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The 2006–07 Buffalo Sabres season was the 37th season of operation, 36th season of play, for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1] The season began with the team attempting to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2005–06 season, in which the Sabres advanced to the Eastern Conference finals before losing in five games to the eventual Stanley Cup finalist, the Ottawa Senators.

2006–07 Buffalo Sabres
Northeast Division champions
Division1st Northeast
Conference1st Eastern
2006–07 record53–22–7
Home record28–10–3
Road record25–12–4
Goals for308
Goals against242
Team information
General managerDarcy Regier
CoachLindy Ruff
CaptainDaniel Briere and
Chris Drury
Alternate captainsTeppo Numminen
ArenaHSBC Arena
Average attendance18,690
Minor league affiliateRochester Americans
Team leaders
GoalsThomas Vanek (43)
AssistsDaniel Briere (63)
PointsDaniel Briere (95)
Penalty minutesAdam Mair (128)
Plus/minusThomas Vanek (+47)
WinsRyan Miller (40)
Goals against averageRyan Miller (2.73)

With the best regular-season record in the NHL, the Sabres were awarded the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in franchise history, and they also earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They defeated the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers in the first two rounds of the playoffs. In the Eastern Conference finals, however, the Sabres' season came to an end when they were defeated by the Ottawa Senators in five games. This was the last season in which the Sabres won a playoff series and the team's last 50-win season until the 2025–26 season.

Offseason

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The team lost several veterans to free agency, including J. P. Dumont, Jay McKee, Mike Grier, and Rory Fitzpatrick. Conversely, the team signed only one new player to the roster: defenseman Jaroslav Spacek. The team planned to rely on young players from their own organization – Jiri Novotny, Paul Gaustad and Nathan Paetsch, to name a few—to fill the holes left by the departing players.

Controversy swirled around the team's logo and jersey, meanwhile, as the look was changed. The team's colors were reverted to blue and gold, which they had worn from their addition to the league as an expansion team until 1996–97, when the colors were changed to black and red. The new logo, though, was said to resemble to many a slug or a wig. There were strong efforts to prevent the team from wearing this new jersey, although none were successful. The team's new third jersey, meanwhile, featured the team's original logo. Despite the controversy, the NHL reported that sales of Sabres merchandise were up approximately 1170% from the 2005–2006 season.[2]

Regular season

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The Sabres were very successful early in the season, tying an NHL record by winning their first ten games, before finally suffering a shootout loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.[3] They did not lose a game in regulation until exactly one month into the season, in their thirteenth game, when they lost to Toronto.[4] The Sabres also set an NHL record by winning their first ten road games of the season,[5] not losing outside of HSBC Arena until November 18 in Ottawa. This record would not be broken until 2023, when the Los Angeles Kings won their 11th straight road game to start the season.

On January 9, it was announced that three members of the Sabres had been voted to start the All-Star Game for the Eastern Conference: forward Daniel Briere, defenseman Brian Campbell, and goaltender Ryan Miller. It was the first All-Star appearance for each.[6] In addition, as the Sabres had the best record in the Eastern Conference as of the end of All-Star voting, head coach Lindy Ruff was assigned to coach the Eastern Conference team.[7] Briere recorded a goal and four assists in the game, and was named Most Valuable Player of the game.[8] Thomas Vanek was also invited to All-Star Weekend to play in the YoungStars game.[9]

On January 13, Jason Pominville recorded his 20th goal of the season, becoming the fourth Sabre (after Chris Drury, Thomas Vanek and Maxim Afinogenov) to record 20 goals before the All-Star break. At the time of Pominville's 20th goal, no other team in the NHL had more than two players with 20 goals.[10] Daniel Briere became the fifth Sabre to record 20 goals as he scored a hat-trick on January 30 against the Boston Bruins. With the feat, the Sabres became the first team since the 1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins to have five 20–goal scorers before February.[11] Four Sabres would go on to reach the 30-goal plateau. For the first time in 12 years, Buffalo was not shut-out in any of their 82 regular season games. Moreover, the Sabres led the NHL in goals scored and became the first team to score at least 200 even-strength goals during the regular season since the New Jersey Devils in 2000–01.

