
Goals against	179
Team information
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Roger Neilson (medical leave from Feb 20) Craig Ramsay (interim from Feb 20)
Captain	Eric Lindros (to Mar 27) Eric Desjardins (from Mar 27)
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour (to Jan 23) Eric Desjardins (to Mar 27) John LeClair (from Jan 23) Mark Recchi (from Mar 27)
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,634
Minor league affiliations	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) Trenton Titans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	John LeClair (40)
Assists	Mark Recchi (63)
Points	Mark Recchi (91)
Penalties in minutes	Craig Berube (162)
Plus/minus	Eric Desjardins (+20) Mark Recchi (+20)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (25)
Goals against average	Brian Boucher (1.91)
<1998–99	2000–01>

The 1999–2000 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). One of the most tumultuous seasons in franchise history, the Flyers reached the Eastern Conference Finals, losing in seven games to the New Jersey Devils.

Off-season

After going unclaimed in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft, longtime goaltender Ron Hextall was waived by the Flyers on July 1 for the purpose of buying out the final season of his contract. Hextall cleared waivers and announced his retirement on September 6, 1999.

Longtime broadcaster Gene Hart, who was awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 1997, died from a variety of illnesses on July 14.

A little over a week later on July 23, defenseman Dmitri Tertyshny, coming off his rookie season, was fatally injured in a boating accident. Tertyshny was on a boating trip to Okanagan Lake in British Columbia with two players from the Flyers' minor-league affiliate Philadelphia Phantoms, Francis Belanger and Mikhail Chernov, when a freak accident caused him to suffer fatal injuries. The boat hit a wave and caused him to fall forward overboard. The boat ran over him and its propeller slashed his neck and his jugular vein.

Regular season

Head coach Roger Neilson was diagnosed with bone cancer, forcing him to step aside in February 2000 to undergo treatment, so assistant coach Craig Ramsay took over as interim coach for the rest of the season; Neilson later recovered but was informed that he would not be returning.

In January, longtime Flyer and fan favorite Rod Brind'Amour was shipped to the Carolina Hurricanes for Keith Primeau, with the intention of acquiring a big center to complement Eric Lindros. Meanwhile, the strife between Flyers management (particularly GM Bob Clarke) and Lindros, continued to worsen. Less than a month after Ramsay took over, Lindros suffered his second concussion of the season. He played several games after the initial hit and afterwards criticized the team's training staff for failing to initially diagnose the concussion after it happened. It was after this that the Flyers' organization decided to strip Lindros of the captaincy on March 27 and name defenseman Eric Desjardins the team's captain.

With Lindros out indefinitely, the Flyers rallied to overcome the distractions and a 15-point deficit in the standings to win the Atlantic Division and the No. 1 seed in the East on the last day of the regular season.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	1233	105
2	4	New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	1313	103
3	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	1221	88
4	11	New York Rangers	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	916	73
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	1376	58

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM=Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
3	Y- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	100
4	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	X- Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	83
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	29	28	12	3	218	246	73
12	Boston Bruins	NE	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	73
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

