2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 37th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Eastern Conference Finals but lost in seven games to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
2003–04 record	40–21–15–6
Home record	24–11–3–3
Road record	16–10–12–3
Goals for	229
Goals against	186
Team information
President	Ron Ryan
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Keith Primeau
Alternate captains	John LeClair Mark Recchi
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,375^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Recchi (26)
Assists	Mark Recchi (49)
Points	Mark Recchi (75)
Penalty minutes	Donald Brashear (212)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+20)
Wins	Robert Esche (21)
Goals against average	Robert Esche (2.04)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Regular season

Free-agent goaltender Jeff Hackett was signed from the Boston Bruins to replace Roman Cechmanek and challenge backup Robert Esche for the number one spot in 2003–04, but Hackett was forced to retire in February due to vertigo. During the course of the season, serious injuries suffered by both Jeremy Roenick (broken jaw) and Keith Primeau (concussion) in February forced the Flyers to trade for the Chicago Blackhawks' Alexei Zhamnov, who filled in well and kept the Flyers afloat. Esche entrenched himself as starter and remained in that position even after the Flyers re-acquired Sean Burke from the Phoenix Coyotes, as the Flyers clinched the Atlantic Division title over the New Jersey Devils on the last day of the season.

Season standings

Atlantic Division^[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
2	6	New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
3	8	New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
4	13	New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

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^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	Y- Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
3	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	40	21	15	6	209	188	101
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
5	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
8.5
9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
13	New York Rangers	AT	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

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

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

Playoffs

Though solid in net, Esche's performance was over-shadowed by the play of captain Keith Primeau in the playoffs. Primeau led the Flyers past the defending Stanley Cup champion Devils in five, and the Toronto Maple Leafs in six on their way to the Eastern Conference Finals and a match-up with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Despite winning Game 6 on the late-game heroics of Primeau and winger Simon Gagne, the Flyers would come up short once again losing Game 7 in Tampa, 2–1.

Schedule and results

Preseason

2003 preseason
Preseason: 3–4–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Ref 1 September 19 New Jersey Devils 6 – 1 1–0–0 ^[4] 2 September 20 @ Washington Capitals 4 – 2 2–0–0 ^[5] 3^[a] September 23 @ New Jersey Devils 0 – 3 2–1–0 ^[6] 4 September 26 New Jersey Devils 5 – 4 OT 3–1–0 ^[7] 5 September 27 @ New Jersey Devils 2 – 4 3–2–0 ^[8] 6 September 30 New York Islanders 1 – 4 3–3–0 ^[9] 7 October 1 @ Washington Capitals 4 – 4 OT 3–3–1 ^[10] 8^[b] October 2 @ New York Islanders 2 – 4 3–4–1 ^[11] Notes: ^a Game played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. ^b Game played at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