In February, the Sabres found themselves battling injury problems. Forward Tim Connolly had been on the long-term injury list all season, and he was joined by Paul Gaustad when a tendon in his leg was sliced on February 7 against the Ottawa Senators. Jaroslav Spacek broke his left hand soon thereafter, and the Sabres lost Maxim Afinogenov, who broke his left wrist, and Jiri Novotny with a high ankle sprain. Ales Kotalik was next to go down, with a knee sprain, and forward Daniel Paille broke his finger. Against the Ottawa Senators on February 22, captain Chris Drury was injured by a blow to the head by Chris Neil, sparking a wild brawl which saw a fight between Martin Biron and Senators goaltender Ray Emery, and later between Emery and Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters.[12]

The Sabres were the last team to be involved in a trade in the 2006–07 season. On the day of the NHL trade deadline, though, they made four trades. Goaltender Martin Biron, who had been the longest-tenured Sabre, was sent to Philadelphia for Philadelphia's second-round pick in the 2007 NHL entry draft. Buffalo's fifth-round pick in that draft was sent to Columbus in exchange for another backup goalie, Ty Conklin. Jiri Novotny was sent along with Buffalo's 2007 first-round pick to Washington in exchange for Dainius Zubrus and Timo Helbling. Finally, the Sabres sent their fourth-round pick in 2007 to Nashville for Mikko Lehtonen, a minor league defenseman.[13]

Due to injuries, many Sabres prospects were called up from the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and made their NHL debuts during the season; Mike Card, Michael Funk, Patrick Kaleta, Clarke MacArthur, Mark Mancari, Michael Ryan, Andrej Sekera and Drew Stafford all played their first career NHL game during the 2006–07 season.

The Sabres finished with 298 goals scored (excluding 10 shootout-winning goals), the most in the League.[14]

Season standings

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Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
11Buffalo Sabres8253227308242113
24Ottawa Senators8248259288222105
39Toronto Maple Leafs8240311125826991
410Montreal Canadiens824234624525690
513Boston Bruins823541621928976

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference[16]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 P - Buffalo SabresNE8253227308242113
2 Y - New Jersey DevilsAT8249249216201107
3 Y - Atlanta ThrashersSE8243281124624597
4 X - Ottawa SenatorsNE8248259288222105
5 X - Pittsburgh PenguinsAT82472411277246105
6 X - New York RangersAT8242301024221694
7 X - Tampa Bay LightningSE824433525326193
8 X - New York IslandersAT8240301224824092
8.5
9 Toronto Maple LeafsNE8240311125826991
10 Montreal CanadiensNE824234624525690
11 Carolina HurricanesSE824034824125388
12 Florida PanthersSE8235311624725786
13 Boston BruinsNE823541621928976
14 Washington CapitalsSE8228401423528670
15 Philadelphia FlyersAT8222481221430356
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

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The Sabres earned the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference by virtue of finishing with the highest point total in the conference.

Eastern Conference quarterfinals: vs. (8) New York Islanders

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The Sabres faced the New York Islanders in the first round of the playoffs.

Eastern Conference semifinals: vs. (6) New York Rangers

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The Sabres faced the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs. The Rangers advanced by sweeping the Atlanta Thrashers, the number three seed, in the first round.

Eastern Conference finals: vs. (4) Ottawa Senators

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The Sabres faced their division rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in the Eastern Conference finals. The Senators advanced by defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round and the New Jersey Devils in the second. The Sabres lost the series, four games to one.

