2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers season

2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2002–03 record	45–20–13–4
Home record	21–10–8–2
Road record	24–10–5–2
Goals for	211
Goals against	166
Team information
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Keith Primeau
Alternate captains	John LeClair Mark Recchi
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,325
Minor league affiliations	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) Trenton Titans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jeremy Roenick (27)
Assists	Mark Recchi (32) Jeremy Roenick (32)
Points	Jeremy Roenick (59)
Penalties in minutes	Donald Brashear (161)
Plus/minus	Eric Desjardins (+30)
Wins	Roman Cechmanek (33)
Goals against average	Roman Cechmanek (1.83)
<2001–02	2003–04>

The 2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 36th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the second round of the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs to the Ottawa Senators in six games.

Off-season

The Flyers hired former Dallas Stars and Stanley Cup-winning head coach Ken Hitchcock to replace the fired Bill Barber.

Regular season

In 2002–03, Roman Cechmanek had a club record 1.83 goals against average (GAA) and the Flyers acquired Sami Kapanen and Tony Amonte prior to the trade deadline; however, they fell one point short of a second straight Atlantic Division title.

The Flyers had reliable goaltending. They tied the New Jersey Devils for the fewest goals allowed with just 166 and Roman Cechmanek and Robert Esche combined for eight shutouts.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
3	8	New York Islanders	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
4	9	New York Rangers	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
5	14	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65

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

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
3	Y- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
5	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
6	X- Washington Capitals	SE	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
7	X- Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
11	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72
13	Florida Panthers	SE	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65
15	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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

P- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

The Flyers endured a very long and brutal seven game first round match-up with the Toronto Maple Leafs that featured three multiple overtime games, all in Toronto. After winning Game 7, 6–1, the Flyers fought the Ottawa Senators in the second round with equal vigor as they split the first four games of the series, Cechmanek earning shutouts in both wins. Cechmanek's inconsistency showed through, however, as he allowed ten goals in the final two games and Ottawa advanced in six games. Cechmanek was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2004 second round draft pick during the off-season despite having the second-best GAA in the NHL over his three years in Philadelphia.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2002 pre-season
Pre-season: 5–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record 1 September 19 @ Washington Capitals 4 – 1 1–0–0 2 September 21 New Jersey Devils 1 – 5 1–1–0 3 September 22 @ New York Rangers 4 – 6 1–2–0 4 September 24 New York Islanders 4 – 2 2–2–0 5 September 26 @ New Jersey Devils 0 – 4 2–3–0 6 September 27 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5 – 1 3–3–0 7 October 1 New York Rangers 5 – 3 4–3–0 8 October 2 @ New York Islanders 1 – 4 4–4–0 9 October 5 Washington Capitals 3 – 2 5–4–0
Legend:       Win       Loss       Tie

