1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins
1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
1998–99 record	38–30–14
Home record	21–10–10
Road record	17–20–4
Goals for	242
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Jaromir Jagr
Alternate captains	Alexei Kovalev; Martin Straka
Arena	Mellon Arena
Average attendance	14,824
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch; Wheeling Nailers
Team leaders
Goals	Jaromir Jagr (44)
Assists	Jaromir Jagr (83)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (127)
Penalty minutes	Brad Werenka (93)
Plus/minus	German Titov ( 18)
Wins	Tom Barrasso (19)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Aubin (2.22)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Regular season

The Penguins were the least penalized team during the regular season, with just 302 power-play opportunities against. They also allowed the most short-handed goals, with 14.^[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
3	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	10	194	244	58

^[2]

Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	y – Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	23	15	239	179	103
3	y – Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	34	30	18	210	202	86
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	30	7	268	231	97
5	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	214	181	91
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	28	17	207	175	91
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	ATL	82	38	30	14	242	225	90

9	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	34	18	210	228	78
10	New York Rangers	ATL	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	32	39	11	184	209	75
12	Washington Capitals	SE	82	31	45	6	200	218	68
13	New York Islanders	ATL	82	24	48	10	194	244	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	54	9	179	292	47

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

Schedule and results

Regular season

1998–99 regular season^[4]

October: 4–3–2 (home: 0–1–1; road: 4–2–1), 10 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 10	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	New York Islanders	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 14	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	New Jersey Devils	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 17	New York Rangers	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0–1	5	Recap
4	October 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–5	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–1–1	5	Recap
5	October 24	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2–1	5	Recap
6	October 26	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 28	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	Calgary Flames	4–2–1	9	Recap
8	October 30	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	Vancouver Canucks	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 31	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Edmonton Oilers	4–3–2	10	Recap

November: 6–3–3 (home: 3–1–3; road: 3–2–0), 15 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
10	November 3	Philadelphia Flyers	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3–3	11	Recap
11	November 5	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Ottawa Senators	5–3–3	13	Recap
12	November 7	Boston Bruins	0–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3–4	14	Recap
13	November 10	New York Islanders	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–3–4	16	Recap
14	November 13	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	New Jersey Devils	6–4–4	16	Recap
15	November 14	Florida Panthers	0–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	7–4–4	18	Recap
16	November 17	Philadelphia Flyers	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	7–5–4	18	Recap
17	November 19	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	8–5–4	20	Recap
18	November 21	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	9–5–4	22	Recap
19	November 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–5	Washington Capitals	9–6–4	22	Recap
20	November 27	New York Rangers	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	9–6–5	23	Recap
21	November 28	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	Montreal Canadiens	10–6–5	25	Recap

December: 5–4–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 1–3–1), 12 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
22	December 1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	10–6–6	26	Recap
23	December 4	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	Carolina Hurricanes	10–6–7	27	Recap
24	December 5	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–2	Boston Bruins	10–7–7	27	Recap
25	December 12	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	St. Louis Blues	11–7–7	29	Recap
26	December 15	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	12–7–7	31	Recap
27	December 16	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Florida Panthers	12–8–7	31	Recap
28	December 19	Washington Capitals	0–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	13–8–7	33	Recap
29	December 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–7	Toronto Maple Leafs	13–9–7	33	Recap
30	December 22	Los Angeles Kings	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	13–10–7	33	Recap
31	December 26	Ottawa Senators	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	14–10–7	35	Recap
32	December 30	Florida Panthers	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	15–10–7	37	Recap

January: 8–5–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–3–0), 16 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
33	January 2	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Florida Panthers	16–10–7	39	Recap
34	January 5	Calgary Flames	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	17–10–7	41	Recap
35	January 7	Carolina Hurricanes	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	18–10–7	43	Recap
36	January 9	St. Louis Blues	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	19–10–7	45	Recap
37	January 13	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–5	Phoenix Coyotes	19–11–7	45	Recap
38	January 15	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3	San Jose Sharks	19–12–7	45	Recap
39	January 16	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–1	Los Angeles Kings	20–12–7	47	Recap
40	January 18	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	20–13–7	47	Recap
41	January 21	New York Islanders	5–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	20–14–7	47	Recap
42	January 26	Carolina Hurricanes	5–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	20–15–7	47	Recap
43	January 28	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	21–15–7	49	Recap
44	January 30	Boston Bruins	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	22–15–7	51	Recap
45	January 31	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	Montreal Canadiens	23–15–7	53	Recap

