2013–14 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2013–14 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.
==Off-season==
The Flyers first major move of the off-season was trading for the negotiating rights to New York Islanders defenseman Mark Streit, an impending unrestricted free agent, for a fourth-round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft and minor league forward Shane Harper. Streit signed a four-year, $21 million contract with the Flyers.
Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted two compliance buyouts to be exercised after the 2012–13 season and/or after the 2013–14 season that would not count against the salary cap in any further year, regardless of the player's age.NHL's compliance buyouts are similar to NBA's amnesty concept The Flyers used their two compliance buyouts on June 27, 2013, buying out centerman Danny Briere and goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov. Briere had two years and $5 million left on the eight-year, $52 million contract he signed with the Flyers on July 1, 2007. Bryzgalov had seven years and $34.5 million left on the nine-year, $51 million contract he signed with the Flyers on June 23, 2011.
The Flyers made two major signings in free agency. Former Tampa Bay Lightning centerman Vincent Lecavalier, who had been bought out by the team he spent his first 14 NHL seasons with, signed a five-year, $22.5 million contract on July 2, 2013.Twitter.com: Ren Lavoie (RDS), "Vincent Lecavalier is now a member of the Flyers. 5 years / 22.5 M" Former Flyers goaltender Ray Emery, who had spent the previous season with the Chicago Blackhawks, returned to Flyers by signing a one-year, $1.65 million contract on July 5. On the same day the Flyers signed star center Claude Giroux to an eight-year contract extension worth $66.2 million.
==Regular season==
After a second consecutive 0–3 start to the regular season, head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant coach Kevin McCarthy were fired on October 7. Assistant coach Craig Berube, who previously played for the Flyers and served two stints as head coach of the Flyers' AHL affiliate Philadelphia Phantoms, was named the new head coach while John Paddock and Ian Laperriere were announced as Berube's assistant coaches. Assistant coach Joe Mullen and goaltending coach Jeff Reese were also retained.
===Standings===
==Playoffs==
The Philadelphia Flyers entered the playoffs as the Metropolitan Division's third seed. They will face the New York Rangers in the first round.
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 15 	Toronto 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	 	Stolarz 	9,100 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 16 	Washington 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	SO 	Emery 	19,142 	0–1–1 	Recap
3 	September 16 	Philadelphia 	3–2 	Toronto 	SO 	Heeter 	19,185 	1–1–1 	Recap
4 	September 17 	NY Rangers 	3–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,142 	1–2–1 	Recap
5 	September 24 	New Jersey 	2–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Emery 	19,360 	1–3–1 	Recap
6 	September 26 	Philadelphia 	1–4 	New Jersey 	 	Mason 	11,789 	1–4–1 	Recap
7 	September 27 	Philadelphia 	3–6 	Washington 	 	Emery 	17,121 	1–5–1 	Recap
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.
===Regular season===
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October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 2 	Toronto 	3–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,872 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Philadelphia 	1–4 	Montreal 	 	Emery 	21,273 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 6 	Philadelphia 	1–2 	Carolina 	 	Mason 	16,088 	0–3–0 	0 	Recap
4 	October 8 	Florida 	1–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,589 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	October 11 	Phoenix 	2–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,713 	1–4–0 	2 	Recap
6 	October 12 	Philadelphia 	2–5 	Detroit 	 	Emery 	20,066 	1–5–0 	2 	Recap
7 	October 15 	Vancouver 	3–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,588 	1–6–0 	2 	Recap
8 	October 17 	Pittsburgh 	4–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,735 	1–7–0 	2 	Recap
9 	October 24 	NY Rangers 	1–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,768 	2–7–0 	4 	Recap
10 	October 26 	Philadelphia 	5–2 	NY Islanders 	 	Mason 	13,620 	3–7–0 	6 	Recap
11 	October 29 	Anaheim 	3–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,615 	3–8–0 	6 	Recap
===Playoffs===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 17 	Philadelphia 	1–4 	NY Rangers 	 	Emery 	18,006 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	April 20 	Philadelphia 	4–2 	NY Rangers 	 	Emery 	18,006 	1–1 	Recap 	
3 	April 22 	NY Rangers 	4–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Emery 	20,096 	1–2 	Recap 	
