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2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 37th NHL season.

2006–07 Vancouver Canucks
Northwest Division champions
Division1st Northwest
Conference3rd Western
2006–07 record49–26–7
Home record26–11–4
Road record23–15–3
Goals for222
Goals against201
Team information
General managerDave Nonis
CoachAlain Vigneault
CaptainMarkus Naslund
Alternate captainsTrevor Linden
Brendan Morrison
ArenaGeneral Motors Place
Average attendance18,630
Minor league affiliatesManitoba Moose
Victoria Salmon Kings
Team leaders
GoalsDaniel Sedin (36)
AssistsHenrik Sedin (71)
PointsDaniel Sedin (84)
Penalty minutesKevin Bieksa (134)
Plus/minusSami Salo (+21)
WinsRoberto Luongo (47)
Goals against averageRoberto Luongo (2.29)

Season overview

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The season began on the heels of a blockbuster trade involving goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. The acquisition of Luongo combined with the salary increases of the Sedin twins meant that the Canucks were too close to salary cap and as a result, saw names such as Ed Jovanovski, Anson Carter, Nolan Baumgartner, Jarkko Ruutu and Wade Brookbank lost to free agency.

In addition to the departures of high-profile players such as Bertuzzi, Jovanovski and Carter, general manager Dave Nonis had fired Marc Crawford as head coach after the 2005–06 season, and replaced him with Alain Vigneault.[1] The team also added players such as Jan Bulis, Taylor Pyatt, Marc Chouinard and Willie Mitchell, players who many thought are not as highly skilled as the ones who had recently departed. Despite the arrival of Luongo, many hockey analysts and fans predicted before the season began that the team would either miss the playoffs, or at best battle for the last playoff spots as 7th or 8th seed in the Western Conference. However, a few did foresee that the addition of a high-calibre goaltender in Luongo would propel the Canucks into the top three of the conference.[2]

Under such skepticism, the team played mediocre hockey from October to the Christmas break, and received criticism due to the team's lack of scoring during this period. However, after the Christmas break, the team had settled down on Vigneault's coaching system, and played stellar hockey from that point on, exceeding the expectations of fans, analysts and critics alike. On April 7, 2007, the Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks by a score of 4–3 in overtime to clinch the Northwest Division title; their second in the past three seasons. Not only did the team win a division title, this season was known for many milestones, such as Taylor Pyatt setting career high in points, and Alain Vigneault setting a new franchise record for wins as a head coach. Also, second-year player Kevin Bieksa had emerged as a top-four defenceman on the team throughout the season.

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Roberto Luongo had been voted by the fans to start in goal in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Aside from Luongo's selection into the All-Star Game, the first half of the season was also noted for the "Vote for Rory" internet campaign. The campaign was aimed at getting defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick voted into the 2007 All-Star Game, while mocking the NHL system of internet voting which encouraged people to vote as many times as they liked.

For the first time in franchise history, the Canucks ended the regular season with the league's best penalty killing record, with an 86.9% efficiency.

With the division title and third seed in the conference, the Canucks faced off against the Dallas Stars in the Western Quarterfinals. The Canucks first game back in the playoffs was a long one. On April 11, 2007, the Canucks set a franchise record with a quadruple OT win in Game 1. The game was the longest in Canucks history and the sixth longest in league history. Also in this game the Canucks set a record for shots against, allowing 76. The Canucks won this seven-game series despite the fact that every Dallas victory was a shutout for goalie Marty Turco.

The goal scoring woes continued in the second round against Brian Burke's Anaheim Ducks and the Canucks could not score more than two goals in a game. Although Trevor Linden experienced a resurgence and tied for the team lead for scoring in the playoffs, the Sedin twins could not escape the Ducks' tight checking. The third period of Game 4 was a pivotal point as the Canucks could not protect a 2–0 third-period at home and lost in overtime. In the deciding Game 5 in Anaheim, call-up rookie Jannik Hansen attempted to move the puck from the Canucks' zone, but was caught by a thunderous hit by Rob Niedermayer. The puck then went to his brother Scott, right at the blue line, who fired a wrist shot on net. Roberto Luongo, engaged with a referee over whether the puck had cleared the zone, failed to track the puck, which ended up in the back of the net and ended the Canucks' season.[3]

