2006 NHL Entry Draft

2006 NHL Entry Draft
overview
date	June 24-25, 2006
place	Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Round	7th
Selected players	213
1st position	Erik Johnson Elected By: St. Louis Blues
2nd position	Jordan Staal Elected By: Pittsburgh Penguins
3rd position	Jonathan Toews Elected By: Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Entry Draft  <2005 2007>

The 2006 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 24, 2006 at General Motors Place in Vancouver , Canada . The 30 NHL teams had the chance to secure the rights to the most hopeful talents. Each team was allowed to select one player per round, unless the team had given up the right to vote in a transfer.

Draft order

The stage of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver

The draft lottery on April 20, 2006 resulted in the following order for positions 1–14 of the entry draft, the results of the playoffs were decisive for positions 15–30. If a draft pick was acquired through a transfer, the original owner of the draft pick is shown in brackets. This distribution only applies to the first round of the Entry Draft.

Draft result

As expected, Erik Johnson was selected first in the entry draft and thus belongs to the NHL system of the St. Louis Blues . He is only the fifth American to be drawn in first place in the history of the draft. The first European player in fourth position was Nicklas Bäckström from Sweden. Michael Grabner from Austria was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in 14th place .

During the draft, Minnesota's first draft pick Trevor Lewis (17th position) was transferred to the Los Angeles Kings in an exchange deal .

Jordan Staal of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Phil Kessel of the Boston Bruins were the only players from the first round who were already used in the 2006/07 season in the NHL.

Legend: G = goalkeeper; D = defender; C = center; W = wing; LW = left wing; RW = right wing

Round 1

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
1	Erik Johnson	United States	D.	St. Louis Blues	USA Hockey National Team Development Program ( NAHL )
2	Jordan Staal	Canada	C.	Pittsburgh Penguins	Peterborough Petes ( OHL )
3	Jonathan Toews	Canada	C / W	Chicago Blackhawks	University of North Dakota ( NCAA )
4th	Nicklas Bäckström	Sweden	C.	Washington Capitals	Brynäs IF Gävle ( Elitserien )
5	Phil Kessel	United States	C / W	Boston Bruins	University of Minnesota (NCAA)
6th	Derick Brassard	Canada	C.	Columbus Blue Jackets	Drummondville Voltigeurs ( QMJHL )
7th	Kyle Okposo	United States	RW	New York Islanders	Des Moines Buccaneers ( USHL )
8th	Peter Mueller	United States	C.	Phoenix Coyotes	Everett Silvertips ( WHL )
9	James Sheppard	Canada	C / W	Minnesota Wild	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
10	Michael Frolík	Czech Republic	RW	Florida panthers	HC Kladno ( Extraliga )
11	Jonathan Bernier	Canada	G	Los Angeles Kings	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
12	Bryan Little	Canada	C.	Atlanta Thrashers	Barrie Colts (OHL)
13	Jiří Tlustý	Czech Republic	C / W	Toronto Maple Leafs	HC Kladno (Extraliga)
14th	Michael Grabner	Austria	RW	Vancouver Canucks	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
15th	Riku Helenius	Finland	G	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ilves Tampere ( SM-liiga )
16	Ty Wishart	Canada	D.	San Jose Sharks (from Montréal )	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
17th	Trevor Lewis	United States	C.	Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton via Minnesota )	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
18th	Chris Stewart	Canada	RW	Colorado Avalanche	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
19th	Mark Mitera	United States	D.	Anaheim Ducks	University of Michigan (NCAA)
20th	David Fischer	United States	D.	Montréal Canadiens (from San Jose )	Apple Valley High School (US High School)
21st	Bobby Sanguinetti	United States	D.	New York Rangers	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
22nd	Claude Giroux	Canada	RW	Philadelphia Flyers	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
23	Semyon Varlamov	Russia	G	Washington Capitals (from Nashville )	Locomotive Yaroslavl ( Super League )
24	Dennis Persson	Sweden	D.	Buffalo Sabers	VIK Västerås HK ( Allsvenskan )
25th	Patrik Berglund	Sweden	C.	St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey )	VIK Västerås HK (Allsvenskan)
26th	Leland Irving	Canada	G	Calgary Flames	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
27	Ivan Vishnevsky	Russia	D.	Dallas Stars	Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
28	Nick Foligno	United States	LW	Ottawa Senators	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
29	Chris Summers	United States	D.	Phoenix Coyotes (from Detroit )	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)
30th	Matt Corrente	Canada	D.	New Jersey Devils (from Carolina via St. Louis )	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)