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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2006–07 regular season[17]
October: 10–0–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 6–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 4Buffalo3 – 2CarolinaSOMiller18,8401–0–02W
2October 6Montreal4 – 5BuffaloSOMiller18,6902–0–04W
3October 7Buffalo4 – 3OttawaBiron19,2023–0–06W
4October 13Buffalo3 – 2DetroitSOMiller20,0664–0–08W
5October 14NY Rangers4 – 7BuffaloMiller18,6905–0–010W
6October 17Philadelphia1 – 9BuffaloMiller18,6906–0–012W
7October 20Carolina4 – 5BuffaloMiller18,6907–0–014W
8October 21Buffalo6 – 2BostonBiron14,3828–0–016W
9October 23Buffalo4 – 1MontrealMiller21,2739–0–018W
10October 26Buffalo3 – 0NY IslandersMiller8,86110–0–020W
11October 28Atlanta5 – 4BuffaloSOMiller18,69010–0–121OTL
November: 9–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 5–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 2Buffalo5 – 4BostonSOMiller12,54711–0–123W
13November 4Toronto4 – 1BuffaloMiller18,69011–1–123L
14November 5Buffalo4 – 3NY RangersOTBiron18,20012–1–125W
15November 10Florida4 – 5BuffaloOTBiron18,69013–1–127W
16November 11Buffalo5 – 4PhiladelphiaOTBiron19,63314–1–129W
17November 13Buffalo7 – 4CarolinaBiron14,38715–1–131W
18November 15Ottawa4 – 2BuffaloBiron18,69015–2–131L
19November 17Pittsburgh2 – 4BuffaloBiron18,69016–2–133W
20November 18Buffalo1 – 4OttawaMiller19,77016–3–133L
21November 20Tampa Bay2 – 7BuffaloMiller18,69017–3–135W
22November 22Toronto4 – 7BuffaloMiller18,69018–3–137W
23November 24Montreal2 – 1BuffaloOTMiller18,69018–3–238OTL
24November 26Buffalo3 – 2NY RangersOTMiller18,20019–3–240W
December: 9–4–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
25December 1NY Rangers3 – 4BuffaloSOMiller18,69020–3–242W
26December 2Buffalo4 – 7WashingtonBiron17,16220–4–242L
27December 5Buffalo4 – 1Tampa BayMiller20,02521–4–244W
28December 7Buffalo1 – 3FloridaMiller15,38521–5–244L
29December 9Buffalo3 – 2MontrealSOMiller21,27322–5–246W
30December 12Buffalo3 – 2New JerseyMiller11,15623–5–248W
31December 14Florida1 – 2BuffaloMiller18,69024–5–250W
32December 16Ottawa3 – 1BuffaloMiller18,69024–6–250L
33December 19Montreal5 – 2BuffaloMiller18,69024–7–250L
34December 21Buffalo7 – 2NashvilleBiron16,61625–7–252W
35December 23Buffalo2 – 3St. LouisOTBiron12,51325–7–353OTL
36December 26Washington3 – 6BuffaloMiller18,69026–7–355W
37December 28Carolina1 – 4BuffaloMiller18,69027–7–357W
38December 30Atlanta1 – 4BuffaloMiller18,69028–7–359W
January: 6–7–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
39January 1NY Islanders1 – 3BuffaloMiller18,69029–7–361W
40January 3Buffalo3 – 6OttawaMiller19,77729–8–361L
41January 5Pittsburgh4 – 2BuffaloMiller18,69029–9–361L
42January 6Buffalo4 – 3TorontoBiron19,48730–9–363W
43January 10Buffalo2 – 1ChicagoMiller14,04131–9–365W
44January 11Toronto4 – 2BuffaloBiron18,69031–10–365L
45January 13Tampa Bay3 – 2BuffaloMiller18,69031–11–365L
46January 15Buffalo2 – 3BostonSOMiller15,58531–11–466OTL
47January 17Boston3 – 6BuffaloMiller18,69032–11–468W
48January 19Vancouver3 – 4BuffaloSOMiller18,69033–11–470W
49January 20Buffalo3 – 4MontrealBiron21,27333–12–470L
50January 26Buffalo2 – 3ColumbusMiller18,13633–13–470L
51January 27Buffalo3 – 5NY IslandersMiller15,21833–14–470L
52January 30Boston1 – 7BuffaloBiron18,69034–14–472W
February: 8–2–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
53February 1Buffalo3 – 1BostonBiron13,85335–14–474W
54February 3Buffalo2 – 3New JerseyMiller18,58935–15–474L
55February 6Buffalo4 – 3AtlantaSOMiller17,88136–15–476W
56February 7Ottawa2 – 3BuffaloBiron18,69037–15–478W
57February 10Calgary2 – 3BuffaloSOMiller18,69038–15–480W
58February 15Edmonton1 – 2BuffaloOTMiller18,69039–15–482W
59February 17Boston4 – 3BuffaloSOMiller18,69039–15–583OTL
60February 20Philadelphia3 – 6BuffaloMiller18,69040–15–585W
61February 22Ottawa5 – 6BuffaloSOMiller18,69041–15–587W
62February 24Buffalo5 – 6OttawaMiller20,04041–16–587L
63February 27Buffalo6 – 1TorontoMiller19,58842–16–589W
March: 8–5–2 (home: 5–3–0; road: 3–2–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 2Montreal5 – 8BuffaloMiller18,69043–16–591W
65March 3Buffalo3 – 1TorontoMiller19,51544–16–593W
66March 7Colorado3 – 2BuffaloMiller18,69044–17–593L
67March 9Minnesota5 – 1BuffaloMiller18,69044–18–593L
68March 10New Jersey3 – 2BuffaloMiller18,69044–19–593L
69March 13Buffalo4 – 5PittsburghSOMiller17,13244–19–694OTL
70March 15Buffalo5 – 3FloridaConklin18,11145–19–696W
71March 16Buffalo3 – 2Tampa BayMiller21,26446–19–698W
72March 18Buffalo3 – 4AtlantaOTMiller18,60246–19–799OTL
73March 21Washington2 – 5BuffaloMiller18,69047–19–7101W
74March 23Toronto4 – 5BuffaloMiller18,69048–19–7103W
75March 24Buffalo1 – 4TorontoMiller19,57148–20–7103L
76March 28New Jersey3 – 4BuffaloMiller18,69049–20–7105W
77March 30NY Islanders4 – 6BuffaloMiller18,69050–20–7107W
78March 31Buffalo3 – 4MontrealConklin21,27350–21–7107L
April: 3–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 3Buffalo4 – 1PittsburghMiller17,13251–21–7109W
80April 5Boston2 – 4BuffaloMiller18,69052–21–7111W
81April 7Buffalo2 – 0WashingtonMiller18,27753–21–7113W
82April 8Buffalo3 – 4PhiladelphiaConklin19,02753–22–7113L