2003–04 regular season^[12]
October: 4–2–3–1, 12 points (home: 3–0–2–0; road: 1–2–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 1 October 9 Buffalo Sabres 2–0 1–0–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 OT 1–0–1–0 3 Recap 3 October 16 @ San Jose Sharks 0–0 OT 1–0–2–0 4 Recap 4 October 18 @ Phoenix Coyotes 5–4 2–0–2–0 6 Recap 5 October 21 @ Los Angeles Kings 0–4 2–1–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 22 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3–4 OT 2–1–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 25 Carolina Hurricanes 4–4 OT 2–1–3–1 8 Recap 8 October 27 Montreal Canadiens 5–0 3–1–3–1 10 Recap 9 October 29 Florida Panthers 5–1 4–1–3–1 12 Recap 10 October 30 @ New Jersey Devils 2–3 4–2–3–1 12 Recap
November: 10–0–2–0, 22 points (home: 7–0–0–0; road: 3–0–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 11 November 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 5–2–3–1 14 Recap 12 November 6 Washington Capitals 4–2 6–2–3–1 16 Recap 13 November 8 @ New York Rangers 2–1 OT 7–2–3–1 18 Recap 14 November 11 New York Islanders 2–1 8–2–3–1 20 Recap 15 November 13 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 OT 9–2–3–1 22 Recap 16 November 15 Atlanta Thrashers 4–0 10–2–3–1 24 Recap 17 November 18 @ Carolina Hurricanes 2–2 OT 10–2–4–1 25 Recap 18 November 20 Minnesota Wild 3–1 11–2–4–1 27 Recap 19 November 22 Boston Bruins 3–2 12–2–4–1 29 Recap 20 November 26 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1 OT 12–2–5–1 30 Recap 21 November 28 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 13–2–5–1 32 Recap 22 November 29 @ New York Islanders 5–1 14–2–5–1 34 Recap
December: 5–4–4–3, 17 points (home: 3–1–0–2; road: 2–3–4–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 23 December 1 @ Ottawa Senators 1–4 14–3–5–1 34 Recap 24 December 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 15–3–5–1 36 Recap 25 December 5 Phoenix Coyotes 3–2 16–3–5–1 38 Recap 26 December 6 @ Boston Bruins 1–1 OT 16–3–6–1 39 Recap 27 December 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 17–3–6–1 41 Recap 28 December 10 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 1–1 OT 17–3–7–1 42 Recap 29 December 12 @ New Jersey Devils 3–3 OT 17–3–8–1 43 Recap 30 December 13 New Jersey Devils 0–2 17–4–8–1 43 Recap 31 December 16 Calgary Flames 2–3 OT 17–4–8–2 44 Recap 32 December 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–5 OT 17–4–8–3 45 Recap 33 December 20 New York Islanders 3–1 18–4–8–3 47 Recap 34 December 21 @ Atlanta Thrashers 1–4 18–5–8–3 47 Recap 35 December 23 @ New York Islanders 2–4 18–6–8–3 47 Recap 36 December 27 @ Colorado Avalanche 2–3 OT 18–6–8–4 48 Recap 37 December 29 @ Dallas Stars 2–2 OT 18–6–9–4 49 Recap 38 December 30 @ St. Louis Blues 7–2 19–6–9–4 51 Recap
January: 7–5–2–1, 17 points (home: 2–3–0–1; road: 5–2–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 39 January 2 @ Florida Panthers 2–1 20–6–9–4 53 Recap 40 January 3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–6 20–7–9–4 53 Recap 41 January 7 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–1 OT 20–7–10–4 54 Recap 42 January 8 Florida Panthers 3–4 OT 20–7–10–5 55 Recap 43 January 10 Edmonton Oilers 0–3 20–8–10–5 55 Recap 44 January 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 20–9–10–5 55 Recap 45 January 13 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–6 20–10–10–5 55 Recap 46 January 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 21–10–10–5 57 Recap 47 January 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 22–10–10–5 59 Recap 48 January 20 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 22–11–10–5 59 Recap 49 January 22 @ New York Rangers 4–2 23–11–10–5 61 Recap 50 January 24 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 24–11–10–5 63 Recap 51 January 25 @ Washington Capitals 4–1 25–11–10–5 65 Recap 52 January 28 @ Florida Panthers 3–3 OT 25–11–11–5 66 Recap 53 January 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 26–11–11–5 68 Recap
