2006 NHL Entry Draft

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title=2006 NHL Entry Draft


header1=Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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data2=June 24–25, 2006

The 2006 NHL Entry Draft was the 44th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on June 24, 2006.

This was announced by commissioner Gary Bettman at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft just before the St. Louis Blues made their 1st selection in the draft.

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.

Draft Day Trades

* The Florida Panthers trade Roberto Luongo, Lukáš Krajíček and the 163rd pick (Sergei Shirokov) to the Vancouver Canucks for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. (Note: This trade was actually completed 2 days prior, and officially announced the day before the draft)
* The Atlanta Thrashers trade Patrik Štefan and Jaroslav Modrý to the Dallas Stars for Niko Kapanen and the 210th pick (Will O'Neill).
* The Colorado Avalanche trade Alex Tanguay to the Calgary Flames for Jordan Leopold, the 59th pick (Codey Burki) and a conditional draft pick in 2007 or 2008.
* The Montreal Canadiens trade the 16th pick (Ty Wishart) to the San Jose Sharks for the 20th pick (David Fischer) and the 53rd pick (Mathieu Carle).
* The Los Angeles Kings trade Pavol Demitra to the Minnesota Wild for Patrick O'Sullivan and the 17th pick (Trevor Lewis).
* The Boston Bruins trade Andrew Raycroft to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Tuukka Rask.

Final Central Scouting rankings

Round 2

Round 5

Draftees based on nationality

ee also

*2006–07 NHL season
*List of NHL first overall draft choices
*List of NHL players

References

* [http://www.nhl.com/news/2005/07/231370.html NHL news release]
* [http://tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=2224&hubname= Preliminary rankings]
* [http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/04/269532.html NHL Draft Drawing]

External links

* [http://canucks.com/subpage.asp?sectionID=504 Draft 2006 page from Vancouver Canucks (the hosting team)]

NHL Drafts
preceded=2005 NHL Entry Draft
succeeded=2007 NHL Entry Draft