2001–02_Philadelphia_Flyers_season

2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

The 2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the first round.

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2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2001–02 record	42–27–10–3
Home record	20–13–5–3
Road record	22–14–5–0
Goals for	234
Goals against	192
Team information
President	Bob Clarke
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Bill Barber
Captain	Eric Desjardins (Oct)^{[lower-alpha 1]} Keith Primeau (Oct-Apr)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Alternate captains	John LeClair Mark Recchi
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,569^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Simon Gagne (33)
Assists	Jeremy Roenick (46)
Points	Jeremy Roenick (67)
Penalty minutes	Todd Fedoruk (141)
Plus/minus	Jeremy Roenick (+32)
Wins	Roman Cechmanek (24)
Goals against average	Roman Cechmanek (2.05)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Off-season

In the off-season, the Flyers re-vamped their lineup by signing star center Jeremy Roenick and veteran defenseman Eric Weinrich. On August 20, 2001, they finally traded Eric Lindros to the New York Rangers for Kim Johnsson, Jan Hlavac, Pavel Brendl and a 2003 third-round draft pick. The Rangers would also receive a 2003 first-round draft pick if Lindros suffered a concussion in the pre-season or the first 50 games of the regular season and didn't return to action for at least 12 months.^[2]^[3]

Pre-season

On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2–2 game between the Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2–2 tie at the end of the 2nd period. Both teams took place in a handshake line following the game, a tradition normally reserved for the end of an elimination game in a Stanley Cup Playoff series.^[4]

Regular season

The Flyers began 2001–02 with high expectations and with Roenick leading the team in scoring the Flyers finished with an Atlantic Division title.

Eric Desjardins stepped down as team captain eight games into the season and was replaced by Keith Primeau.^[5]

Lindros returned to Philly on January 12, a game which the Flyers took 4–2 in a brutal battle and saw Lindros held scoreless. Lindros did exact a measure of revenge, finishing off a hat trick within the first 22 minutes of a March 2 game at Madison Square Garden. Simon Gagne also scored three times but the Rangers held on for a 6–5 win.

The power play was one of the NHL's worst however and after their top two centermen, Jeremy Roenick and Primeau, suffered injuries the night before the trade deadline,^[6] the Flyers acquired Adam Oates from the Washington Capitals. While Oates was the third leading point-producer in the league at the time, the price to acquire him was high. The Flyers parted with top goalie prospect Maxime Ouellet and their first, second, and third-round draft picks in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Season standings

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Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69

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.

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Eastern Conference^[7]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
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9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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

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

Playoffs

The Flyers set a record for fewest goals scored by a team in a five-game playoff series, scoring only two goals against the Ottawa Senators.

It turned out there was much discontent in the locker room, resulting in Bill Barber and his coaching staff being fired.^[8]

Schedule and results

Preseason

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2001 preseason^[9]

Preseason: 4–1–3 (home: 2–0–3; road: 2–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Ref
–^[a]	September 15	@ Washington Capitals
1	September 18	@ Washington Capitals	6–1	1–0–0	^[10]
2	September 20	New York Rangers	2–2^[b]	1–0–1	^[11]
3^[c]	September 21	New York Islanders	5–5 OT	1–0–2	^[12]
4	September 22	New Jersey Devils	2–2 OT	1–0–3	^[13]
5	September 23	@ New York Rangers	1–2	1–1–3	^[14]
6	September 25	Washington Capitals	6–4	2–1–3	^[15]
7	September 28	New York Islanders	5–2	3–1–3	^[16]
8	September 29	@ New Jersey Devils	5–4	4–1–3	^[17]
Notes: ^a Game rescheduled to September 18 due to the September 11 attacks. ^b Game declared a tie after two periods. ^c Game played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey.

Legend:

Win Loss Tie

Regular season

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2001–02 regular season^[18]

October: 6–3–3–0, 15 points (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 3–2–2–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 4	Florida Panthers	5–2	1–0–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 6	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–3 OT	1–0–1–0	3	Recap
3	October 8	@ Columbus Blue Jackets	2–2 OT	1–0–2–0	4	Recap
4	October 10	@ Buffalo Sabres	1–2	1–1–2–0	4	Recap
5	October 13	@ Florida Panthers	5–2	2–1–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 16	@ Atlanta Thrashers	3–3 OT	2–1–3–0	7	Recap
7	October 18	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–3	2–2–3–0	7	Recap
8	October 20	Washington Capitals	6–3	3–2–3–0	9	Recap
9	October 25	Ottawa Senators	2–7	3–3–3–0	9	Recap
10	October 27	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–1	4–3–3–0	11	Recap
11	October 30	@ Washington Capitals	3–0	5–3–3–0	13	Recap
12	October 31	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–0	6–3–3–0	15	Recap