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[17]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) New York Islanders – Sabres win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 12NY Islanders1 – 4BuffaloMiller18,690Sabres lead 1–0W
2April 14NY Islanders3 – 2BuffaloMiller18,690Series tied 1–1L
3April 16Buffalo3 – 2NY IslandersMiller16,234Sabres lead 2–1W
4April 18Buffalo4 – 2NY IslandersMiller16,234Sabres lead 3–1W
5April 20NY Islanders3 – 4BuffaloMiller18,690Sabres win 4–1W
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (6) New York Rangers – Sabres win 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 25NY Rangers2 – 5BuffaloMiller18,690Sabres lead 1–0W
2April 27NY Rangers2 – 3BuffaloMiller18,690Sabres lead 2–0W
3April 29Buffalo1 – 2NY Rangers2OTMiller18,200Sabres lead 2–1L
4May 1Buffalo1 – 2NY RangersMiller18,200Series tied 2–2L
5May 4NY Rangers1 – 2BuffaloOTMiller18,690Sabres lead 3–2W
6May 6Buffalo5 – 4NY RangersMiller18,200Sabres win 4–2W
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (4) Ottawa Senators – Senators win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 10Ottawa5 – 2BuffaloMiller18,690Senators lead 1–0L
2May 12Ottawa4 – 3Buffalo2OTMiller18,690Senators lead 2–0L
3May 14Buffalo0 – 1OttawaMiller20,171Senators lead 3–0L
4May 16Buffalo3 – 2OttawaMiller20,294Senators lead 3–1W
5May 19Ottawa3 – 2BuffaloOTMiller18,690Senators win 4–1L

Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Sabres only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
48Daniel BriereC8132639517891631215316
26Thomas VanekLW824341844740166410210
23Chris DruryC7737326913016851332
29Jason PominvilleRW82343468253016461020
9Derek RoyC75214263376016257314
61Maxim AfinogenovRW5623386119661554936
55Jochen HechtC76193756193916415210
51Brian CampbellD8264248283516347014
12Ales KotalikRW66162238−54616224−38
45Dmitri KalininD8272229193616235914
27Teppo NumminenD7922729173216044104
21Drew StaffordRW411314275331022434
38Nathan PaetschD63222241050——————
28Paul GaustadC549132211747011−12
6Jaroslav SpacekD6551621206216000310
5Toni LydmanD6721719105516224−514
10Henrik TallinderD4741014193416022−410
13Jiri Novotny‡C506713−226——————
20Daniel PailleLW293811518100000
22Adam MairC822911−112816145510
15Dainius Zubrus†RW19448−3121508818
41Clarke MacArthurLW1934744——————
37Michael RyanC19325−82——————
76Andrew PetersLW58112−1125——————
3Michael FunkD502220——————
36Patrick KaletaRW7022321——————
30Ryan MillerG630222160002
19Tim ConnollyC2101121609964
25Mark MancariRW3011−12——————
43Martin Biron‡G1900025——————
33Mike CardD400000——————
35Ty Conklin†G50002——————
44Andrej SekeraD200012——————

Goaltending

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  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
30Ryan Miller634016618861682.73.91123692:111697489382.22.92201029
43Martin Biron‡191241533543.04.89901066:29—————————
35Ty Conklin†5120120133.43.8920227:22—————————

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 NHL Plus-Minus Award Thomas Vanek [18]
NHL Second All-Star Team Thomas Vanek (Left wing) [19]
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Daniel Briere[a] [21]
Brian Campbell[a]
Ryan Miller[a]
Lindy Ruff (coach)
NHL First Star of the Month Ryan Miller (October) [22]
NHL First Star of the Week Maxim Afinogenov (October 22) [23]
NHL Rookie of the Month Drew Stafford (March) [24]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Thomas Vanek [25]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Drew Stafford November 5, 2006 [26]
Mike Card November 11, 2006
Michael Funk November 18, 2006
Michael Ryan November 22, 2006
Andrej Sekera December 9, 2006
Clarke MacArthur December 19, 2006
Patrick Kaleta February 22, 2006
Mark Mancari February 24, 2006

Transactions

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The Sabres were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.[27]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
July 10, 2006 To Edmonton Oilers
 To Buffalo Sabres
  • 7th-round pick in 2007
 [28]
July 14, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
 To Buffalo Sabres
  • 4th-round pick in 2007
 [29]
February 27, 2007 To Philadelphia Flyers
To Buffalo Sabres
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
 [30]
To Columbus Blue Jackets
  • 5th-round pick in 2007
 To Buffalo Sabres
[31]
To Washington Capitals
To Buffalo Sabres
[32]
To Nashville Predators
  • 4th-round pick in 2007
 To Buffalo Sabres
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Players acquired

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DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 5, 2006 Jaroslav SpacekEdmonton Oilers3-yearFree agency[34]
September 7, 2006 Adam BerkhoelAtlanta ThrashersFree agency[35]

Players lost

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DatePlayerNew teamVia[b]Ref
July 1, 2006 Jay McKeeSt. Louis BluesFree agency (III)[37]
July 3, 2006 Mike GrierSan Jose SharksFree agency (III)[38]
July 6, 2006 Doug JanikTampa Bay LightningFree agency (VI)[39]
July 13, 2006 Michael LeightonAnaheim DucksFree agency (UFA)[40]
July 17, 2006 David CullenDEG Metro Stars (DEL)Free agency (III)[41]
August 2, 2006 Chris TaylorFrankfurt Lions (DEL)Free agency (III)[42]
August 8, 2006 Jean-Pierre DumontNashville Predators[c]Release (II)[d][44]
August 18, 2006 Rory FitzpatrickVancouver CanucksFree agency (III)[45]
October 3, 2006 Chris ThorburnPittsburgh PenguinsWaivers[46]
October 4, 2006 Sean McMorrowChicago Wolves (AHL)Free agency (UFA)[47]
October 25, 2006 Jeff JillsonEisbaren Berlin (DEL)Free agency (II)[48]
June 4, 2007 Timo HelblingHC Lugano (NLA)Free agency[49]

