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The 2006 NHL Entry Draft was the 44th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 24, 2006. The draft order for the first 14 picks was decided during a lottery held on April 20, 2006. The draft was televised in Canada on TSN and RDS, with the first three hours simulcasted in the United States on OLN.
2006 NHL Entry Draft. This is the list of players selected in the 2006 NHL Entry draft. There were 213 prospects selected across 7 rounds. Also included is each player's career NHL totals. If a player has no totals listed, this means that he has not played in a regular season game in the NHL.
RoundNum.Drafted ByPlayer11121314NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats; Overall Team Player Nat. Pos Age To Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/-PIM GP W L T/O SV% GAA PS; 1: St. Louis Blues: Erik Johnson: US: D: 18: 2024: USA U-18 Development Team (USDP/NAHL) 987: 93: 250: 343-11: 540: 63.1: 2: Pittsburgh Penguins: Jordan Staal: CA: C: 18: 2024: Peterborough Petes (OHL) 1253: 285: 390 ...
NHL Entry Draft 2006 - full list of selections with facts and stats.
- St. Louis Blues: Jonathan Toews | C | Originally #3
- Pittsburgh Penguins: Claude Giroux | C | #22
- Chicago Blackhawks: Nicklas Backstrom | C | #4
- Washington Capitals: Phil Kessel | RW | #5
- Boston Bruins: Erik Johnson | D | #1
- Columbus Blue Jackets: Milan Lucic | LW | #50
- New York Islanders: Kyle Okposo | RW | #7
- Arizona (Phoenix) Coyotes: Jordan Staal | C | #6
- Minnesota Wild: Derick Brassard | C | #2
- Florida Panthers: Semyon Varlamov | G | #23
Original Pick: Erik Johnson | D Imagine that. What if the St. Louis Blues had picked their current arch-nemesis, Jonathan Toews? Despite not having any many career points as Nicklas Backstrom, Toews is the best player in this draft. Perhaps he could have led the Blues to three Stanley Cups.
Original Pick: Jordan Staal | C Coming out of juniors, Jordan Staal was a can’t miss prospect. But because Pittsburgh already had Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin down the middle, Staal found himself centering the third line in more of a two-way role. Would drafting Claude Giroux produce the same result? Or would Giroux have found himself putting up...
Original Pick: Jonathan Toews | C Though not Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Kane would have made a fantastic wing flanking Nicklas Backstrom (provided Chicago still picked #1 overall in 2007) if Chicago picked him third in the 2006 draft. With Jonathan Toews off the board, Chicago would have opted for the next best player in Backstrom.
Original Pick: Nicklas Backstrom | C Would there have been enough pucks to go around if Ovechkin and Phil Kessel were on the same team—let alone the same line? Maybe, but the Capitals would have been extremely dangerous, provided there was someone to distribute the pucks to the two snipers.
Original Pick: Phil Kessel | RW The first defenseman comes off the board. Erik Johnson didn’t really become a #1 defenseman until recently with Colorado, but he was the best defenseman from the 2006 draft. A top defensive unit of Zdeno Chara and Erik Johnson would have been pretty formidable though.
Original Pick: Derick Brassard | C When Columbus drafted Derick Brassard, they envisioned him as the perfect complimentary center to Rick Nash. He eventually developed into that sort of role, but with the two in New York, not Columbus. Perhaps if the Blue Jackets drafted Milan Lucic to play the opposite wing of Nash and found a different center, th...
Original Pick: Kyle Okposo | LW Does anyone have Garth Snow’s contact information? I’d like to know where he got his crystal ball that lets him see the future.
Original Pick: Peter Mueller | C If Peter Mueller was able to avoid the concussion bug, perhaps he would have been a great pick at #8. Unfortunately, he’s now out of hockey. In his stead, the Coyotes should have picked Staal, just as the Penguins should have drafted Giroux. Staal’s two-way game would have fit perfectly in current coach Dave Tippett...
Original Pick: James Sheppard | C While he put up solid offensive numbers in the QMJHL, Sheppard’s play didn’t translate in the NHL and was eventually dealt for a third round pick. Instead, Minnesota should have drafted Derick Brassard ninth overall. Brassard and Mikko Koivu would have been the one-two punch down the middle that the Wild were likel...
Original Pick: Michael Frolik | C After trading Roberto Luongo, Florida could have drafted their next franchise goalie in Semyon Varlamov. After bursting onto the scene with the Capitals in the 2009 playoffs, Varlamov has been a top-tier starter since. Some injuries and terrible defenses have kept “Varly” from the wins he’s capable of putting up.
Jun 24, 2006 · 1) Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 38.0% of all drafted players were Canadian). 2) Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 46.9% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).
Find the complete list of NHL draft picks for the year 2006 on the official NHL Records website.