round 2

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
31	Tomáš Káňa	Czech Republic	C.	St. Louis Blues	HC Vitkovice (Extraliga)
32	Carl Sneep	United States	D.	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brainerd (US High School)
33	Igor Makarov	Russia	RW	Chicago Blackhawks	Krylja Sowetow Moscow (Super League)
34	Michal Neuvirth	Czech Republic	G	Washington Capitals	HC Sparta Prague (Extraliga)
35	François Bouchard	Canada	RW	Washington Capitals (from Boston)	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
36	Jamie McGinn	Canada	LW	San Jose Sharks (from Columbus)	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
37	Yuri Alexandrov	Russia	D.	Boston Bruins	Severstal Tscherepowez (Super League)
38	Bryce Swan	Canada	RW	Anaheim Ducks (from NY Islanders via Vancouver)	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
39	Andreas Nödl	Austria	RW	Philadelphia Flyers (from Phoenix)	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
40	Ondřej Fiala	Czech Republic	C.	Minnesota Wild	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
41	Cory Emmerton	Canada	C / W	Detroit Red Wings (from Florida via Philadelphia and Phoenix)	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
42	Michael Ratchuk	United States	D.	Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles)	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)
43	Riley crab apple	Canada	C.	Atlanta Thrashers	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
44	Nikolai Kuljomin	Russia	W.	Toronto Maple Leafs	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Super League)
45	Jeff Petry	United States	D.	Edmonton Oilers	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
46	Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	G	Buffalo Sabers (from Vancouver)	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
47	Shawn Matthias	Canada	C.	Detroit Red Wings (from Phoenix via Tampa Bay and Philadelphia)	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
48	Joe Ryan	United States	D.	Los Angeles Kings	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
49	Ben Maxwell	Canada	C.	Montréal Canadiens	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
50	Milan Lucic	Canada	LW	Boston Bruins (from Edmonton)	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
51	Nigel Williams	United States	D.	Colorado Avalanche	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)
52	Keith Seabrook	Canada	D.	Washington Capitals (from Anaheim)	Burnaby Express ( BCHL )
53	Mathieu Carle	Canada	D.	Montréal Canadiens (from San Jose)	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
54	Artyom Anissimov	Russia	C.	New York Rangers	Locomotive Yaroslavl (Super League)
55	Denis Bodrow	Russia	D.	Philadelphia Flyers	HK Lada Tolyatti (Super League)
56	Blake Geoffrion	United States	LW	Nashville Predators	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)
57	Mike Weber	United States	D.	Buffalo Sabers	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
58	Alexander Vasyunov	Russia	LW	New Jersey Devils	Locomotive Yaroslavl (Super League)
59	Codey Burki	Canada	C.	Colorado Avalanche (from Calgary)	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
60	Jesse Joensuu	Finland	W.	New York Islanders (from Dallas)	Porin Ässät (SM-liiga)
61	Simon Danis-Pepin	Canada	D.	Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa)	University of Maine (NCAA)
62	Dick Axelsson	Sweden	W.	Detroit Red Wings	Huddinge IK ( Division 1 )
63	Jamie McBain	United States	D.	Carolina Hurricanes	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)