Regular season

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The Canucks finished the regular season with the League's best penalty-kill percentage, at 86.93%.[4]

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
13Vancouver Canucks8249267222201105
27Minnesota Wild8248268235191104
38Calgary Flames8243291025822696
49Colorado Avalanche824431727225195
512Edmonton Oilers823243719524871

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[5]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1z-Detroit Red WingsCE82501913254199113
2y-Anaheim DucksPA82482014258208110
3y-Vancouver CanucksNW8249267222201105
4Nashville PredatorsCE8251238272212110
5San Jose SharksPA8251265258199107
6Dallas StarsPA8250257226197107
7Minnesota WildNW8248268235191104
8Calgary FlamesNW8243291025822696
8.5
9Colorado AvalancheNW824431727225195
10St. Louis BluesCE8234351321425481
11Columbus Blue JacketsCE823342720124973
12Edmonton OilersNW823243719524871
13Chicago BlackhawksCE823142920125871
14Los Angeles KingsPA8227411422728368
15Phoenix CoyotesPA823146521628467

bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

Playoffs

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The Vancouver Canucks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's third seed.

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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2006–07 regular season[6]
October: 7–5–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 5–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 5Vancouver3 – 1DetroitLuongo20,0661–0–02W
2October 6Vancouver3 – 2ColumbusOTLuongo18,1362–0–04W
3October 8Vancouver2 – 3ColoradoLuongo18,0072–1–04L
4October 10Vancouver1 – 2MinnesotaSOLuongo18,0642–1–15OTL
5October 13San Jose6 – 4VancouverLuongo18,6302–2–15L
6October 16Edmonton1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6303–2–17W
7October 17Vancouver1 – 2EdmontonSabourin16,8393–3–17L
8October 20Vancouver3 – 2St. LouisOTLuongo9,0494–3–19W
9October 21Vancouver4 – 3NashvilleOTLuongo16,0735–3–111W
10October 23Vancouver1 – 2DallasLuongo16,6395–4–111L
11October 25Vancouver5 – 0ChicagoLuongo11,6416–4–113W
12October 27Washington2 – 3VancouverSOLuongo18,6307–4–115W
13October 31Nashville3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6307–5–115L
November: 5–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
14November 2Vancouver2 – 5MinnesotaLuongo18,5687–6–115L
15November 4Vancouver2 – 3ColoradoLuongo18,0077–7–115L
16November 6Dallas1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6308–7–117W
17November 9Anaheim6 – 0VancouverLuongo18,6308–8–117L
18November 11Calgary3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6308–9–117L
19November 14Detroit3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6308–10–117L
20November 17St. Louis2 – 4VancouverLuongo18,6309–10–119W
21November 19Chicago1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63010–10–121W
22November 22Vancouver4 – 3DetroitOTLuongo20,06611–10–123W
23November 23Vancouver0 – 6NashvilleSabourin15,39611–11–123L
24November 25Vancouver1 – 4ColoradoLuongo17,82511–12–123L
25November 28Columbus0 – 1VancouverLuongo18,63012–12–125W
26November 30Anaheim2 – 1VancouverLuongo18,63012–13–125L
December: 8–5–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 2Colorado1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63013–13–127W
28December 4Edmonton4 – 0VancouverLuongo18,63013–14–127L
29December 8Carolina3 – 4VancouverOTLuongo18,63014–14–129W
30December 9Vancouver3 – 5CalgaryLuongo19,28914–15–129L
31December 12Phoenix2 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63015–15–131W
32December 14Calgary1 – 3VancouverLuongo18,63016–15–133W
33December 16Minnesota1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63017–15–135W
34December 19Vancouver2 – 5MinnesotaLuongo18,56817–16–135L
35December 21Vancouver0 – 2BostonSabourin12,34817–17–135L
36December 22Vancouver2 – 3ColumbusLuongo15,86117–18–135L
37December 26Vancouver3 – 1CalgaryLuongo19,28918–18–137W
38December 27Calgary5 – 6VancouverOTLuongo18,63019–18–139W
39December 30Vancouver6 – 2EdmontonLuongo16,83920–18–141W
