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1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season

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Division
  
5th Patrick

1992–93 record
  
36–37–11

Road record
  
13–23–6

Conference
  
9th Wales

Home record
  
23–14–5

Goals for
  
319 (13th)

The 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers added Eric Lindros in a blockbuster trade, but the team failed to make the playoffs for the fourth season in a row.

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Off-season

In June 1992, the Flyers won the arbitration battle for 1991 first-overall pick Eric Lindros over the New York Rangers. It was determined that the Quebec Nordiques had made a deal with the Flyers before making a deal with the Rangers. In order to acquire Lindros' rights, the Flyers parted with six players, trading Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg, two first-round draft picks, and $15 million to Quebec.

Regular season

The trio of Lindros, Mark Recchi, and Brent Fedyk formed the Crazy Eights line in Lindros' first two years in the league, the eights being the player's jersey numbers (88, 8, and 18 respectively). Recchi set the franchise record for points in a season with 123 (53 goals, 70 assists) and Lindros scored 41 goals in 61 games. Rod Brind'Amour added 86 points (37 goals, 49 assists) of his own. Four Flyers reached the 30-goal plateau and goaltender Tommy Soderstrom finished with 5 shutouts: second in the NHL only to Ed Belfour of the Chicago Blackhawks. The Flyers didn't name a replacement captain after Rick Tocchet was traded the previous season and instead chose to go with three alternate captains. After struggling early the Flyers made a run at the playoffs, winning their final eight regular-season games, but came four points short of the last spot.

The Flyers had the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with 399.

On May 24, 1993, the Flyers announced Terry Simpson was replacing Bill Dineen as head coach.

Season standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

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.

    • Transactions

    The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 2, 1992, the day after the deciding game of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 1993, the day of the deciding game of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.

    Trades

    Trade notes
  • a As part of the original trade made on June 20, the Flyers would have parted with Duchesne, Hextall, Huffman, Ricci, the rights to Forsberg, the Flyers 1st-round pick in 1992 (7th overall) and 1993, and $15 million. Since the Flyers used the 1992 pick to select Ryan Sittler and Quebec had no interest in Sittler, the Flyers and Nordiques had to agree on a substitution for the pick. On July 21, arbitrator Larry Bertuzzi ruled that Chris Simon and the Flyers' 1994 first-round pick would be added to the trade.
  • b The trade was nullified by the NHL on February 9 since it violated league rules. A player traded within four weeks of the NHL Waiver Draft cannot be reacquired by the team which traded him for the remainder of the season. After the season the Flyers traded Beauregard back to the Jets.

    • Free agency

    The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

    Re-signed

    The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

    Draft picks

    The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

    NHL Expansion Draft

    The 1992 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 18, 1992. It featured two expansion teams, the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning, selecting players from the other 22 NHL teams. Each NHL team was allowed to protect 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders and all first and second-year players were exempt. The two selecting teams were provided a list of players they could select. Each NHL team could lose only two players.

    The Flyers made the following players available: goaltender Bruce Hoffort, defensemen David Fenyves, Corey Foster, Willie Huber, Moe Mantha, and Darren Rumble, and forwards Mark Freer, Chris Jensen, Brad Jones, and Dale Kushner.

    NHL Waiver Draft

    The 1992 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 4, 1992. 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 left the following players unprotected: eight players total including defenseman Corey Foster and forwards Chris Jensen and Glenn Mulvenna.

    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 (*).

    NHL Entry Draft

    Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 20, 1992.

    Draft notes
  • a The Flyers acquired the Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick, 15th overall, along with Brian Benning and Mark Recchi from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet, Ken Wregget, and the Flyers' 1993 third-round pick on February 19, 1992.
  • The Flyers traded Brian Dobbin, Gord Murphy, their third-round pick, 55th overall, and their 1993 fourth-round pick to the Boston Bruins for Garry Galley, Wes Walz and the Bruins' 1993 third-round pick on January 2, 1992.
  • The Flyers traded their fourth-round pick, 79th overall, and Murray Craven to the Hartford Whalers for Kevin Dineen on November 13, 1991.

    • NHL Supplemental Draft

    Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL Supplemental Draft on June 19, 1992.

    Farm teams

    The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL. Led by Tim Tookey's 108 point season, Hershey finished 5th in their division and missed the playoffs.

    References

    1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season Wikipedia
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