Regular season

2002–03 regular season
October: 7–1–2–0, 16 Points (Home: 4–0–1–0; Road: 3–1–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 10 @ Edmonton Oilers 2–2 OT 0–0–1–0 1 2 12 @ Calgary Flames 5–4 1–0–1–0 3 3 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 2–0–1–0 5 4 17 New York Islanders 3–3 OT 2–0–2–0 6 5 19 Washington Capitals 3–1 3–0–2–0 8 6 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–2 3–1–2–0 8 7 24 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 4–1–2–0 10 8 26 @ New York Islanders 6–2 5–1–2–0 12 9 29 Ottawa Senators 2–1 6–1–2–0 14 10 31 Phoenix Coyotes 6–2 7–1–2–0 16
November: 4–5–4–0, 12 Points (Home: 1–2–3–0; Road: 3–3–1–0) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 11 2 Washington Capitals 2–1 8–1–2–0 18 12 5 @ Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 OT 9–1–2–0 20 13 7 New Jersey Devils 0–1 9–2–2–0 20 14 9 @ Washington Capitals 1–4 9–3–2–0 20 15 13 Florida Panthers 1–1 OT 9–3–3–0 21 16 15 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1–1 OT 9–3–4–0 22 17 16 Boston Bruins 2–2 OT 9–3–5–0 23 18 19 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 10–3–5–0 25 19 21 San Jose Sharks 2–2 OT 10–3–6–0 26 20 23 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 0–6 10–4–6–0 26 21 27 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–7 10–5–6–0 26 22 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 10–6–6–0 26 23 30 @ Montreal Candiens 2–1 OT 11–6–6–0 28
December: 6–4–2–1, 15 Points (Home: 3–2–1–1; Road: 3–2–1–0) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 24 2 New Jersey Devils 0–1 OT 11–6–6–1 29 25 5 New York Rangers 3–2 OT 12–6–6–1 31 26 7 St. Louis Blues 1–3 12–7–6–1 31 27 10 @ Florida Panthers 5–2 13–7–6–1 33 28 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 14–7–6–1 35 29 14 Buffalo Sabres 2–0 15–7–6–1 37 30 17 Dallas Stars 2–2 OT 15–7–7–1 38 31 18 @ Atlanta Thrashers 3–1 16–7–7–1 40 32 21 Ottawa Senators 1–3 16–8–7–1 40 33 23 @ Ottawa Senators 2–2 OT 16–8–8–1 41 34 27 @ Colorado Avalanche 2–1 OT 17–8–8–1 43 35 28 @ Phoenix Coyotes 0–4 17–9–8–1 43 36 30 @ San Jose Sharks 1–2 17–10–8–1 43
January: 10–4–0–1, 21 Points (Home: 4–3–0–0; Road: 6–1–0–1) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 37 2 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–1 18–10–8–1 45 38 3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1–0 19–10–8–1 47 39 5 @ Atlanta Thrashers 5–4 20–10–8–1 49 40 7 Buffalo Sabres 3–2 21–10–8–1 51 41 9 @ New York Islanders 4–0 22–10–8–1 53 42 11 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 23–10–8–1 55 43 13 Atlanta Thrashers 4–7 23–11–8–1 55 44 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 24–11–8–1 57 45 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 25–11–8–1 59 46 19 @ New York Rangers 4–2 26–11–8–1 61 47 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 27–11–8–1 63 48 24 New York Islanders 1–3 27–12–8–1 63 49 25 @ Boston Bruins 0–1 OT 27–12–8–2 64 50 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–3 27–13–8–2 64 51 30 @ New Jersey Devils 1–5 27–14–8–2 64
February: 6–3–3–0, 15 Points (Home: 3–2–2–0; Road: 3–1–1–0) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 52 4 @ New York Islanders 2–1 28–14–8–2 66 53 6 @ Ottawa Senators 2–2 OT 28–14–9–2 67 54 8 New York Rangers 2–1 29–14–9–2 69 55 10 Minnesota Wild 0–1 29–15–9–2 69 56 12 @ Minnesota Wild 0–2 29–16–9–2 69 57 13 @ St. Louis Blues 4–3 OT 30–16–9–2 71 58 15 Carolina Hurricanes 2–2 OT 30–16–10–2 72 59 18 New Jersey Devils 2–2 OT 30–16–11–2 73 60 20 Los Angeles Kings 5–0 31–16–11–2 75 61 22 Florida Panthers 2–4 31–17–11–2 75 62 25 @ Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 32–17–11–2 77 63 27 Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 33–17–11–2 79