February: 7–5–1–1, 16 points (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 2–2–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 54 February 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–2 26–12–11–5 68 Recap 55 February 4 Washington Capitals 5–1 27–12–11–5 70 Recap 56 February 5 @ Atlanta Thrashers 5–1 28–12–11–5 72 Recap 57 February 10 New Jersey Devils 4–1 29–12–11–5 74 Recap 58 February 12 @ New York Rangers 2–1 30–12–11–5 76 Recap 59 February 14 New York Rangers 6–2 31–12–11–5 78 Recap 60 February 16 San Jose Sharks 2–5 31–13–11–5 78 Recap 61 February 17 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2–5 31–14–11–5 78 Recap 62 February 19 Boston Bruins 3–4 31–15–11–5 78 Recap 63 February 21 Atlanta Thrashers 5–4 32–15–11–5 80 Recap 64 February 24 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 33–15–11–5 82 Recap 65 February 26 @ Ottawa Senators 1–1 OT 33–15–12–5 83 Recap 66 February 28 @ Boston Bruins 2–3 OT 33–15–12–6 84 Recap 67 February 29 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–4 33–16–12–6 84 Recap
March: 6–4–2–0, 14 points (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 2–1–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 68 March 3 Nashville Predators 5–2 34–16–12–6 86 Recap 69 March 5 Ottawa Senators 5–3 35–16–12–6 88 Recap 70 March 6 @ Washington Capitals 1–2 35–17–12–6 88 Recap 71 March 9 @ New Jersey Devils 3–1 36–17–12–6 90 Recap 72 March 11 Dallas Stars 2–2 OT 36–17–13–6 91 Recap 73 March 13 New Jersey Devils 2–1 37–17–13–6 93 Recap 74 March 14 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 OT 37–17–14–6 94 Recap 75 March 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 37–18–14–6 94 Recap 76 March 20 New York Rangers 3–0 38–18–14–6 96 Recap 77 March 23 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 39–18–14–6 98 Recap 78 March 25 New York Islanders 2–4 39–19–14–6 98 Recap 79 March 27 New York Rangers 1–3 39–20–14–6 98 Recap
April: 1–1–1–0, 3 points (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap 80 April 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 40–20–14–6 100 Recap 81 April 2 Ottawa Senators 1–3 40–21–14–6 100 Recap 82 April 4 @ New York Islanders 3–3 OT 40–21–15–6 101 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2004 Stanley Cup playoffs^[12]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. New Jersey Devils – Flyers win 4–1 Game Date Opponent Score Attendance Series Recap 1 April 8 New Jersey Devils 3–2 19,608 Flyers lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 10 New Jersey Devils 3–2 19,779 Flyers lead 2–0 Recap 3 April 12 @ New Jersey Devils 2–4 18,023 Flyers lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 14 @ New Jersey Devils 3–0 19,040 Flyers lead 3–1 Recap 5 April 17 New Jersey Devils 3–1 19,778 Flyers win 4–1 Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Flyers win 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score Attendance Series Recap 1 April 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 19,447 Flyers lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 19,792 Flyers lead 2–0 Recap 3 April 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4 19,628 Flyers lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 19,614 Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 May 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 19,825 Flyers lead 3–2 Recap 6 May 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 OT 19,625 Flyers win 4–2 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning – Lightning win 4–3 Game Date Opponent Score Attendance Series Recap 1 May 8 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–3 21,425 Lightning lead 1–0 Recap 2 May 10 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 21,314 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 May 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–4 19,897 Lightning lead 2–1 Recap 4 May 15 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 19,872 Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 May 18 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2–4 21,517 Lightning lead 3–2 Recap 6 May 20 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 OT 19,910 Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 May 22 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–2 22,117 Lightning win 4–3 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.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