They easily defeated their first round opponent, the Buffalo Sabres, in five games. Primeau's goal in the fifth overtime of Game 4 against the team's second-round opponent, the Pittsburgh Penguins, turned that series in the Flyers' favor as they won in six games, coming back from a 2–0 series deficit. After dropping Game 1 to New Jersey in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Flyers peeled off three straight wins to take a 3–1 series lead. But New Jersey refused to give up. After New Jersey won Game 5, Lindros returned to the lineup for the first time since March for Game 6 in another losing effort. Early in Game 7, Lindros was on the receiving end of a hit by Scott Stevens, giving him another concussion and leaving the Philadelphia crowd deflated. Without Lindros, the Flyers lost the decisive game by a score of 2–1. To date, it is the only time (of 64 total series) a team in the Conference Finals or Semifinals round has held a 3-1 series lead and lost. It was the second time in franchise history the team lost a series after leading 3 games to 1. New Jersey went on to win the Stanley Cup.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1999–2000 regular season
October: 6–5–1–1, 14 Points (Home: 5–3–0–1; Road: 1–2–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 2 Ottawa Senators 0–3 0–1–0–0 0 2 7 Carolina Hurricanes 0–2 0–2–0–0 0 3 9 @ Boston Bruins 1–1 OT 0–2–1–0 1 4 12 @ Washington Capitals 4–5 0–3–1–0 1 5 14 Montreal Canadiens 4–5 OT 0–3–1–1 2 6 16 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–3 0–4–1–1 2 7 17 Buffalo Sabres 5–2 1–4–1–1 4 8 20 New York Rangers 5–0 2–4–1–1 6 9 22 @ New York Rangers 2–0 3–4–1–1 8 10 24 Florida Panthers 2–0 4–4–1–1 10 11 26 Vancouver Canucks 2–5 4–5–1–1 10 12 28 Colorado Avalanche 5–4 OT 5–5–1–1 12 13 30 New Jersey Devils 5–3 6–5–1–1 14
November: 7–2–3–0, 17 Points (Home: 4–0–1–0; Road: 3–2–2–0) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 14 3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3–3 OT 6–5–2–1 15 15 5 @ San Jose Sharks 3–1 7–5–2–1 17 16 6 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–3 8–5–2–1 19 17 9 @ New Jersey Devils 1–2 8–6–2–1 19 18 11 Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 9–6–2–1 21 19 13 San Jose Sharks 3–2 10–6–2–1 23 20 18 Dallas Stars 1–1 OT 10–6–3–1 24 21 20 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 11–6–3–1 26 22 22 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–4 11–7–3–1 26 23 24 @ Florida Panthers 6–1 12–7–3–1 28 24 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 OT 13–7–3–1 30 25 28 @ Ottawa Senators 3–3 OT 13–7–4–1 31
December: 8–3–2–0, 18 Points (Home: 4–0–2–0; Road: 4–3–0–0) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 26 2 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–2 14–7–4–1 33 27 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 15–7–4–1 35 28 5 St. Louis Blues 3–2 16–7–4–1 37 29 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 17–7–4–1 39 30 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–6 17–8–4–1 39 31 14 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–3 17–9–4–1 39 32 16 Phoenix Coyotes 5–3 18–9–4–1 41 33 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–0 19–9–4–1 43 34 19 Nashville Predators 1–1 OT 19–9–5–1 44 35 22 @ New Jersey Devils 2–3 19–10–5–1 44 36 23 Atlanta Thrashers 4–4 OT 19–10–6–1 45 37 27 @ Calgary Flames 5–1 20–10–6–1 47 38 29 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–2 OT 21–10–6–1 49
January: 5–4–3–0, 13 Points (Home: 3–1–1–0; Road: 2–3–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 39 2 @ New York Islanders 4–1 22–10–6–1 51 40 6 New York Islanders 3–2 23–10–6–1 53 41 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 24–10–6–1 55 42 11 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 25–10–6–1 57 43 14 @ Atlanta Thrashers 0–1 25–11–6–1 57 44 15 New Jersey Devils 1–4 25–12–6–1 57 45 17 @ Florida Panthers 1–3 25–13–6–1 57 46 20 Ottawa Senators 1–1 OT 25–13–7–1 58 47 23 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–4 OT 25–13–8–1 59 48 27 Florida Panthers 4–2 26–13–8–1 61 49 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 OT 26–13–9–1 62 50 30 @ Washington Capitals 0–2 26–14–9–1 62
February: 7–3–2–0, 16 Points (Home: 4–1–2–0; Road: 3–2–0–0) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 51 3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3–3 OT 26–14–10–1 63 52 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 27–14–10–1 65 53 10 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 27–15–10–1 65 54 12 Buffalo Sabres 3–2 OT 28–15–10–1 67 55 15 @ New Jersey Devils 2–4 28–16–10–1 67 56 17 New York Islanders 2–2 OT 28–16–11–1 68 57 19 Washington Capitals 4–2 29–16–11–1 70 58 20 @ New York Rangers 3–2 30–16–11–1 72 59 22 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 31–16–11–1 74 60 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT 32–16–11–1 76 61 26 @ New York Islanders 5–1 33–16–11–1 78 62 29 @ St. Louis Blues 2–3 33–17–11–1 78
March: 7–4–1–2, 17 Points (Home: 3–1–1–2; Road: 4–3–0–0) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 63 1 @ Dallas Stars 0–2 33–18–11–1 78 64 4 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 34–18–11–1 80 65 5 New York Islanders 3–4 OT 34–18–11–2 81 66 8 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 OT 35–18–11–2 83 67 9 Washington Capitals 3–1 36–18–11–2 85 68 12 @ Colorado Avalanche 1–3 36–19–11–2 85 69 13 @ Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 37–19–11–2 87 70 16 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 OT 37–19–12–2 88 71 18 New York Rangers 2–3 37–20–12–2 88 72 19 Boston Bruins 6–2 38–20–12–2 90 73 21 @ Nashville Predators 2–0 39–20–12–2 92 74 23 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 OT 39–20–12–3 93 75 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 40–20–12–3 95 76 28 @ Ottawa Senators 2–5 40–21–12–3 95
April: 5–1–0–0, 10 Points (Home: 2–0–0–0; Road: 3–1–0–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 77 1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 41–21–12–3 97 78 2 @ Carolina Hurricanes 0–1 41–22–12–3 97 79 4 @ Atlanta Thrashers 5–3 42–22–12–3 99 80 6 Atlanta Thrashers 3–1 43–22–12–3 101 81 8 Boston Bruins 3–0 44–22–12–3 103 82 9 @ New York Rangers 4–1 45–22–12–3 105
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie/overtime loss (1 point)