March: 9–3–2–2, 22 Points (Home: 5–1–1–1; Road: 4–2–1–1) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 64 1 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 OT 34–17–11–2 81 65 4 Vancouver Canucks 3–0 35–17–11–2 83 66 7 @ New York Rangers 1–5 35–18–11–2 83 67 8 Colorado Avalanche 1–2 OT 35–18–11–3 84 68 10 @ Washington Capitals 1–2 OT 35–18–11–4 85 69 13 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 36–18–11–4 87 70 15 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 37–18–11–4 89 71 17 @ New Jersey Devils 4–2 38–18–11–4 91 72 18 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–5 38–19–11–4 91 73 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 39–19–11–4 93 74 22 New York Rangers 1–2 39–20–11–4 93 75 24 Atlanta Thrashers 6–2 40–20–11–4 95 76 25 @ Nashville Predators 1–1 OT 40–20–12–4 96 77 27 Boston Bruins 2–2 OT 40–20–13–4 97 78 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 41–20–13–4 99 79 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 42–20–13–4 101
April: 3–0–0–0, 6 Points (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 2–0–0–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 80 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 43–20–13–4 103 81 4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 44–20–13–4 105 82 6 @ Florida Panthers 6–2 45–20–13–4 107
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
97	Jeremy Roenick	33	C	79	27	32	59	20	75	13	3	5	8	1	8
8	Mark Recchi	34	RW	79	20	32	52	0	35	13	7	3	10	4	2
25	Keith Primeau	31	C	80	19	27	46	4	93	13	1	1	2	−2	14
26	Michal Handzus	25	C	82	23	21	44	13	46	13	2	6	8	3	6
5	Kim Johnsson	26	D	82	10	29	39	11	38	13	0	3	3	−1	8
37	Eric Desjardins	33	D	79	8	24	32	30	35	5	2	1	3	2	0
10	John LeClair	33	LW	35	18	10	28	10	16	13	2	3	5	5	10
12	Simon Gagne	22	LW	46	9	18	27	20	16	13	4	1	5	1	6
39	Marty Murray	27	C	76	11	15	26	−1	13	4	0	0	0	−2	4
87	Donald Brashear	31	LW	80	8	17	25	5	161	13	1	2	3	−1	21
14	Justin Williams	21	RW	41	8	16	24	15	22	12	1	5	6	2	8
2	Eric Weinrich	36	D	81	2	18	20	16	40	13	2	3	5	−2	12
20	Radovan Somik	25	LW	60	8	10	18	9	10	5	1	1	2	0	6
11	Tony Amonte	32	RW	13	7	8	15	12	2	13	1	6	7	2	4
24	Sami Kapanen	29	RW	28	4	9	13	−1	6	13	4	3	7	2	6
36	Dennis Seidenberg	21	D	58	4	9	13	8	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Pavel Brendl	21	RW	42	5	7	12	8	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Eric Chouinard	22	C	28	4	4	8	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Marcus Ragnarsson	31	D	43	2	6	8	5	32	13	0	1	1	4	6
6	Chris Therien	31	D	67	1	6	7	10	36	13	0	2	2	0	2
15	Joe Sacco	33	RW	34	1	5	6	0	20	4	0	0	0	−2	0
29	Todd Fedoruk	23	LW	63	1	5	6	1	105	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	Todd Warriner	29	LW	13	2	3	5	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Claude Lapointe	34	C	14	2	2	4	5	16	13	2	3	5	0	14
22	Dmitri Yushkevich	31	D	18	2	2	4	7	8	13	1	4	5	7	2
19	Paul Ranheim	37	RW	28	0	4	4	−4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Andre Savage	27	C	16	2	1	3	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Jim Vandermeer	22	D	24	2	1	3	9	27	8	0	1	1	1	9
3	Dan McGillis	30	D	24	0	3	3	7	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Tomi Kallio	26	RW	7	1	0	1	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Mark Greig	33	RW	5	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Mike Siklenka	23	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
47	Kirby Law	25	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Ian MacNeil	25	C	2	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
11, 18, 51	Patrick Sharp	21	C	3	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Jamie Wright	26	LW	4	0	0	0	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Bruno St. Jacques	22	D	6	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Guillaume Lefebvre	21	LW	14	0	0	0	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Chris McAllister	27	D	19	0	0	0	−2	21	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Robert Esche	25	G	30	0	0	0	N/A	6	1	0	0	0	N/A	0
32	Roman Cechmanek	31	G	58	0	0	0	N/A	8	13	0	0	0	N/A	0