Round 3

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
64	Jonas Junland	Sweden	D.	St. Louis Blues	Linköpings HC (Allsvenskan)
65	Brian Strait	United States	D.	Pittsburgh Penguins	Boston University (NCAA)
66	Ryan White	Canada	C.	Montréal Canadiens (from Chicago via Philadelphia)	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
67	Kirill Tulupov	Russia	D.	New Jersey Devils (from Washington)	Neftjanik Leninogorsk ( Vysschaya League )
68	Eric Gryba	Canada	D.	Ottawa Senators (from Boston)	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
69	Steve Mason	Canada	G	Columbus Blue Jackets	London Knights (OHL)
70	Robin Figren	Sweden	LW	New York Islanders	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
71	Brad Marchand	Canada	LW	Boston Bruins (from Phoenix via NY Islanders)	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
72	Cal Clutterbuck	Canada	RW	Minnesota Wild	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
73	Brady Calla	Canada	RW	Florida panthers	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
74	Jeff Zatkoff	United States	G	Los Angeles Kings	Miami University (NCAA)
75	Theo Peckham	Canada	D.	Edmonton Oilers (from Atlanta)	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
76	Tony Lagerström	Sweden	C.	Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto)	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
77	Vladimir Sharkov	Russia	RW	New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver via St. Louis)	HK CSKA Moscow (Super League)
78	Kevin Quick	United States	D.	Tampa Bay Lightning	Salisbury School (US High School)
79	Jon Matsumoto	Canada	C.	Philadelphia Flyers (from Montréal)	Bowling Green State University (NCAA)
80	Michael Forney	United States	LW	Atlanta Thrashers (from Edmonton)	Thief River Falls (US High School)
81	Mike Carman	United States	C.	Colorado Avalanche	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)
82	Daniel Rahimi	Sweden	D.	Vancouver Canucks	IF Björklöven (Allsvenskan)
83	John de Gray	Canada	D.	Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose via NY Rangers)	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
84	Ryan Hillier	Canada	LW	New York Rangers	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
85	Tom Sestito	United States	LW	Columbus Blue Jackets (from San Jose via Philadelphia)	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
86	Bud Holloway	Canada	RW	Los Angeles Kings (from Nashville via Philadelphia)	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
87	John Armstrong	Canada	C.	Calgary Flames (from Buffalo)	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
88	Jonas Ahnelöv	Sweden	D.	Phoenix Coyotes (from NY Islanders via New Jersey)	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
89	Aaron Marvin	United States	C.	Calgary Flames	Warroad High School (US High School)
90	Aaron Snow	Canada	LW	Dallas Stars	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
91	Kaspars Daugaviņš	Latvia	LW	Ottawa Senators	HK Riga 2000 ( LHL )
92	Daniel Larsson	Sweden	G	Detroit Red Wings	Hammarby IF (Allsvenskan)
93	Harrison Reed	Canada	RW	Carolina Hurricanes	Sarnia Sting (OHL)

Round 4

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
97	Oskar Osala	Finland	LW	Washington Capitals	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
99	James Reimer	Canada	G	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Columbus via Carolina and Chicago)	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
100	Rhett Rakhshani	United States	RW	New York Islanders	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)
101	Joonas Lehtivuori	Finland	D.	Philadelphia Flyers	Tampereeen Ilves
104	David Květoň	Czech Republic	RW	New York Rangers (from Los Angeles)	Vsetínská hokejová (Extraliga)
106	Reto Berra	Switzerland	G	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto via Carolina)	GCK Lions (NLB)
109	Jakub Kovář	Czech Republic	G	Philadelphia Flyers (from Montréal)	HC České Budějovice (Extraliga)
111	Korbinian Holzer	Germany	D.	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Colorado via Chicago)	EC Bad Tölz ( 2nd Bundesliga )
112	Matt Beleskey	Canada	LW	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
114	Niclas Andersén	Sweden	D.	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers)	Leksands IF (Elitserien)
115	Tomáš Marcinko	Slovakia	C.	New York Islanders (from Philadelphia via Phoenix)	HC Košice ( Extraliga )
117	Felix Schütz	Germany	C.	Buffalo Sabers	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
120	Richard Bachman	United States	G	Dallas Stars	Cushing Academy (US High School)

Round 5

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
125	Chad Johnson	Canada	G	Pittsburgh Penguins	University of Alaska Fairbanks (NCAA)
128	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Canada	D.	Boston Bruins	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
129	Robert Nyholm	Finland	RW	Columbus Blue Jackets	Helsingfors IFK (SM-liiga)
132	Niko Hovinen	Finland	G	Minnesota Wild	Jokerite (SM-liiga)
134	David Meckler	United States	C.	Los Angeles Kings	Yale University (NCAA)
137	Tomáš Záborský	Slovakia	LW	New York Rangers (from Vancouver via Washington)	HC Dukla Trenčín (Extraliga)
139	Pavel Walentenko	Russia	D.	Montréal Canadiens	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk (Super League)
145	Jon Rheault	United States	RW	Philadelphia Flyers	Providence College (NCAA)
147	Alex Biega	Canada	D.	Buffalo Sabers	Salisbury School (Connecticut High School)
149	Juuso Puustinen	Finland	RW	Calgary Flames	KalPa Kuopio (SM-liiga)