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
8	Mark Recchi	31	RW	82	28	63	91	20	50	18	6	12	18	3	6
10	John LeClair	30	LW	82	40	37	77	8	36	18	6	7	13	3	6
88	Eric Lindros	26	C	55	27	32	59	11	83	2	1	0	1	0	0
37	Eric Desjardins	30	D	81	14	41	55	20	32	18	2	10	12	1	2
18	Daymond Langkow	23	C	82	18	32	50	1	56	16	5	5	10	2	23
12	Simon Gagne	19	LW	80	20	28	48	11	22	17	5	5	10	0	2
26	Valeri Zelepukin	31	LW	77	11	21	32	−3	55	18	1	2	3	3	12
19	Mikael Renberg	27	RW	62	8	21	29	−1	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Keith Jones	31	RW	57	9	16	25	8	82	18	3	3	6	−1	14
3	Dan McGillis	27	D	68	4	14	18	16	55	18	2	6	8	−1	12
25	Keith Primeau	28	C	23	7	10	17	10	31	18	2	11	13	−4	13
11	Jody Hull	30	RW	67	10	3	13	8	4	18	0	1	1	−4	0
6	Chris Therien	28	D	80	4	9	13	11	66	18	0	1	1	−1	12
32	Craig Berube	34	LW	77	4	8	12	3	162	18	1	0	1	−4	23
21	Sandy McCarthy	27	RW	58	6	5	11	−5	111	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Rod Brind'Amour	29	C	12	5	3	8	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Andy Delmore	23	D	27	2	5	7	−1	8	18	5	2	7	0	14
22	Luke Richardson	30	D	74	2	5	7	14	140	18	0	1	1	−5	41
2	Adam Burt	31	D	67	1	6	7	−2	45	11	0	1	1	4	4
92	Rick Tocchet	35	RW	16	3	3	6	4	23	18	5	6	11	−2	49
15	Peter White	30	C	21	1	5	6	1	6	16	0	2	2	−1	0
9	Mark Greig	30	RW	11	3	2	5	0	6	3	0	0	0	−1	0
14	Mikael Andersson	33	LW	36	2	3	5	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Gino Odjick	29	LW	13	3	1	4	2	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Marc Bureau	33	C	54	2	2	4	−1	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Ulf Samuelsson	35	D	49	1	2	3	8	58	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Kent Manderville	28	C	13	0	3	3	2	4	18	0	1	1	−3	22
44	Mark Eaton	22	D	27	1	1	2	1	8	7	0	0	0	−2	0
24	Zarley Zalapski	31	D	12	0	2	2	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
15, 23	Todd White	24	C	4	1	0	1	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	36	G	50	0	1	1	N/A	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Brian Boucher	23	G	35	0	1	1	N/A	4	18	0	0	0	N/A	0
24	Karl Dykhuis	27	D	5	0	1	1	−2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Jeff Lank	24	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Mike Maneluk	26	RW	1	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Steve Washburn	24	C	1	0	0	0	0	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	John Vanbiesbrouck	36	50	25	15	9	3	108	.906	2.20	2950	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Brian Boucher	23	35	20	10	3	4	65	.918	1.91	2038	18	11	7	1	40	.918	2.03	1183

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient	Notes	Ref
NHL All-Rookie Team	Brian Boucher (Goaltender)
	Simon Gagne (Forward)
NHL Player of the Week	John Vanbiesbrouck (October 25)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Eric Desjardins (Defense)
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Eric Desjardins	Played for North American team
	John LeClair	Played for North American team
	Eric Lindros	Played for North American team
	Roger Neilson (Coach)	Assistant coach of North American team
	Mark Recchi	Played for North American team

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mark Recchi
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Luke Richardson
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Keith Jones

Records

Individual single season records

Record	Total	Player
Powerplay goals by a defenseman	8	Eric Desjardins (tied by Mark Howe in 1987–88)
Goals scored by a defenseman, playoffs	5	Andy Delmore