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
32	Roman Cechmanek	31	58	33	15	10	6	102	.926	1.83	3350	13	6	7	2	31	.909	2.14	867
42	Robert Esche	25	30	12	9	3	2	60	.903	2.20	1638	1	0	0	0	1	.929	2.00	30

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient	Notes	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Ken Hitchcock (Coach)	Assistant coach of Eastern Conference
	Jeremy Roenick
William M. Jennings Trophy	Roman Cechmanek	Co-winners with New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur
	Robert Esche

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Roman Cechmanek
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Donald Brashear
Toyota Cup	Keith Primeau
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Robert Esche

Records

Individual single season records

Record	Total	Player
Goals against average	1.83	Roman Cechmanek

Individual regular season single game records

Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Goals scored	John LeClair	4	October 15, 2002 at Montreal Canadiens (tied 15 times)

Team regular season single game records

Record	Total	Date and opponent
Fastest opening two goals	31 seconds	October 26, 2002 at New York Islanders (goals scored by Justin Williams and Michal Handzus)

Milestones

Individual career milestones

Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Jeremy Roenick		November 16, 2002
1,000th game played	Eric Desjardins		December 18, 2002
600th assist	Jeremy Roenick	Secondary assist on Eric Desjardins' even-strength goal at 6:49 of the third period	January 9, 2003
1,000th game played	Eric Weinrich		March 31, 2003

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 18, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2003 conditional 5th-round pick in 2004	To Edmonton Oilers Jiri Dopita
June 21, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning Ruslan Fedotenko Tampa Bay's 2nd-round pick in 2002 Phoenix's 2nd-round pick in 2002
June 22, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes Carolina's 3rd-round pick in 2002
June 23, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2003	To Columbus Blue Jackets Vancouver's 6th-round pick in 2002 7th-round pick in 2002
December 6, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Marcus Ragnarsson	To San Jose Sharks Dan McGillis
December 19, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional draft pick in 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Paul Ranheim
January 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Jamie Wright	To Calgary Flames future considerations
January 29, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Chouinard	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2003
February 5, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Todd Warriner	To Vancouver Canucks conditional draft pick
February 7, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2003	To Colorado Avalanche Chris McAllister
February 7, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Bast Sami Kapanen	To Carolina Hurricanes Pavel Brendl Bruno St. Jacques
March 1, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Dmitri Yushkevich	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2004
March 9, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Claude Lapointe	To New York Islanders 5th-round pick in 2003
March 10, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Tony Amonte	To Phoenix Coyotes Guillaume Lefebvre Atlanta's 3rd-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2004
March 11, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Peter White	To Chicago Blackhawks future considerations
May 28, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2004	To Los Angeles Kings Roman Cechmanek

Trade notes

• ^a Condition not met. The Flyers would have received the Oilers' 2004 fifth-round pick if Dopita re-signed with Edmonton for the 2003–04 season. Dopita returned to Europe after being released by Edmonton on February 3, 2003.
• ^b Condition not met. The Flyers would have received a late round draft pick (sixth-to-eighth-round pick) if the Coyotes re-signed Ranheim for the 2003–04 season.
• ^c 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	Ref
July 2, 2002	Ian MacNeil	Carolina Hurricanes	*
July 14, 2002	Andre Savage	Vancouver Canucks	*
January 15, 2003	Joe Sacco	Washington Capitals	1 year, $250,000
January 27, 2003	Mike Siklenka	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	1 year*

Re-signed

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

Date	Player	Contract details	Ref
July 12, 2002	Donald Brashear	4 years, $8 million
July 12, 2002	Todd Fedoruk	3 years
August 8, 2002	Neil Little	multi-year*
August 8, 2002	John Slaney	multi-year*
September 11, 2002	Simon Gagne	2 years, $4.7 million
February 15, 2003	Marcus Ragnarsson	2 years, $6.5 million extension

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
June 25, 2002	Jeff Woywitka	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	2001 1st-round pick	3 years
July 14, 2002	Jeff Smith	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	Undrafted free agent	3 years
May 21, 2003	Nick Deschenes	Yale University (ECAC Hockey)	Undrafted free agent
May 21, 2003	Freddy Meyer	Boston University (Hockey East)	Undrafted free agent

NHL Waiver Draft

The 2002 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 4, 2002. 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 Roman Cechmanek and Neil Little, defensemen Eric Desjardins, Kim Johnsson, Chris McAllister, Dan McGillis, Chris Therien, and Eric Weinrich, and forwards Donald Brashear, Todd Fedoruk, Simon Gagne, Mark Greig, Michal Handzus, Kirby Law, John LeClair, Marty Murray, Keith Primeau, Paul Ranheim, Mark Recchi, and Jeremy Roenick.