4 	April 25 	NY Rangers 	1–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	20,132 	2–2 	Recap 	
5 	April 27 	Philadelphia 	2–4 	NY Rangers 	 	Mason 	18,006 	2–3 	Recap 	
6 	April 29 	NY Rangers 	2–5 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	20,137 	3–3 	Recap 	
7 	April 30 	Philadelphia 	1–2 	NY Rangers 	 	Mason 	18,006 	3–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
;Skaters
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	28	58	86	7 	46
 	82	23	39	62	11 	22
 	82	29	31	60	 	106
 	78	20	32	52	11 	103
 	82	10	34	44	3 	44
 	82	20	21	41	0 	54
 	75	22	18	40	 	16
 	82	13	26	39	1 	45
 	69	20	17	37	 	44
 	77	6 	29	35	5 	32
 	68	9 	13	22	2 	28
 	38	5 	12	17	1 	34
 	82	5 	12	17	 	63
 	51	3 	14	17	 	70
 	78	1 	13	14	 	55
 	79	4 	8 	12	0 	58
 	31	2 	8 	10	7 	6
 	80	4 	5 	9 	 	23
 	18	4 	1 	5 	 	4
 	67	2 	2 	4 	 	153
 	19	0 	4 	4 	 	16
 	34	2 	0 	2 	 	90
 	11	1 	1 	2 	1 	2
 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	7
 	18	0 	1 	1 	 	6
 	61	0 	1 	1 	N/A	10
 	28	0 	0 	0 	N/A	31
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	N/A	0
 Playoffs 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	2	4	6	2 	2
 	7	4	1	5	 	20
 	7	2	2	4	 	4
 	7	2	1	3	 	4
 	7	1	2	3	 	4
 	7	1	2	3	0 	0
 	7	0	3	3	 	4
 	7	0	3	3	0 	6
 	7	0	3	3	 	8
 	7	1	1	2	 	2
 	7	1	1	2	 	8
 	2	1	0	1	0 	2
 	7	1	0	1	1 	0
 	7	0	1	1	0 	7
 	7	0	1	1	 	0
 	7	0	1	1	 	4
 	7	0	0	0	 	6
 	7	0	0	0	 	4
 	5	0	0	0	N/A	0
 	4	0	0	0	0 	2
 	3	0	0	0	N/A	0
 	1	0	0	0	 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	61	60	3486	33	18	7	145	2.50	1751	.916	4
 	28	21	1398	9 	12	2	69 	2.96	711 	.903	2
 	1 	1 	64 	0 	0 	1	5 	4.69	38 	.868	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	4	244	2	2	8 	1.97	131	.939	0
 	3	3	172	1	2	10	3.39	89 	.888	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
‡Traded mid-season
==Awards and records==
===Awards===
League awards and honors
Award or honor 	Recipient
NHL Third Star of the Month	Claude Giroux (March)
Team awards
Award 	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy 	Kimmo Timonen
Bobby Clarke Trophy 	Claude Giroux
Gene Hart Memorial Award 	Steve Mason
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy 	Michael Raffl
Toyota Cup 	Claude Giroux
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Jakub Voracek
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player	Milestone 	Reached
 	100th Career Game 	October 5, 2013
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 12, 2013
 	500th Career Game 	October 15, 2013
 	500th Career Game 	October 24, 2013
 	1st Career Assist1st Career Point	October 26, 2013
 	400th Career Game 	November 7, 2013
 	300th Career Point 	November 12, 2013
 	20th Career Shutout 	November 12, 2013
 	100th Career Game 	November 27, 2013
 	900th Career Game 	December 7, 2013
 	100th Career Assist 	December 7, 2013
 	1st Career Goal 	December 9, 2013
 	300th Career Game 	December 9, 2013
 	300th Career Point 	December 15, 2013
 	400th Career Game 	December 15, 2013
 	400th Career Game 	December 15, 2013
 	100th Career Goal 	December 19, 2013
 	500th Career Point 	December 23, 2013
 	200th Career Point 	December 31, 2013
 	500th Career Assist 	January 12, 2014
 	400th Career Gane 	January 14, 2014
 	100th Career Assist 	January 30, 2014
 	100th Career Goal 	February 1, 2013
 	100th Career Point 	March 1, 2014
 	900th Career Point 	March 2, 2014
 	400th Career Game 	March 16, 2014
 	300th Career Game 	March 16, 2014
 	400th Career Goal 	March 30, 2014
==Transactions==
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 25, 2013, the day after the deciding game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2014, the day of the deciding game of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
July 1, 2013 	To New York Rangers Danny Syvret 	To Philadelphia Flyers Kris Newbury
October 31, 2013	To Colorado Avalanche Maxime Talbot 	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Downie
March 4, 2014 	To New York Islanders Matt Mangene2nd-round pick in 20153rd-round pick in 2014	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrew MacDonald
March 5, 2014 	To Boston Bruins Andrej Meszaros 	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014
;Trade notes
* The Flyers retained half of Meszaros' $4 million cap hit.
* The 3rd-round pick would have upgraded to a 2nd-round pick if the Bruins reached the Eastern Conference Finals and Meszaros played in at least 2/3 of their 2014 Stanley Cup playoff games, or if Meszaros re-signed with the Bruins before the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Neither condition was met and the draft pick remained a 3rd-rounder. If Meszaros re-signed with the Bruins for the 2014–15 season after the draft began the Flyers would have received an additional 2015 4th-round pick, but Meszaros signed with the Buffalo Sabres on July 1, 2014.