8	Mark Recchi	LW	82	26	49	75	18	47	18	4	2	6	−3	4
26	Michal Handzus	C	82	20	38	58	18	82	18	5	5	10	7	7
10	John LeClair	LW	75	23	32	55	20	51	18	2	2	4	2	8
11	Tony Amonte	RW	80	20	33	53	13	38	18	3	5	8	7	6
97	Jeremy Roenick	C	62	19	28	47	1	62	18	4	9	13	4	8
12	Simon Gagne	LW	80	24	21	45	12	29	18	5	4	9	10	12
5	Kim Johnsson	D	80	13	29	42	16	26	15	2	6	8	−3	8
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	74	12	18	30	9	14	18	3	7	10	0	6
44	Joni Pitkanen	D	71	8	19	27	15	44	15	0	3	3	−6	6
14	Justin Williams‡	RW	47	6	20	26	10	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Keith Primeau	C	54	7	15	22	11	80	18	9	7	16	11	22
23	Alexei Zhamnov†	C	20	5	13	18	7	14	18	4	10	14	−1	8
28	Marcus Ragnarsson	D	70	7	9	16	12	58	14	1	4	5	3	14
20	Radovan Somik	LW	53	4	10	14	−2	17	10	1	1	2	1	4
87	Donald Brashear	LW	64	6	7	13	−1	212	18	1	3	4	0	61
37	Eric Desjardins	D	48	1	11	12	11	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Chris Therien‡	D	56	1	9	10	2	50	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	Mike Comrie†‡	C	21	4	5	9	2	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Eric Weinrich‡	D	54	2	7	9	11	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Branko Radivojevic†	RW	24	1	8	9	0	36	18	1	1	2	−1	32
13	Claude Lapointe	C	42	5	3	8	2	32	1	0	0	0	0	0
9^[a]	Patrick Sharp	C	41	5	2	7	−3	55	12	1	0	1	−2	2
23	Jim Vandermeer‡	D	23	3	2	5	−5	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Todd Fedoruk	LW	49	1	4	5	−4	136	1	0	0	0	−2	2
55	Danny Markov†	D	34	2	3	5	0	58	18	1	2	3	17	25
3	Mattias Timander†	D	34	1	4	5	13	19	18	2	4	6	2	6
19	Eric Chouinard‡	RW	17	3	0	3	−3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	John Slaney	D	4	0	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Vladimir Malakhov†	D	6	0	1	1	−1	2	17	1	5	6	9	12
47	Kirby Law	RW	6	0	1	1	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Boyd Kane	LW	7	0	0	0	−4	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
41^[b]	Sean Burke†	G	15	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0
48	Freddy Meyer	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	Randy Jones	D	5	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Dennis Seidenberg	D	5	0	0	0	−4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
30	Antero Niittymaki	G	3	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Neil Little	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Mike Peluso	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Robert Esche	G	40	0	0	0		31	18	0	0	0		8
15	Peter White	C	3	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Jeff Hackett‡	G	27	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• † = 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	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
42	Robert Esche	40	40	21	11	7	932	79	2.04	.915	3	2,322:14	18	18	11	7	498	41	2.32	.918	1	1,060:34
33	Jeff Hackett‡	27	26	10	10	6	684	65	2.39	.905	3	1,630:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
41^[b]	Sean Burke†	15	13	6	5	2	389	35	2.55	.910	1	824:48	1	0	0	0	9	1	1.50	.889	0	40:00
30	Antero Niittymaki	3	3	3	0	0	77	3	1.00	.961	0	179:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Neil Little	1	0	0	1	0	8	2	3.61	.750	0	33:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Joni Pitkanen (Defense)	^[13]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ken Hitchcock (Coach)	^[14]
		Keith Primeau
		Jeremy Roenick
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Robert Esche (November 3)	^[15]
		Robert Esche (March 15)	^[16]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Joni Pitkanen	^[17]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kim Johnsson	^[18]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mark Recchi	^[18]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Robert Esche	^[18]
	Toyota Cup	Mark Recchi	^[19]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Sami Kapanen	^[20]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