January: 8–1–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 4–0–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 2Vancouver3 – 2CalgaryLuongo19,28921–18–143W
41January 3Dallas1 – 2VancouverSOLuongo18,63022–18–145W
42January 5Edmonton2 – 3VancouverOTLuongo18,63023–18–147W
43January 7Florida3 – 4VancouverSOLuongo18,63024–18–149W
44January 11Minnesota5 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63024–19–149L
45January 13Vancouver6 – 1TorontoLuongo19,60825–19–151W
46January 16Vancouver4 – 0MontrealLuongo21,27326–19–153W
47January 18Vancouver2 – 1OttawaLuongo19,16127–19–155W
48January 19Vancouver3 – 4BuffaloSOSabourin18,69027–19–256OTL
49January 26Los Angeles3 – 2VancouverOTLuongo18,63027–19–357OTL
50January 28San Jose1 – 3VancouverLuongo18,63028–19–359W
51January 30Columbus3 – 2VancouverSOLuongo18,63028–19–460OTL
February: 8–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 5–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
52February 1Edmonton3 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63029–19–462W
53February 3Vancouver3 – 4CalgaryLuongo19,28929–20–462L
54February 6Vancouver5 – 2EdmontonLuongo16,83930–20–464W
55February 7Chicago3 – 0VancouverLuongo18,63030–21–464L
56February 10Atlanta2 – 3VancouverLuongo18,63031–21–466W
57February 14Vancouver3 – 2MinnesotaOTLuongo18,56832–21–468W
58February 16Vancouver2 – 1ChicagoSOLuongo14,55233–21–470W
59February 18Colorado4 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63034–21–472W
60February 20Vancouver3 – 2AnaheimOTSabourin17,46735–21–474W
61February 22Vancouver3 – 2Los AngelesLuongo17,73736–21–476W
62February 25Vancouver1 – 2DallasOTLuongo17,71236–21–577OTL
63February 27Vancouver1 – 3St. LouisLuongo10,41136–22–577L
March: 11–2–2 (home: 6–1–2; road: 5–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 1Phoenix3 – 4VancouverLuongo18,63037–22–579W
65March 4Minnesota3 – 4VancouverSOLuongo18,63038–22–581W
66March 6Tampa Bay1 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63039–22–583W
67March 8Vancouver4 – 2PhoenixSabourin13,84140–22–585W
68March 9Vancouver2 – 1San JoseOTLuongo17,49641–22–587W
69March 11Vancouver2 – 4AnaheimLuongo17,17441–23–587L
70March 13Minnesota3 – 2VancouverOTLuongo18,63041–23–688OTL
71March 15St. Louis2 – 3VancouverOTLuongo18,63042–23–690W
72March 17Detroit1 – 4VancouverLuongo18,63043–23–692W
73March 19Vancouver2 – 1EdmontonLuongo16,83944–23–694W
74March 21Nashville0 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63045–23–696W
75March 25Colorado5 – 4VancouverSOLuongo18,63045–23–797OTL
76March 27Vancouver3 – 0ColoradoLuongo17,43746–23–799W
77March 29Vancouver4 – 2Los AngelesLuongo17,91647–23–7101W
78March 31Calgary3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63047–24–7101L
April: 2–2–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 3Los Angeles2 – 4VancouverLuongo18,63048–24–7103W
80April 5Colorado3 – 1VancouverLuongo18,63048–25–7103L
81April 7Vancouver4 – 3San JoseOTLuongo17,49649–25–7105W
82April 8Vancouver1 – 3PhoenixSabourin17,40649–26–7105L

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

Playoffs

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2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[6]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Dallas Stars: Vancouver won 4–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 11Dallas4 – 5Vancouver4OTLuongo18,6301 – 0W
2April 13Dallas2 – 0VancouverLuongo18,6301 – 1L
3April 15Vancouver2 – 1Dallas1OTLuongo18,5322 – 1W
4April 17Vancouver2 – 1DallasLuongo18,5323 – 1W
5April 19Dallas1 – 0Vancouver1OTLuongo18,6303 – 2L
6April 21Vancouver0 – 2DallasLuongo18,6003 – 3L
7April 23Dallas1 – 4VancouverLuongo18,6304 – 3W
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks: Anaheim won 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 25Vancouver1 – 5AnaheimLuongo17,2500 – 1L
2April 27Vancouver2 – 1Anaheim2OTLuongo17,3921 – 1W
3April 29Anaheim3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6301 – 2L
4May 1Anaheim3 – 2Vancouver1OTLuongo18,6301 – 3L
5May 3Vancouver1 – 2Anaheim2OTLuongo17,4071 – 4L

Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.
No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
22Daniel SedinLW81364884193612235−54
33Henrik SedinC82107181196612224−814
19Markus NaslundRW8224366035412415−116
7Brendan MorrisonC82203151−9601213446
3Kevin BieksaD8112304211349000−120
9Taylor PyattLW7623143754212246−26
6Sami SaloD6714233721261001104
2Mattias OhlundD77112031−38012257312
24Matt CookeLW81102030064100002
16Trevor LindenC80121325−6341225746
38Jan BulisC79121123−8701211202
17Ryan KeslerC4861016140100000
5Lukas KrajicekD7831316−46412022−212
8Willie MitchellD621101114512011−212
20Jeff Cowan†LW42731049310202122
14Alexandre BurrowsLW81369−79311101014
21Bryan Smolinski†C20437−381222428
25Josh GreenC572570259011112
18Rory FitzpatrickD5816712463000−16
26Tommi SantalaC30156024100000
4Brent Sopel†D201450101100012
32Marc ChouinardC42224−210——————
23Alexander EdlerD2212336300002
28Yannick TremblayD12123−612——————
1Roberto LuongoG7602210120000
29Patrick Coulombe†D7011−64——————
39Brad MoranC301102——————
21Tyler BouckLW6000−116——————
4Luc BourdonD9000−14——————
27Lee GorenRW2000−10——————
45Nathan McIverD1000−37——————
37Brandon ReidC3000−10101110
15Rick RypienC200005——————
35Dany SabourinG9000020000
20Jesse SchultzRW200000——————
29Nathan SmithC100000400000
36Jannik HansenLW——————1001104

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
1Roberto Luongo764722621691712.28.921544901257427251.77.9410847
35Dany Sabourin9241224212.63.90604802001114.14.909014

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 Jack Adams Award Alain Vigneault [7]
NHL Second All-Star Team Roberto Luongo (Goaltender) [8]
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Roberto Luongo[a] [10]
NHL First Star of the Week Roberto Luongo (January 7) [11]
NHL Third Star of the Month Roberto Luongo (January) [12]
NHL Third Star of the Week Daniel Sedin (December 31) [11]
Team Babe Pratt Trophy Kevin Bieksa [13]
Cyclone Taylor Trophy Roberto Luongo [13]
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Daniel Sedin [13]
Fred J. Hume Award Kevin Bieksa [14]
Molson Cup Roberto Luongo [15]
Most Exciting Player Award Roberto Luongo [14]

Milestones

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Roberto Luongo

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Daniel Sedin

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  • Played in his 400th career NHL and Canuck game on October 8, 2006, at Colorado.
  • Registered his 100th career NHL and Canuck goal on January 13, 2007, at Toronto. With the goal, Sedin became the sixth most prolific scoring left winger in Canucks history with 237 points.
  • Scored the OT game-winner on March 15, 2007, vs. St. Louis, tying an NHL record with his fourth this season.
  • Got a goal and an assist on March 27, 2007, at Colorado, to register his 300th career NHL and Canuck point.

Henrik Sedin

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  • Recorded one assist on February 1, 2007, vs. Edmonton. With the assist, Sedin recorded his 200th career NHL and Canuck assist.
  • Recorded three assists on March 25, 2007, vs. Colorado, to break the franchise single-season assists record with 63. The previous record was 62, set by Andre Boudrias in the 1974–75 NHL season.
  • Recorded two assists on April 3, 2007, vs. Los Angeles, to earn his 300th and 301st career NHL and Canuck points.
  • Scored the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs. Dallas ending the longest overtime game in team history and the 6th longest in NHL history on April 11, 2007. He was set up by his brother Daniel and Mattias Ohlund.