February: 9–5–0 (home: 7–0–0; road: 2–5–0), 18 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
46	February 2	Buffalo Sabres	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	24–15–7	55	Recap
47	February 5	Florida Panthers	0–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	25–15–7	57	Recap
48	February 7	Detroit Red Wings	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	26–15–7	59	Recap
49	February 9	Montreal Canadiens	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	27–15–7	61	Recap
50	February 11	Vancouver Canucks	5–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	28–15–7	63	Recap
51	February 13	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	Nashville Predators	29–15–7	65	Recap
52	February 15	Washington Capitals	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	30–15–7	67	Recap
53	February 17	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	New York Islanders	30–16–7	67	Recap
54	February 19	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–6	New York Rangers	30–17–7	67	Recap
55	February 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers	30–18–7	67	Recap
56	February 22	Phoenix Coyotes	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	31–18–7	69	Recap
57	February 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Colorado Avalanche	32–18–7	71	Recap
58	February 26	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–6	Dallas Stars	32–19–7	71	Recap
59	February 28	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Washington Capitals	32–20–7	71	Recap

March: 4–5–6 (home: 2–3–5; road: 2–2–1), 14 Points

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
60	March 3	Montreal Canadiens	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	32–20–8	72	Recap
61	March 5	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	32–20–9	73	Recap
62	March 7	Colorado Avalanche	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	32–21–9	73	Recap
63	March 9	New Jersey Devils	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	32–22–9	73	Recap
64	March 10	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes	33–22–9	75	Recap
65	March 13	Philadelphia Flyers	0–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	34–22–9	77	Recap
66	March 16	Dallas Stars	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	34–22–10	78	Recap
67	March 17	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning	35–22–10	80	Recap
68	March 20	Nashville Predators	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	35–22–11	81	Recap
69	March 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	New York Rangers	35–22–12	82	Recap
70	March 23	Chicago Blackhawks	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	36–22–12	84	Recap
71	March 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–5	New Jersey Devils	36–23–12	84	Recap
72	March 27	Buffalo Sabres	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	36–23–13	85	Recap
73	March 28	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres	36–24–13	85	Recap
74	March 30	Ottawa Senators	6–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	36–25–13	85	Recap

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

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
75	April 1	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	Ottawa Senators	36–25–14	86	Recap
76	April 3	New Jersey Devils	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	36–26–14	86	Recap
77	April 5	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Buffalo Sabres	36–27–14	86	Recap
78	April 8	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers	36–28–14	86	Recap
79	April 11	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–0	Detroit Red Wings	37–28–14	88	Recap
80	April 15	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Boston Bruins	37–29–14	88	Recap
81	April 17	New York Islanders	7–7	Pittsburgh Penguins	37–30–14	88	Recap
82	April 18	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1 OT	New York Rangers	38–30–14	90	Recap

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) New Jersey Devils – Penguins win 4–3

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Series	Recap
1	April 22	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	New Jersey Devils	0–1	Recap
2	April 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	New Jersey Devils	1–1	Recap
3	April 25	New Jersey Devils	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1	Recap
4	April 27	New Jersey Devils	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	Recap
5	April 30	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	New Jersey Devils	2–3	Recap
6	May 2	New Jersey Devils	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	Recap
7	May 4	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	New Jersey Devils	4–3	Recap

Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–2

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Series	Recap
1	May 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0	Recap
2	May 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	Recap
3	May 11	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1	Recap
4	May 13	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	Recap
5	May 15	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–3	Recap
6	May 17	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Recap

Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	/−	PIM
Jaromir Jagr	81	44	83	127	17	66
Martin Straka	80	35	48	83	12	26
German Titov	72	11	45	56	18	34
Alex Kovalev^†	63	20	26	46	8	37
Robert Lang	72	21	23	44	-10	24
Kip Miller	77	19	23	42	1	22
Jan Hrdina	82	13	29	42	-2	40
Kevin Hatcher	66	11	27	38	11	24
Stu Barnes^‡	64	20	12	32	-12	20
Rob Brown	58	13	11	24	-15	16
Brad Werenka	81	6	18	24	17	93
Jiri Slegr	63	3	20	23	13	86
Aleksey Morozov	67	9	10	19	5	14
Bobby Dollas	70	2	8	10	-3	60
Dan Kesa	67	2	8	10	-9	27
Ian Moran	62	4	5	9	1	37
Maxim Galanov	51	4	3	7	-8	14
Jeff Serowik	26	0	6	6	-4	16
Darius Kasparaitis	48	1	4	5	12	70
Matthew Barnaby^†	18	2	2	4	-10	34
Martin Sonnenberg	44	1	1	2	-2	19
Patrick Lebeau	8	1	0	1	-2	2
Greg Andrusak	7	0	1	1	4	4
Victor Ignatjev	11	0	1	1	-3	6
Neil Wilkinson	24	0	0	0	-2	22
Chris Tamer	11	0	0	0	-2	32
Tyler Wright	61	0	0	0	-2	90
Sean Pronger	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Bonin	5	0	0	0	-2	0
Sven Butenschon	17	0	0	0	-7	6
Ryan Savoia	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Harry York	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pavel Skrbek	4	0	0	0	2	2
Total		242	414	656	—	943

Playoffs^[6]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	/−	PIM
Martin Straka	13	6	9	15	0	6
Jaromir Jagr	9	5	7	12	1	16
Alex Kovalev	10	5	7	12	0	14
Kip Miller	13	2	7	9	-1	19
German Titov	11	3	5	8	4	4
Rob Brown	13	2	5	7	-2	8
Jan Hrdina	13	4	1	5	-1	12
Kevin Hatcher	13	2	3	5	1	4
Jiri Slegr	13	1	3	4	1	12
Brad Werenka	13	1	1	2	0	6
Aleksey Morozov	10	1	1	2	1	0
Robert Lang	12	0	2	2	-3	0
Ian Moran	13	0	2	2	-3	8
Bobby Dollas	13	1	0	1	-4	6
Greg Andrusak	12	1	0	1	-1	6
Dan Kesa	13	1	0	1	-2	0
Todd Hlushko	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Wright	13	0	0	0	-2	19
Matthew Barnaby	13	0	0	0	-2	35
Brian Bonin	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Victor Ignatjev	1	0	0	0	0	2
Maxim Galanov	1	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Sonnenberg	7	0	0	0	-2	0
Total		35	53	88	—	177

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[7]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Tom Barrasso	43	43	2306:15	19	16	3	98	2.55	993	0.901	4	3	20
Peter Skudra	37	28	1914:12	15	11	5	89	2.79	822	0.892	3	0	2
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	17	11	756:15	4	3	6	28	2.22	304	0.908	2	0	0
Total		82	4976:42	38	30	14	215	2.59	2119	0.899	9	3	22