November: 4–4–2–1, 11 points (home: 1–2–1–1; road: 3–2–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
13	November 3	New York Islanders	1–2	6–4–3–0	15	Recap
14	November 6	@ Chicago Blackhawks	1–2	6–5–3–0	15	Recap
15	November 8	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	2–1	7–5–3–0	17	Recap
16	November 10	@ Florida Panthers	3–2 OT	8–5–3–0	19	Recap
17	November 14	@ New York Rangers	2–4	8–6–3–0	19	Recap
18	November 15	Washington Capitals	5–0	9–6–3–0	21	Recap
19	November 17	@ New Jersey Devils	3–1	10–6–3–0	23	Recap
20	November 20	New Jersey Devils	3–3 OT	10–6–4–0	24	Recap
21	November 23	@ Dallas Stars	3–3 OT	10–6–5–0	25	Recap
22	November 25	Vancouver Canucks	1–4	10–7–5–0	25	Recap
23	November 29	Boston Bruins	2–3 OT	10–7–5–1	26	Recap

December: 11–4–0–0, 22 points (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 6–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
24	December 1	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–0	11–7–5–1	28	Recap
25	December 4	@ New York Islanders	3–2	12–7–5–1	30	Recap
26	December 6	New York Islanders	0–2	12–8–5–1	30	Recap
27	December 8	Minnesota Wild	5–1	13–8–5–1	32	Recap
28	December 10	@ Atlanta Thrashers	3–1	14–8–5–1	34	Recap
29	December 13	Montreal Canadiens	2–3	14–9–5–1	34	Recap
30	December 15	@ Boston Bruins	5–2	15–9–5–1	36	Recap
31	December 16	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	15–10–5–1	36	Recap
32	December 18	St. Louis Blues	6–3	16–10–5–1	38	Recap
33	December 20	Dallas Stars	2–1	17–10–5–1	40	Recap
34	December 22	Carolina Hurricanes	4–3 OT	18–10–5–1	42	Recap
35	December 26	@ Washington Capitals	4–1	19–10–5–1	44	Recap
36	December 28	@ Phoenix Coyotes	2–4	19–11–5–1	44	Recap
37	December 29	@ Colorado Avalanche	5–2	20–11–5–1	46	Recap
38	December 31	@ Vancouver Canucks	2–1	21–11–5–1	48	Recap

January: 10–3–1–1, 22 points (home: 6–0–1–1; road: 4–3–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
39	January 2	@ San Jose Sharks	2–5	21–12–5–1	48	Recap
40	January 6	@ Carolina Hurricanes	4–3	22–12–5–1	50	Recap
41	January 8	Atlanta Thrashers	7–4	23–12–5–1	52	Recap
42	January 10	New Jersey Devils	3–2	24–12–5–1	54	Recap
43	January 12	New York Rangers	4–2	25–12–5–1	56	Recap
44	January 14	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–3	26–12–5–1	58	Recap
45	January 15	@ Ottawa Senators	4–1	27–12–5–1	60	Recap
46	January 17	Atlanta Thrashers	6–3	28–12–5–1	62	Recap
47	January 19	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–0	29–12–5–1	64	Recap
48	January 21	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	29–13–5–1	64	Recap
49	January 22	Ottawa Senators	1–1 OT	29–13–6–1	65	Recap
50	January 24	Nashville Predators	2–3 OT	29–13–6–2	66	Recap
51	January 26	Carolina Hurricanes	4–2	30–13–6–2	68	Recap
52	January 29	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	31–13–6–2	70	Recap
53	January 30	@ Ottawa Senators	1–3	31–14–6–2	70	Recap

February: 4–1–0–1, 9 points (home: 1–0–0–1; road: 3–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
54	February 4	@ Los Angeles Kings	3–1	32–14–6–2	72	Recap
55	February 6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4–5	32–15–6–2	72	Recap
56	February 9	@ St. Louis Blues	5–0	33–15–6–2	74	Recap
57	February 12	New York Islanders	0–1 OT	33–15–6–3	75	Recap
58	February 26	Chicago Blackhawks	5–4	34–15–6–3	77	Recap
59	February 27	@ New Jersey Devils	1–0	35–15–6–3	79	Recap