Trevor Linden

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  • Scored his 300th career goal as a Canuck on October 6, 2006, at Detroit.
  • Got an assist, to earn his 400th career assist and his 700th career point as a Canuck on November 14, 2006, vs. Detroit.
  • Played his 1,300th career NHL game on February 18, 2007, at Colorado.
  • Scored his 12th goal on March 19, 2007, at Edmonton to record his 367th career NHL goal to surpass Jacques Lemaire (366) as the 97th all-time goal scorer in league history.

Markus Naslund

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  • Became the all-time franchise goal scoring leader with 301 goals on October 17, 2006, at Edmonton.
  • Played his 900th career NHL game on December 8, 2006, vs. Carolina.
  • Registered his 103rd power play goal as a Canuck to become the all-time franchise leader in power play goals on February 14, 2007, at Minnesota.

Brendan Morrison

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  • Earned his 400th career NHL point with an assist on October 13, 2006, vs. San Jose.
  • On November 22, 2006, at Detroit, Morrison scored the overtime winner to become the franchise leader in overtime goals.
  • Played his 600th career NHL game on January 18, 2007, at Ottawa.
  • Sets a new franchise "Ironman" record playing his 483rd consecutive game on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles, breaking the record that was previously held by Trevor Linden. On February 25, he became the NHL's active leader with 492 games. Finished the season with 512 consecutive games.

Alain Vigneault

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  • Recorded 36 wins as head coach of the Canucks on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles. With the win, Vigneault recorded the most wins by a Vancouver Canucks head coach during his first year behind the bench.
  • On March 29, 2007, set a new franchise record for wins in a season with his 47th victory at Los Angeles. The record was previously held by coach Pat Quinn and was set in the 1992–93 NHL season.
  • Won the Jack Adams Award for Coach of the Year on June 14, 2007.

Others

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Transactions

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The Canucks 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.[18]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 24, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
To Florida Panthers
[19]
July 5, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
  • Conditional draft pick in 2009
 To Los Angeles Kings
[20]
July 14, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
To Buffalo Sabres
  • 4th-round pick in 2007
 [21]
September 12, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
To Detroit Red Wings
  • Conditional draft pick in 2007
 [22]
January 24, 2007 To Vancouver Canucks
To Anaheim Ducks
[23]
February 26, 2007 To Vancouver Canucks
To Chicago Blackhawks
  • Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2007
 [24]
To Vancouver Canucks
To Los Angeles Kings
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007 or 2008
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
 [25]

Players acquired

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DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2006 Willie MitchellDallas Stars4-yearFree agency[26]
July 20, 2006 Marc ChouinardMinnesota Wild2-yearFree agency[27]
July 24, 2006 Shaun HeshkaEverett Silvertips (WHL)Free agency[28]
Joe RullierNew York RangersFree agency[29]
July 25, 2006 Jan BulisMontreal Canadiens1-yearFree agency[30]
July 28, 2006 Yannick TremblayAdler Mannheim (DEL)1-yearFree agency[31]
August 18, 2006 Rory FitzpatrickBuffalo SabresFree agency[32]
October 4, 2006 Dany SabourinPittsburgh PenguinsWaivers[33]
November 3, 2006 Patrick CoulombeManitoba Moose (AHL)3-yearFree agency[34]
December 30, 2006 Jeff CowanLos Angeles KingsWaivers[35]

Players lost

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DatePlayerNew teamVia[b]Ref
July 1, 2006 Nolan BaumgartnerPhiladelphia FlyersFree agency (III)[37]
Keith CarneyMinnesota WildFree agency (III)[38]
Ed JovanovskiPhoenix CoyotesFree agency (III)[39]
July 4, 2006 Jarkko RuutuPittsburgh PenguinsFree agency (III)[40]
July 21, 2006 Wade BrookbankBoston BruinsFree agency (UFA)[41]
July 24, 2006 Jozef BalejHC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA)Free agency (II)[c][43]
July 28, 2006 Sean BrownDEG Metro Stars (DEL)Free agency (III)[44]
July 29, 2006 Craig DarbyAugsburger Panther (DEL)Free agency (III)[45]
August 4, 2006 Mika NoronenAk Bars Kazan (RSL)Free agency (II)[d][47]
August 7, 2006 Eric WeinrichRetirement (III)[e][49]
September 13, 2006 Anson CarterColumbus Blue JacketsFree agency (III)[50]
Jason KingSkelleftea AIK (SHL)Free agency (II)[f][52]
October 2, 2006 Richard ParkNew York IslandersFree agency (III)[53]
October 3, 2006 Rob McVicarUtah Grizzlies (ECHL)Free agency (UFA)[54]
November 15, 2006 Jason DoigTraktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)Free agency (III)[55]
February 1, 2007 Maxime OuelletKassel Huskies (ESBG)Free agency (VI)[56]
May 29, 2007 Brandon ReidDEG Metro Stars (DEL)Free agency[57]