Signings

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DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
July 3, 2006 Teppo Numminen1-yearRe-signing[50]
July 10, 2006 Andrew Peters1-yearRe-signing[28]
July 11, 2006 Brian Campbellmulti-yearRe-signing[51]
July 13, 2006 Martin Biron1-yearRe-signing[52]
July 14, 2006 Nathan Paetsch1-yearRe-signing[53]
Derek Roy1-yearRe-signing[53]
Andrej Sekera3-yearEntry-level[53]
July 21, 2006 Henrik Tallindermulti-yearRe-signing[54]
July 23, 2006 Ales Kotalikmulti-yearRe-signing[55]
July 27, 2006 Toni Lydmanmulti-yearRe-signing[56]
Jason Pominvillemulti-yearRe-signing[56]
July 28, 2006 Tim Connolly3-yearRe-signing[57]
July 30, 2006 Paul Gaustad2-yearRe-signing[58]
August 1, 2006 Maxim Afinogenov3-yearRe-signing[59]
August 3, 2006 Daniel Briere1-yearArbitration award[60]
August 6, 2006 Adam Mair1-yearArbitration award[61]
August 30, 2006 Dmitri Kalinin2-yearRe-signing[62]
September 8, 2006 Ryan Miller3-yearRe-signing[63]
September 12, 2006 Jiri NovotnyRe-signing[64]
Michael RyanRe-signing[64]
Chris ThorburnRe-signing[64]
Marek ZagrapanEntry-level[64]
October 12, 2006 Adam Dennis3-yearEntry-level[65]
June 1, 2007 Marc-Andre Gragnani3-yearEntry-level[66]
June 3, 2007 Philip Gogulla3-yearEntry-level[67]

Draft picks

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Buffalo's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[68] The Sabres had the 24th overall draft pick for their success in the 2005–06 NHL season.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 24 Dennis Persson (D)  Sweden Buffalo Sabres VIK Västerås HK (Allsvenskan)
2 46 Jhonas Enroth (G)  Sweden Buffalo Sabres (from Vancouver) Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
2 57 Mike Weber (D)  United States Buffalo Sabres Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4 117 Felix Schutz (C)  Germany Buffalo Sabres Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
5 147 Alex Biega (D)  Canada Buffalo Sabres Salisbury School (USHS-CN)
7 207 Benjamin Breault (C)  Canada Buffalo Sabres Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

Farm teams

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The Rochester Americans were the Buffalo Sabres' farm team during the 2006–07 season.

See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 Briere, Campbell, and Miller were voted to the starting lineup.[20]
  2. ↑ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[36]
  3. ↑ Dumont signed with Nashville on August 29.[43]
  4. ↑ Dumont received a $2.9 million arbitration award on August 2. Buffalo elected to “walk away” from the award, making Dumont an unrestricted free agent.

References

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  1. ↑ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  2. ↑ Garth (November 7, 2006). "SABRES TOP NHL.COM MERCHANDISE SALES". Hockeybuzz.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Thrashers put an end to Sabres' bid for NHL record start". ESPN. October 28, 2006. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Sundin, Maple Leafs hand Sabres first loss in regulation". ESPN. November 4, 2006. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Sabres defeat Canes, bump road record to 10–0". ESPN. November 13, 2006. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
  6. ↑ "2006–07 NHL All-Star Rosters". tsn.ca. January 9, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Ruff, Carlyle to coach All-Star teams". tsn.ca. January 4, 2007. Archived from the original on January 7, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
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  28. 1 2 "TRANSACTIONS". The New York Times. July 11, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. BUFFALO SABRES - Signed F Andrew Peters to a one-year contract. Traded the rights to D Jan Hejda to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2007 seventh-round draft pick.
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  49. ↑ "Timo Helbling". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2024. 04-Jun-07: Signed with the HC Lugano of the Swiss National League.
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  64. 1 2 3 4 "Sports briefs". Deseret News. September 13, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. Center Marek Zagrapan, the Buffalo Sabres' first-round draft pick last year, was among four players signed by the team. Also re-signed were three minor-league forwards, Jiri Novotny, Michael Ryan and Chris Thorburn.
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