Playoffs^[8]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tom Barrasso	13	13	787:20	6	7	0	35	2.67	350	0.900	1	0	0	4
Total		13	787:20	6	7	0	35	2.67	350	0.900	1	0	0	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Art Ross Trophy	Jaromir Jagr	^[9]
	Hart Memorial Trophy	Jaromir Jagr	^[10]
	Lester B. Pearson Award	Jaromir Jagr	^[11]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Jaromir Jagr (Right Wing)	^[12]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jaromir Jagr^[a]	^[14]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Martin Straka	^[14]
	NHL Player of the Month	Jaromir Jagr (March)	^[15]
	NHL Player of the Week	Jaromir Jagr (February 1)	^[16]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Jan Hrdina (January)	^[17]
Team	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award	Jaromir Jagr	^[18]
	Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award	Jiri Slegr	^[19]
	Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award	Martin Straka	^[19]
	Leading Scorer Award	Jaromir Jagr
	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy	Jan Hrdina	^[20]
	Most Valuable Player Award	Jaromir Jagr	^[21]
	Players' Player Award	Jaromir Jagr	^[20]
	Players' Player Award	Martin Straka	^[20]
	The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Rob Brown	^[18]
	The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Tyler Wright	^[18]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jan Hrdina	October 10, 1998	^[22]
	Viktors Ignatjevs	October 10, 1998
	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	October 21, 1998
	Martin Sonnenberg	November 21, 1998
	Ryan Savoia	March 27, 1999
	Pavel Skrbek	March 28, 1999
	Brian Bonin	April 8, 1999
1,000th game played	Kevin Hatcher	January 18, 1999	^[23]

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season:^[24]

Trades

November 25, 1998	To New York Rangers Petr Nedved Sean Pronger Chris Tamer	To Pittsburgh Penguins Alexei Kovalev Harry York future considerations
February 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean O`Brien	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations
March 11, 1999	To Buffalo Sabres Stu Barnes	To Pittsburgh Penguins Matthew Barnaby
March 18, 1999	To Tampa Bay Lightning future considerations (cash)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Brent Peterson

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Date
Dan Kesa	Hartford Whalers	August 20, 1998

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Date
Ron Francis	Carolina Hurricanes	July 13, 1998
Stefan Bergkvist	Leksands IF (Sweden)	July 14, 1998
Domenic Pittis	Buffalo Sabres	August 10, 1998
Chris Ferraro	Edmonton Oilers	August 13, 1998
Ed Olczyk	Chicago Blackhawks	August 26, 1998
Joe Dziedzic	Phoenix Coyotes	August 27, 1998
Fredrik Olausson	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	August 28, 1998
Andreas Johansson	Ottawa Senators	September 29, 1998
Maxim Galanov	Atlanta Thrashers (Expansion Draft)	June 25, 1999

Claimed via waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
October 5, 1998	Kip Miller	New York Islanders
October 5, 1998	Maxim Galanov	New York Rangers

Lost via waivers

Date	Player	New team
December 8, 1998	Harry York	Vancouver Canucks

Player signings

Player	Date
Sean Pronger	August 10, 1998
Rob Brown	August 11, 1998
Sean O'Brien	August 11, 1998
Viktors Ignatjevs	August 11, 1998
Robert Lang	September 22, 1998
Martin Sonnenberg	October 9, 1998
Brian Leitza	October 12, 1998
Patrick Lebeau	October 18, 1998
Greg Andrusak	March 19, 1999
Hans Jonsson	June 21, 1999

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.^[25]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	23	Milan Kraft	Center	Czech Republic	Keramika Plzeň (Czech)
2	54	Alexander Zevakhin	Right Wing	Russia	CSKA Moscow (RSL)
3	80^[a]	David Cameron	Center	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	110	Scott Myers	Goaltender	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5	134^[b]	Rob Scuderi	Defense	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
6	169	Jan Fadrny	Center	Czech Republic	Slavia Praha (Czech)
7	196	Joel Scherban	Center	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
8	224	Mika Lehto	Goaltender	Finland	Assat (SM-liiga)
9	244^[c]	Toby Petersen	Center	United States	Colorado College (WCHA)
9	254	Matt Hussey	Center	United States	Avon Old Farms (USHS-CN)

Draft notes^[26]

^a The Colorado Avalanche's third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a September 28, 1997, trade that sent Francois Leroux to the Avalanche in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of an August 12, 1997, trade that sent Jiri Slegr to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^b The Buffalo Sabres' fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a September 24, 1997, trade that sent Jason Woolley to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a March 18, 1997, trade that sent Josef Beranek to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Craig Muni.

Farm teams

The American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch finished last overall in the standings with a record of 18-50-9-3.

Notes

^ Jagr was voted to the starting lineup.^[13]

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1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Player signings

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

Notes

References