Signings

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DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
June 29, 2006 Roberto Luongo4-yearRe-signing[58]
June 30, 2006 Daniel Sedin3-yearRe-signing[59]
Henrik Sedin3-yearRe-signing[59]
July 3, 2006 Wade Flaherty1-yearRe-signing[60]
July 16, 2006 Daniel RahimiEntry-level[61]
July 24, 2006 Alexander EdlerEntry-level[28]
Lee GorenRe-signing[62]
Jannik HansenEntry-level[28]
August 17, 2006 Kevin BieksaRe-signing[63]
Tyler BouckRe-signing[64]
August 19, 2006 Prestin RyanRe-signing[65]
Jesse SchultzRe-signing[66]
September 8, 2006 Alex Burrows3-yearRe-signing[67]
Lukas Krajicek1-yearRe-signing[68]
September 11, 2006 Trevor Linden1-yearRe-signing[69]
September 14, 2006 Ryan Kesler1-yearRe-signing[70]
September 16, 2006 Josh Green1-yearRe-signing[71]
March 27, 2007 Mason RaymondEntry-level[72]
March 29, 2007 Sami Salo4-yearExtension[73]
May 24, 2007 Ryan Kesler3-yearExtension[74]
May 30, 2007 Mario BliznakEntry-level[75]
June 4, 2007 Taylor Pyatt2-yearExtension[76]

Draft picks

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Vancouver's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[77]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 14 Michael Grabner (RW)  Austria Vancouver Canucks Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3 82 Daniel Rahimi (D)  Sweden Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim) IF Björklöven (Swe Jr.)
6 163 Sergei Shirokov (W)  Russia Vancouver Canucks (from Florida) HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Superleague)
6 167 Juraj Simek (LW)  Slovakia Vancouver Canucks Kloten Flyers (Nationalliga A)
7 197 Evan Fuller (RW)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Prince George Cougars (WHL)

Farm teams

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Manitoba Moose

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AHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season. In the 2006–07 AHL season, Manitoba finished in 1st place in the North Division, it was the franchises first regular season divisional championship in history. In addition, Mike Keane won the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for Sportsmanship, Perseverance and overall dedication to hockey. In the playoffs, the Manitoba Moose defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins, 4 games to 3, in the first round. However, Manitoba would eventually be eliminated by the Hamilton Bulldogs, 4 games to 2, in the second round of the playoffs.

Victoria Salmon Kings

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ECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. This is the first year that the franchise has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks in its three-year existence. In the 2006–07 ECHL season, the Salmon Kings established their first winning record by going on a nine-game winning streak to end the regular season. The Salmon Kings finished 7th overall in the National Conference and made their first playoff appearance against the Alaska Aces in the National Quarterfinal. The Salmon Kings would win Game 1 by a score of 3–2, however, the Aces would win 4 of the next 5 games to win the series 4–2, eliminating Salmon Kings from the playoffs.

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Luongo was voted to the starting lineup.[9]
  2. ↑ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[36]
  3. ↑ Vancouver retained Balej's NHL rights and re-signed him on August 1, 2007.[42]
  4. ↑ Vancouver retained Noronen's NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[46]
  5. ↑ Weinrich was hired as an assistant coach for the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League. On January 25, 2007, he came out of retirement to play for Portland.[48]
  6. ↑ Vancouver retained King's NHL rights until trading them to the Anaheim Ducks on June 23, 2007.[51]

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  41. ↑ "Transactions". Deseret News. July 22, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2024. BOSTON BRUINS — Agreed to terms with D Wade Brookbank
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  44. ↑ "Sean Brown". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2024. 28-Jul-06: Signed with the Dusseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
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  53. ↑ "Richard Park". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on March 18, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2024. 02-Oct-06: Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Islanders to a two-year contract.
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