Individual post season single game records

Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Assists	Mark Recchi	4	May 7, 2000 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (tied five times)

Team post season single game records

Record	Total	Date and opponent
Longest game	152:01	May 4, 2000 at Pittsburgh Penguins

Team post season streaks records

Record	Games	Dates
Longest road winning streak	5	May 2, 2000 through May 20, 2000 (tied two times)

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 1999, the day after the deciding game of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 10, 2000, the day of the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
September 27, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Henderson	To Nashville Predators Paul Healey
October 15, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Jody Hull	To Atlanta Thrashers future considerations
October 20, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Karl Dykhuis
November 16, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Washburn	To Nashville Predators conditional 7th-round draft pick in 2001
November 30, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Loan of Rastislav Pavlikovsky	To Ottawa Senators (Pavlikovsky reassigned by Ottawa on January 27, 2000)
December 9, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Bertrand	To Atlanta Thrashers Brian Wesenberg
January 23, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Keith Primeau 5th-round pick in 2000	To Carolina Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour Jean-Marc Pelletier 2nd-round pick in 2000
January 26, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Todd White	To Chicago Blackhawks conditional draft pick in 2001
February 14, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Nashville Predators Eric Bertrand
February 15, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Gino Odjick	To New York Islanders Mikael Andersson Carolina's 5th-round pick in 2000
March 6, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Travis Brigley 6th-round pick in 2001	To Calgary Flames Marc Bureau
March 8, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Rick Tocchet	To Phoenix Coyotes Mikael Renberg
March 14, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Kent Manderville	To Carolina Hurricanes Sandy McCarthy
March 14, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Kirby Law	To Atlanta Thrashers Vancouver's 6th-round pick in 2000 6th-round pick in 2001
May 31, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Paul Ranheim	To Carolina Hurricanes 8th-round pick in 2002

Trade notes

• ^a Condition not met.

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 13, 1999	Dean Melanson	Buffalo Sabres	1 year*
July 13, 1999	Jeff Tory	Houston Aeros (IHL)	1 year*
July 14, 1999	Chris Albert	Michigan K-Wings (IHL)	1 year*
August 2, 1999	Mike Maneluk	New York Rangers	1 year*
October 19, 1999	Ulf Samuelsson	Atlanta Thrashers	2 years, $4.55 million
February 13, 2000	Zarley Zalapski	Utah Grizzlies (IHL)	1 year, $200,000	Club option for second year

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 30, 1999	Eric Lindros	1 year, $8.5 million
July 13, 1999	Neil Little	1 year*
July 19, 1999	Keith Jones	3 years, $5.2 million
July 29, 1999	Sandy McCarthy	1 year, $800,000
July 29, 1999	Mikael Renberg	1 year, $1.8 million
August 3, 1999	Sean O'Brien	1 year*
August 5, 1999	Dan McGillis	2 years, $3.35 million
August 18, 1999	Karl Dykhuis	3 years, $3 million
September 3, 1999	Daymond Langkow	2 years, $1.6 million
September 6, 1999	Craig Berube	1 year, $700,000
September 6, 1999	Valeri Zelepukin	1 year, $907,500
January 23, 2000	Keith Primeau	5 years, $22.75 million	Acquired in January 23 trade

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
August 3, 1999	Ruslan Fedotenko	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	Undrafted free agent
August 20, 1999	Simon Gagne	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)	1998 1st-round pick	3 years, $2.925 million
June 6, 2000	Petr Hubacek	HC Vitkovice (CZE)	1998 9th-round pick
June 6, 2000	Dan Peters	Colorado College Tigers (WCHA)	Undrafted free agent
June 6, 2000	Vaclav Pletka	HC Ocelari Trinec (QMJHL)	1999 7th-round pick

NHL Expansion Draft

The 1999 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 25, 1999. It featured one expansion team, the Atlanta Thrashers, selecting players from the other NHL teams except the Nashville Predators. Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 5 defensemen, and 9 forwards OR 2 goaltenders, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards. All first-year players were exempt. The Thrashers were provided a list of players they could select.

The Flyers protected the following players: goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck, defensemen Adam Burt, Eric Desjardins, Karl Dykhuis, Dan McGillis, and Chris Therien, and forwards Rod Brind'Amour, Keith Jones, Daymond Langkow, John LeClair, Eric Lindros, Sandy McCarthy, Mark Recchi, Mikael Renberg, and Valeri Zelepukin.