March: 5–7–3–0, 13 points (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 3–2–2–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
60	March 2	@ New York Rangers	5–6	35–16–6–3	79	Recap
61	March 4	@ Boston Bruins	4–1	36–17–6–3	81	Recap
62	March 7	Calgary Flames	2–4	36–18–6–3	81	Recap
63	March 8	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	4–2	37–18–6–3	83	Recap
64	March 10	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	37–19–6–3	83	Recap
65	March 12	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1 OT	37–18–7–3	84	Recap
66	March 14	Buffalo Sabres	1–3	37–19–7–3	84	Recap
67	March 16	Colorado Avalanche	1–2	37–20–7–3	84	Recap
68	March 18	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–3 OT	37–20–8–3	85	Recap
69	March 21	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2–1	38–20–8–3	87	Recap
70	March 23	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4 OT	38–20–9–3	88	Recap
71	March 25	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	39–20–9–3	90	Recap
72	March 27	@ New York Rangers	4–2	40–20–9–3	92	Recap
73	March 28	@ Carolina Hurricanes	1–4	40–21–9–3	92	Recap
74	March 30	Buffalo Sabres	1–3	40–22–9–3	92	Recap

April: 2–5–1–0, 5 points (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 0–3–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
75	April 1	@ Buffalo Sabres	1–3	40–23–9–3	92	Recap
76	April 2	Boston Bruins	2–4	40–24–9–3	92	Recap
77	April 4	Montreal Canadiens	1–3	40–25–9–3	92	Recap
78	April 6	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	41–25–9–3	94	Recap
79	April 8	Florida Panthers	4–4 OT	41–25–10–3	95	Recap
80	April 10	@ New Jersey Devils	0–1	41–26–10–3	95	Recap
81	April 13	New York Rangers	2–1	42–26–10–3	97	Recap
82	April 14	@ New York Islanders	1–3	42–27–10–3	97	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2002 Stanley Cup playoffs^[18]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Ottawa Senators – Senators win 4–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series	Recap
1	April 17	Ottawa Senators	1–0 OT	Flyers lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 20	Ottawa Senators	0–3	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 22	@ Ottawa Senators	0–3	Senators lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 24	@ Ottawa Senators	0–3	Senators lead 3–1	Recap
5	April 26	Ottawa Senators	1–2 OT	Senators win 4–1	Recap

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.

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			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
97	Jeremy Roenick	C	75	21	46	67	32	74	5	0	0	0	−3	14
12	Simon Gagne	LW	79	33	33	66	31	32	5	0	0	0	−3	2
8	Mark Recchi	RW	80	22	42	64	5	46	4	0	0	0	−1	2
10	John LeClair	LW	82	25	26	51	5	30	5	0	0	0	−2	2
25	Keith Primeau	C	75	19	29	48	−3	128	5	0	0	0	−3	6
5	Kim Johnsson	D	82	11	30	41	12	42	5	0	0	0	−2	2
14	Justin Williams	RW	75	17	23	40	11	32	5	0	0	0	−3	4
39	Marty Murray	C	74	12	15	27	10	10	5	0	1	1	−2	0
20	Jiri Dopita	C	52	11	16	27	9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Ruslan Fedotenko	RW	65	6	19	25	15	24	5	1	0	1	0	2
37	Eric Desjardins	D	65	6	19	25	−1	24	5	0	1	1	−3	2
2	Eric Weinrich	D	80	4	20	24	27	26	5	0	0	0	0	4
3	Dan McGillis	D	75	5	14	19	17	46	5	1	0	1	−1	8
87	Donald Brashear†	LW	50	4	15	19	0	109	5	0	0	0	−1	19
6	Chris Therien	D	77	4	10	14	16	30	5	0	0	0	−3	2
27	Jan Hlavac‡	LW	31	7	3	10	5	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	Adam Oates†	C	14	3	7	10	−2	6	5	0	2	2	−1	0
19	Paul Ranheim	RW	79	5	4	9	5	36	5	0	0	0	−2	0
22	Luke Richardson	D	72	1	8	9	18	102	5	0	0	0	−1	4
29	Todd Fedoruk	LW	55	3	4	7	−2	141	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	Kent Manderville‡	C	34	2	5	7	2	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Chris McAllister	D	42	0	5	5	−7	113	—	—	—	—	—	—
92	Rick Tocchet	RW	14	0	2	2	−2	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Tomas Divisek	C	3	1	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Pavel Brendl	RW	8	1	0	1	−1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	Billy Tibbetts†‡	RW	9	0	1	1	−3	69	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Neil Little	G	1	0	0	0		10	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Vaclav Pletka	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Jarrod Skalde†	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	John Slaney	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	−1	0
21	Jesse Boulerice‡	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Guillaume Lefebvre	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Bruno St. Jacques	D	7	0	0	0	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Brian Boucher	G	41	0	0	0		4	2	0	0	0		0
32	Roman Cechmanek	G	46	0	0	0		10	4	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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		Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
32	Roman Cechmanek	46	43	24	13	6	1131	89	2.05	.921	4	2,603:23	4	4	1	3	109	7	1.85	.936	1	226:39
33	Brian Boucher	41	38	18	16	4	972	92	2.41	.905	2	2,294:32	2	1	0	1	33	2	1.37	.939	0	87:33
35	Neil Little	1	1	0	1	0	29	4	4.00	.862	0	60:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jeremy Roenick	^[19]
	NHL Player of the Week	Brian Boucher (November 5)	^[20]
	NHL Player of the Week	Roman Cechmanek (January 21)	^[21]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Justin Williams	^[22]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kim Johnsson	^[23]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Jeremy Roenick	^[23]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Justin Williams	^[23]
	Toyota Cup	Simon Gagne	^[23]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Jeremy Roenick	^[23]