The March 5, 2004 game against the Ottawa Senators set four NHL records. The Flyers set the records for most penalty minutes in a game (213) and most penalty minutes in a period (209).^[21][22] Likewise, both teams penalty minute totals set the combined game (419) and period (409) records.^[23][24] The Flyers 32 penalties during the third period set a franchise record.^[25]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
25th shutout	Jeff Hackett	October 16, 2003	^[26]
500th game played	Jeff Hackett	January 13, 2004	^[27]
1,000th game played	Tony Amonte	March 5, 2004	^[28]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.^[29]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004	To Carolina Hurricanes Marty Murray	^[30]
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2003	^[31]
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2003	^[31]
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2004 9th-round pick in 2004	To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2003 9th-round pick in 2003	^[31]
June 30, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2004^[c]	To Washington Capitals Rights to Dmitri Yushkevich	^[32]
December 16, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Mike Comrie	To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Woywitka 1st-round pick in 2004 3rd-round pick in 2005	^[33]
December 17, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2004	To Minnesota Wild Eric Chouinard	^[34]
January 20, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Danny Markov	To Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams	^[35]
January 22, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Mattias Timander	To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 7th-round pick in 2004	^[36]
February 9, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2004	To St. Louis Blues Eric Weinrich	^[37]
February 9, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean Burke Branko Radivojevic Rights to Ben Eager	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Comrie	^[38]
February 16, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Gainey	To Dallas Stars Mike Siklenka	^[39]
February 19, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Alexei Zhamnov Washington's 4th-round pick in 2004	To Chicago Blackhawks Jim Vandermeer Rights to Colin Fraser Los Angeles' 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[40]
March 8, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Vladimir Malakhov	To New York Rangers Rights to Rick Kozak 2nd-round pick in 2005	^[41]
March 8, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Phoenix's 8th-round pick in 2004 3rd-round pick in 2005	To Dallas Stars Chris Therien	^[42]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Jeff Hackett	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	^[43]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Joey Hope	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)		Free agency	^[44]
	Boyd Kane	Tampa Bay Lightning		Free agency	^[44]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Randy Jones	Clarkson University (ECAC)	2-year	Free agency	^[45]
	Mark Murphy	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[45]
	Mike Peluso	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	^[45]
October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)	Steve Webb	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	^[46]
November 5, 2003 (2003-11-05)	Mike Siklenka	New York Rangers		Waivers	^[47]
March 20, 2004 (2004-03-20)	Stephen Wood	Providence College (HE)		Free agency	^[48]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[d]	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	David Harlock^[e]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[49]
	Joe Sacco^[f]		Contract expiration (III)	^[49]
August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19)	Matt Zultek	Trenton Titans (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[52]
September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)	Jamie Wright	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency (UFA)	^[53]
October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01)	Ian Forbes	Florida Everblades (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[54]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Ryan Bast	Alaska Aces (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[55]
	Mike Siklenka	New York Rangers	Waiver draft	^[56]
N/A	Mike Lephart	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[57]
October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)	Brad Tiley	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[58]
	Steve Webb	Pittsburgh Penguins	Waivers	^[59]
December 26, 2003 (2003-12-26)	Dan Peters	Frankfurt Lions (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[60]
February 9, 2004 (2004-02-09)	Jeff Hackett		Retirement	^[61]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 10, 2003 (2003-06-10)	Eric Chouinard	2-year	Re-signing	^[62]
	Sami Kapanen	2-year	Re-signing	^[63]
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	Eric Desjardins	2-year^[g]	Re-signing	^[65]
	Claude Lapointe	2-year	Re-signing	^[65]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Mathieu Brunelle		Entry-level	^[44]
	Mike Siklenka		Re-signing	^[44]
	Peter Vandermeer		Re-signing	^[44]
	Peter White		Re-signing	^[44]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Joni Pitkanen	3-year	Entry-level	^[66]
July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30)	Radovan Somik	2-year	Re-signing	^[67]
	Justin Williams	1-year	Re-signing	^[67]
December 20, 2003 (2003-12-20)	Mike Comrie	1-year	Re-signing	^[68]
April 7, 2004 (2004-04-07)	Ben Eager	3-year	Entry-level	^[69]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 21–22, 2003.^[70] The Flyers traded their originally allotted second, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth-round draft picks in five different trades.^[71]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	11	Jeff Carter	Center	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	^[h]
1	24	Mike Richards	Center	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3	69	Colin Fraser	Center	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	^[i]
3	81	Stefan Ruzicka	Right wing	Slovakia	MHC Nitra (Slovakia)	^[j]
3	85	Alexandre Picard	Defense	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)	^[k]
3	87	Ryan Potulny	Center	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)	^[l]
3	95	Rick Kozak	Right wing	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4	108	Kevin Romy	Center	Switzerland	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)	^[m]
5	140	David Tremblay	Goaltender	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)	^[n]
6	191	Rejean Beauchemin	Goaltender	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	193	Ville Hostikka	Goaltender	Finland	SaiPa Jrs. (FIN)	^[o]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL^[72][73] and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.^[74]

See also

• Flyers–Senators brawl

Notes

1. Sharp wore number 32 through January 28.
2. Burke wore number 33 in his first game played after being acquired.
3. Condition not met.
4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[49]
5. Harlock retired.^[50]
6. Sacco retired.^[51]
7. Player option for a third year.^[64]
8. The Phoenix Coyotes' first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a July 1, 2001 trade that sent Daymond Langkow to the Coyotes in exchange for a 2002 second-round pick and this pick.^[71]
9. The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a June 22, 2002 trade that sent a 2002 third-round pick to the Hurricanes in exchange for a 2002 sixth-round pick and this pick.^[71]
10. The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of an August 20, 2001 trade that sent Eric Lindros to the Rangers in exchange for Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl, Jan Hlavac and this pick.^[71]
11. Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Adam Oates.^[71]
12. The Edmonton Oilers' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a June 18, 2002 trade that sent Jiri Dopita to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.^[71]
13. Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Luke Richardson.^[71]
14. The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a June 23, 2002 trade that sent a 2002 sixth round pick and a 2002 seventh round pick to the Blue Jackets in exchange for this pick.^[71]
15. The Colorado Avalanche's sixth-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a February 5, 2003 trade that sent Chris McAllister to the Avalanche in exchange for this pick.^[71]

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