The Flyers left the following players unprotected: defensemen David Harlock, John Slaney, and Brad Tiley, and forwards Tomas Divisek, Ian MacNeil, Andre Savage, and Pete Vandermeer.

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
January 1, 2003	Tomi Kallio	Philadelphia Flyers	Columbus Blue Jackets
March 11, 2003	Todd Warriner	Nashville Predators	Philadelphia Flyers

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 1, 2002	Adam Oates	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Free agency
July 4, 2002	Luke Richardson	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency
July 15, 2002	Greg Koehler	Nashville Predators	Free agency
July 23, 2002	Tomas Divisek	HC Pardubice (CZE)	Free agency	Flyers retained NHL rights
July 25, 2002	Mark Freer	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency
July 27, 2002	Vaclav Pletka	Ocelari Trinec (CZE)	Free agency	Flyers retained NHL rights
August 9, 2002	Mike Watt	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency
N/A	Yves Sarault	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	Free agency
N/A	Rick Tocchet	—	Retirement	No official announcement
January 16, 2003	Tomi Kallio*	Frolunda HC (Elitserien)	Release	Signed with Frolunda on January 24
May 28, 2003	Mark Greig*	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)	Free agency	Contract for the 2003–04 season

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on June 22–23, 2002.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2002 and their NHL career regular season statistics

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
1	4	Joni Pitkanen	Defense	Finland	Karpat (SM-liiga)	535	57	225	282	484	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	105	Rosario Ruggeri	Defense	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	126	Konstantin Baranov	Forward	Russia	Mechel Chelyabinsk (RUS)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	161	Dov Grumet-Morris	Goaltender	United States	Harvard University (ECAC Hockey)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	192	Nikita Korovkin	Defense	Russia	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	193	Joey Mormina	Defense	Canada	Colgate University (ECAC Hockey)	1	0	0	0	0	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	201	Mathieu Brunelle	Left Wing	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes

• ^a The Flyers acquired the 4th overall pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Ruslan Fedotenko, the Lightning's second-round pick and the Phoenix Coyotes' second-round pick on June 21, 2002.
• The Flyers traded Maxime Ouellet, their first, 26th overall, second, 59th overall, and third-round picks, 92nd overall, to the Washington Capitals for Adam Oates on March 19, 2002.
• The Flyers traded their 2001 fourth and seventh-round picks as well as a 2001 fifth-round compensatory pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Lightning's third-round pick, 68th overall, on June 24, 2001. The Flyers traded the Lightning's pick and Jan Hlavac to the Vancouver Canucks for Donald Brashear and the Canucks' sixth-round pick, 184th overall, on December 17, 2001. The Flyers traded the Canucks' pick and their seventh-round pick, 225th overall, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for the Blue Jackets' 2003 fifth-round pick on June 23, 2002.
• The Flyers traded Andy Delmore to the Nashville Predators for the Predators' third-round pick, 70th overall, on July 31, 2001. The Flyers traded the Predators' pick and Brian Boucher to the Phoenix Coyotes for Robert Esche and Michal Handzus on June 12, 2002.
• ^b The Flyers traded their 2001 fourth-round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for the Hurricanes' third-round pick, 91st overall, on June 24, 2001. The Flyers traded the Hurricanes' pick back to Carolina for the Hurricanes' sixth-round pick, 192nd overall, and the Hurricanes' 2003 third-round pick on June 22, 2002.
• ^c The Flyers traded Dean McAmmond to the Calgary Flames for the Flames' fourth-round pick, 105th overall, on June 24, 2001.
• ^d The Flyers traded their ninth-round pick, 287th overall, and their 2001 eighth-round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Lightning's seventh-round pick, 201st overall, on June 24, 2001.
• The Flyers traded their eighth-round pick, 256th overall, to the Carolina Hurricanes for Paul Ranheim on May 31, 2000.

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