Records

Among the team records set during the 2001–02 season was Jiri Dopita scoring four goals against the Atlanta Thrashers on January 8, tying the team record for most goals in a single game.^[24] The Flyers recorded three overtime losses for the third consecutive season, tying the franchise mark for fewest.^[25] The 40 powerplay goals allowed by the Flyers is also the franchise record for fewest in a season.^[26] The two goals the Flyers scored during their conference quarterfinals series against the Ottawa Senators is both the fewest in a playoff year and series in franchise history, and is also the NHL record for fewest goals scored in a five-game playoff series.^[25]^[27]^[28]

Milestones

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Individual career milestones^[29]
Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
400th goal	Mark Recchi	December 18, 2001^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[31]
1,000th point	Jeremy Roenick	January 30, 2002^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^[33]
1,000th game played	Mark Recchi	March 23, 2002	^[34]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.^[35]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Jiri Dopita	To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2001	^[36]
June 23, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001 Tampa Bay's 2nd-round pick in 2002	To Ottawa Senators 1st-round pick in 2001	^[36]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	To Nashville Predators NY Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2001	^[37]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Carolina Hurricanes Nashville's 4th-round pick in 2001	^[37]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	^[37]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2002	^[37]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2002	To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond	^[37]
July 2, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Flyers choice of 1st and 2nd-round picks^{[lower-alpha 4]}	To Phoenix Coyotes Daymond Langkow	^[38]
July 31, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Nashville Predators Andy Delmore	^[39]
August 20, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Pavel Brendl Jan Hlavac Kim Johnsson 3rd-round pick in 2003	To New York Rangers Rights to Eric Lindros Conditional 1st-round pick in 2003^{[lower-alpha 5]}	^[2]^[3]
December 17, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Donald Brashear 6th-round pick in 2002	To Vancouver Canucks Jan Hlavac Tampa Bay's 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[40]
January 11, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Yves Sarault Conditional draft pick in 2003^{[lower-alpha 6]}	To Nashville Predators Jason Beckett Petr Hubacek	^[41]
February 13, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Greg Koehler	To Carolina Hurricanes Jesse Boulerice	^[42]
March 5, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Jarrod Skalde	To Atlanta Thrashers Joe DiPenta	^[43]
March 15, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers David Harlock 3rd-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2003	To Atlanta Thrashers Francis Lessard	^[44]
March 17, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Billy Tibbetts	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kent Manderville	^[45]
March 19, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Oates	To Washington Capitals Maxime Ouellet 1st-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[46]
June 12, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Robert Esche Michal Handzus	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Boucher Nashville's 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[47]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Mike Lephart	Boston College (HE)	1-year	Free agency	^[48]
June 14, 2001 (2001-06-14)	James Chalmers	University of Nebraska Omaha (CCHA)	1-year	Free agency	^[49]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Jeremy Roenick	Phoenix Coyotes	5-year	Free agency	^[50]
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Eric Weinrich	Boston Bruins	3-year	Free agency	^[51]
July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)	Pete Vandermeer	Providence Bruins (AHL)		Free agency	^[52]
July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09)	Marty Murray	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	^[53]
May 20, 2002 (2002-05-20)	Wade Skolney	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	3-year	Free agency	^[54]^[55]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Ref
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Steve McLaren	St. Louis Blues	Free agency (VI)	^[57]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Rob Murray	Calgary Flames	Free agency	^[58]
August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06)	Derek Plante	Munich Barons (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[59]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)	Matt Herr	Florida Panthers	Free agency (VI)	^[60]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	P. J. Stock	New York Rangers	Free agency (UFA)	^[61]
September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)	Peter White	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[62]
September 19, 2001 (2001-09-19)	Brian Regan	Missouri River Otters (UHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[63]
N/A	Steve Washburn	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[64]
January 24, 2002 (2002-01-24)	Jody Hull	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (III)	^[65]
March 21, 2002 (2002-03-21)	Jarrod Skalde	Lausanne HC (NLA)	Free agency^{[lower-alpha 8]}	^[66]
April 8, 2002 (2002-04-08)	Billy Tibbetts		Release	^[67]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 14, 2001 (2001-06-14)	John LeClair	5-year	Re-signing	^[68]
July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03)	Jiri Dopita	2-year	Signing	^[69]
July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)	Dan McGillis	3-year	Re-signing	^[70]
August 27, 2001 (2001-08-27)	Kim Johnsson	3-year	Re-signing	^[71]
September 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)	Jan Hlavac	2-year	Re-signing	^[72]
January 10, 2002 (2002-01-10)	Roman Cechmanek	3-year	Extension	^[73]
January 26, 2002 (2002-01-26)	Marty Murray	3-year	Extension	^[74]
May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)	Patrick Sharp	3-year	Entry-level	^[75]
June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12)	Antero Niittymaki	2-year	Entry-level	^[76]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida, on June 23–24, 2001.^[77] The Flyers traded eight of the nine draft picks originally allotted to them, retaining only their fifth-round pick, 158th overall, and trading the others in seven different trades.^[78]