===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
July 2, 2013 	Vincent Lecavalier 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	5 years, $22.5 million
July 5, 2013 	Ray Emery 	Chicago Blackhawks 	1 year, $1.65 million
July 5, 2013 	Yann Danis 	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $675,000*
October 1, 2013 	Hal Gill 	Nashville Predators 	1 year, $700,000
December 12, 2013	Chris VandeVelde 	Adirondack Phantoms (AHL)	1 year, $550,000*
June 11, 2014 	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	Skelleftea AIK (SHL) 	1 year, $600,000*
====Re-signed====
The following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Date 	Player 	Contract details 	Notes
June 28, 2013 	Mark Streit 	4 years, $21 million 	Acquired in June 12 trade
July 4, 2013 	Adam Hall 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 5, 2013 	Claude Giroux 	8 years, $66.2 million extension	
July 9, 2013 	Erik Gustafsson 	1 year, $1 million 	
July 10, 2013 	Oliver Lauridsen	2 years, $1.2 million* 	Second year of the contract is one-way
July 20, 2013 	Sean Couturier 	2 years, $3.5 million extension 	
August 29, 2013 	Brandon Manning 	1 year, $675,000* 	
September 20, 2013	Matt Read 	4 years, $14.5 million extension	
January 18, 2014 	Steve Mason 	3 years, $12.3 million extension	
March 22, 2014 	Michael Raffl 	2 years, $2.2 million extension 	
April 15, 2014 	Andrew MacDonald	6 years, $30 million extension 	
June 13, 2014 	Kimmo Timonen 	1 year, $2 million extension 	Contract worth $3.5 million with performance bonuses
====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
September 9, 2013 	Taylor Leier 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)	2012 4th-round pick	3 years, $2.424 million
September 17, 2013	Samuel Morin 	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 	2013 1st-round pick	3 years, $4.275 million
March 21, 2014 	Robert Hagg 	Modo Hockey (SHL) 	2013 2nd-round pick	3 years, $2.775 million
April 15, 2014 	Shayne Gostisbehere	Union Dutchmen (ECACHL) 	2012 3rd-round pick	3 years, $4.262 million
===Departures===
The following players — excluding those who were traded or claimed on waivers — left the team during the off-season. Players who were under contract during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).
Date 	Player 	New team (league) 	Via 	Notes
June 27, 2013 	Danny Briere 	Montreal Canadiens 	Compliance buyout	Signed with Montreal on July 4
June 27, 2013 	Ilya Bryzgalov 	Edmonton Oilers 	Compliance buyout	Signed with Edmonton on November 8
July 2, 2013 	Ruslan Fedotenko	HC Donbass (KHL) 	Free agency 	
July 13, 2013 	Brian Boucher 	EV Zug (NLA) 	Free agency 	
July 30, 2013 	Kurtis Foster 	KHL Medveščak Zagreb (KHL) 	Free agency 	
August 5, 2013 	Mitch Wahl 	EC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)	Free agency 	
August 9, 2013 	Jody Shelley 	— 	Retirement 	
N/A 	Simon Gagne 	— 	Unsigned 	Signed with Boston Bruins on October 14, 2014
N/A 	Mike Knuble 	— 	Retirement 	No official announcement
N/A 	Matt Walker 	— 	Retirement 	No official announcement
October 22, 2013	Blake Kessel 	Bakersfield Condors (ECHL) 	Free agency 	
November 4, 2013	Kent Huskins 	Utica Comets (AHL) 	Free agency 	
May 16, 2014 	Erik Gustafsson*	Avangard Omsk (KHL) 	Free agency 	Contract begins with the 2014–15 season
May 29, 2014 	Eric Wellwood 	— 	Retirement 	Last played during 2012–13 season
==Draft picks==
Philadelphia Flyers' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
 Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2013 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round	Pick	Player	Position 	Nationality 	Team (league) 									
1 	11 	 	Defense 	Canada 	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 									
2 	41 	 	Defense 	Sweden 	MODO (SEL) 									
3 	72 	 	Left Wing 	Canada 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 									
5 	132 	 	Defense 	Canada 	Holderness Bulls (High School, New Hampshire)									
6 	162 	 	Goaltender	United States	Proctor Academy (High School, New Hampshire) 									
7 	192 	 	Defense 	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 									
;Draft notes
* The Philadelphia Flyers' fourth-round pick went to the Ottawa Senators (via Tampa Bay), the Flyers traded this pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a February 18, 2012 trade that sent Pavel Kubina to the Flyers in exchange for Jon Kalinski, a 2012 second-round pick (#53–Brian Hart) and this pick.
==Farm teams==
;American Hockey League – Adirondack Phantoms
;ECHL – Greenville Road Warriors
==References==
;General
*hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statisticsResults and Schedule
*hockey-reference.com: Roster and StatisticsSchedule and Results
*Flyers History: Season OverviewGame Scores & ResultsPlayoff Results
;Specific
==External links==
*Philadelphia Flyers Historical Salaries from CapGeek.com
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