The Flyers made the following players available: goaltenders Ron Hextall and Neil Little (unrestricted free agent), defensemen Artem Anisimov (unsigned draft pick), Steve Duchesne (unrestricted free agent), Chris Joseph (restricted free agent), Jeff Lank, David MacIsaac (unrestricted free agent), and Luke Richardson, and forwards Mikael Andersson, Craig Berube (unrestricted free agent), Dennis Bonvie (unrestricted free agent), Marc Bureau, Mark Greig, Paul Healey, Jody Hull, Patrik Juhlin, Dan Kordic (restricted free agent), Shawn McCosh, Steve McLaren, Jim Montgomery, Richard Park (restricted free agent), Ruslan Shafikov (unsigned draft pick), Radovan Somik (unsigned draft pick), Martin Streit (unsigned draft pick), Roman Vopat, Peter White, and Jason Zent.

Players selected from the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft

Player	Selected by	Notes
Jody Hull	Atlanta Thrashers	Reacquired by Flyers in October 15 trade

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1999 NHL Waiver Draft was held on September 27, 1999. Each NHL team placed 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select. First-year professional players were exempt. The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.

The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Brian Boucher and John Vanbiesbrouck, defensemen Adam Burt, Eric Desjardins, Karl Dykhuis, Dan McGillis, Luke Richardson, and Chris Therien, forwards Mikael Andersson, Craig Berube, Rod Brind'Amour, Marc Bureau, Keith Jones, Daymond Langkow, John LeClair, Eric Lindros, Sandy McCarthy, Mark Recchi, Mikael Renberg, and Valeri Zelepukin.

The Flyers left the following players unprotected: goaltender Neil Little and defensemen Jeff Lank and Dean Melanson, and forwards Mark Greig, Paul Healey, Mike Maneluk, Steve McLaren, Jim Montgomery, Sean O'Brien, Roman Vopat, 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 18, 1999	Chris Joseph	Ottawa Senators	Free agency
August 26, 1999	David MacIsaac	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency
September 3, 1999	Steve Duchesne	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency
September 6, 1999	Ron Hextall	—	Retirement	Final year of contract was bought out
September 20, 1999	Dennis Bonvie	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency
September 22, 1999	Richard Park	Utah Grizzlies (IHL)	Free agency
N/A	Dan Kordic	—	Retirement	No official announcement
December 4, 1999	Martin Cerven*	Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)	Buyout	Played remainder of season with Charlotte
December 4, 1999	Roman Vopat*	Essen Mosquitoes (DEL)	Buyout	Signed with Essen on December 19
December 4, 1999	Jason Zent*	—	Buyout	Retired, no official announcement

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts on June 26, 1999.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1999 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	Maxime Ouellet	Goaltender	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)	12	0	1	1	2	2	6	1	1	3.08
4	119	Jeff Feniak	Defense	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	160	Konstantin Rudenko	Forward	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (RUS)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	200	Pavel Kasparik	Center	Czech Republic	IHC Pisek (CZE)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	208	Vaclav Pletka	Left Wing	Czech Republic	HC Oceláři Třinec (CZE)	1	0	0	0	0	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	224	David Nystrom	Right Wing	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes

• The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 58th overall, the New York Islanders' 2000 sixth-round pick, and Dainius Zubrus to the Montreal Canadiens for Mark Recchi on March 10, 1999. The Canadiens had the option of choosing the Flyers second-round pick in 1999 or 2000 and the option of taking either the San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick or the Islanders' 2000 sixth-round pick.
• ^a The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 90th overall, to the Calgary Flames for the rights to Ryan Bast and the Flames' eighth-round pick, 224th overall, on October 13, 1998.
• The Flyers traded their fifth-round pick, 148th overall, and Colin Forbes to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mikael Andersson and Sandy McCarthy on March 20, 1999.
• ^b The Flyers traded Pat Kavanagh to the Vancouver Canucks for the Canucks' sixth-round pick, 160th overall, on June 1, 1999.
• The St. Louis Blues received the Flyers' sixth-round pick, 180th overall, as compensation for the Flyers hiring Roger Neilson as their head coach.
• ^c The Flyers traded Johan Hedberg to the San Jose Sharks for the Sharks' seventh-round pick, 200th overall, on August 6, 1998.
• The Flyers traded their eighth-round pick, 237th overall, to the Carolina Hurricanes for the rights to Francis Lessard on May 25, 1999.
• The Flyers traded their ninth-round pick, 265th overall, to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' 1998 ninth-round pick on June 27, 1998.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.

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

Specific