More information Round, Pick ...

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	27	Jeff Woywitka	Defense	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
3	95	Patrick Sharp	Center	Canada	University of Vermont (Hockey East)	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
5	146	Jussi Timonen	Defense	Finland	KalPa (SM-liiga)	^{[lower-alpha 11]}
5	150	Bernd Bruckler	Goaltender	Austria	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	^{[lower-alpha 12]}
5	158	Roman Malek	Goaltender	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (CZE)
6	172	Dennis Seidenberg	Defense	Germany	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	^{[lower-alpha 13]}
6	177	Andrei Razin	Center	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RUS)	^{[lower-alpha 14]}
7	208	Thierry Douville	Defense	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)	^{[lower-alpha 11]}
7	225	David Printz	Defense	Sweden	Great Falls Americans (AWHL)	^{[lower-alpha 9]}

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL^[79]^[80] and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.^[81]

Notes

Desjardins resigned the captaincy on October 23 and was replaced by Primeau.
Powerplay goal at 18:34 of the third period against Brent Johnson^[30]
Even-strength goal at 17:52 of the first period against Patrick Lalime^[32]
The Flyers had the option of receiving either the St. Louis Blues first-round pick in 2002 and a second-round pick in 2003, or a second-round pick in 2002 and a first-round pick in 2003. The Flyers chose the 2002 second-round pick and 2003 first-round pick.
Condition not met. The Rangers would have received a 2003 first-round draft pick if Lindros suffered a concussion in the pre-season or the first fifty games of the regular season and didn't return to action for at least twelve months.
Condition not met. The Flyers would have received the draft pick if either Beckett or Hubacek played in the NHL for the Predators during the 2001–02 or 2002–03 season.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[56]
Contract for the 2002–03 season. Skalde remained with Philadelphia through the end of the season.
The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 23rd overall, to the Ottawa Senators for the Senators' first and seventh-round picks and the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2002 second-round pick on June 23, 2001.^[78]
The Flyers acquired the Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick, 95th overall, from the Nashville Predators for Mark Eaton on September 29, 2000.^[78]
The Flyers traded John Vanbiesbrouck to the New York Islanders for the Islanders' fourth-round pick, 95th overall, on June 25, 2000. That pick was traded to the Nashville Predators for the Predators' fourth, fifth, and seventh-round picks on June 23, 2001. The Predators fourth-round pick was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for the Hurricanes' 2002 third-round pick on June 24, 2001.^[78]
The Flyers received a fifth-round pick, 150th overall, as compensation for losing Valeri Zelepukin in free agency.^[78]
The Flyers traded Gino Odjick to the Montreal Canadiens for P. J. Stock and the Canadiens' sixth-round pick, 172nd overall, on December 7, 2000.^[78]
The Flyers traded Marc Bureau to the Calgary Flames for Travis Brigley and the Flames' sixth-round pick, 177th overall, on March 6, 2000.^[78]

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