Round 6

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
160	Andrew MacDonald	Canada	D.	New York Islanders	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
161	Viktor Stålberg	Sweden	LW	Toronto Maple Leafs (by Phoenix)	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
162	Julian Walker	Switzerland	W.	Minnesota Wild	EHC Basel (NLA)
163	Sergei Shirokov	Russia	LW	Vancouver Canucks (from Florida)	HK CSKA Moscow (Super League)
164	Constantin Braun	Germany	LW	Los Angeles Kings	Eisbären Berlin (DEL)
165	Jonas Enlund	Finland	C.	Atlanta Thrashers	Helsingfors IFK (SM-liiga)
170	Alexander Bumagin	Russia	F.	Edmonton Oilers	HK Lada Tolyatti (Super League)
172	Petteri Wirtanen	Finland	C.	Anaheim Ducks	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (SM-liiga)
177	Mathieu Perreault	Canada	C.	Washington Capitals (from Buffalo)	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
180	Leo Komarov	Finland	F.	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Dallas)	Pelicans Lahti (SM-liiga)
182	Jan Muršak	Slovenia	LW	Detroit Red Wings	HC České Budějovice (Extraliga)

Round 7

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
184	Alexander Hellström	Sweden	D.	St. Louis Blues	IF Björklöven (Elitserien)
189	Derek Dorsett	Canada	RW	Columbus Blue Jackets	Medicine Hat Tigers (OHL)
196	Benn Ferriero	United States	C.	Phoenix Coyotes (from Toronto)	Boston College (NCAA)
198	Denis Kasionov	Russia	LW	Tampa Bay Lightning	HK MWD Balaschicha (Super League)
200	Artūrs Kulda	Latvia	D.	Atlanta Thrashers (from Edmonton)	HK CSKA Moscow (Super League)
202	John McCarthy	United States	LW	San Jose Sharks (from Anaheim)	Boston University (NCAA)
205	Andrei Popov	Russia	RW	Philadelphia Flyers	HK tractor Chelyabinsk (Super League)
211	Erik Condra	United States	RW	Detroit Red Wings	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
212	Logan Pyett	Canada	D.	Detroit Red Wings	Regina Pats (WHL)
213	Justin Krueger	Germany	D.	Carolina Hurricanes	Cornell University (NCAA)

Most hopeful talents

The NHL has compiled rankings of the most hopeful talent. It was to be assumed that the top talent in the rankings would be drafted first. The favorite to be the “first overall” draft pick (selected first) was the American Erik Johnson , who also made it. The NHL put the following players as having the greatest opportunities:

Rankings

Outfield player

North America	space	Europe
Erik Johnson - V.	1.	Nicklas Bäckström - C.
Jordan Staal - C.	2.	Michael Frolík - C / grand piano
Jonathan Toews - C / wing	3.	Jiří Tlustý - C / grand piano
Derick Brassard - C.	4th	Yuri Alexandrov - V
Phil Kessel - C.	5.	Tomáš Káňa - C.

goalkeeper

North America	space	Europe
Jonathan Bernier	1.	Jhonas Enroth
Leland Irving	2.	Semyon Varlamov
Jeff Zatkoff	3.	Reto Berra

German talents

• Korbinian Holzer (born February 16, 1988 ), drawn by the Toronto Maple Leafs in round 4 (111th overall).
• Felix Schütz (born November 3, 1987 ), pulled by the Buffalo Sabers in round 4 (117th overall).
• Constantin Braun (born March 11, 1988), drawn by the Los Angeles Kings in round 6 (164th overall).
• Justin Krueger (born October 6, 1986 ), pulled by the Carolina Hurricanes in round 7 (213rd overall).

The players in the scout lists Marcel Müller , Moritz Müller , Elia Ostwald , Christoph Gawlik and Torsten Ankert were not drawn.

Austrian talents

• Michael Grabner (born October 5, 1987 in Villach ) took 15th place in the North American ranking.

Drawn by the Vancouver Canucks in Round 1 (14th overall).

• Andreas Nödl (born February 28, 1987 in Vienna ) took 60th place in the North American ranking.

Drawn by the Philadelphia Flyers on Round 2 (39th overall).

Swiss talent

• Reto Berra (born January 3, 1987), drawn by the St. Louis Blues in Round 4 (106th overall).
• Julian Walker (born September 10, 1986), drawn by the Minnesota Wild on round 6 (162nd overall).
• Michael Dupont (born December 20, 1987), drawn by the Philadelphia Flyers in round 6 (175th overall).

Web links

• A look back at the 2006 Entry Draft. In: nhl.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018 . 
• 2006 NHL Entry Draft. In: hockey-reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018 . 
• 2006 NHL Draft. In: espn.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .