League: | NHL |
Season: | 2006–07 |
Year: | 2006 |
Team: | St. Louis Blues |
Conference: | Western |
Conferencerank: | 10th |
Division: | Central |
Divisionrank: | 3rd |
Record: | 34–35–13 |
Homerecord: | 18–19–4 |
Roadrecord: | 16–16–9 |
Goalsfor: | 214 |
Goalsagainst: | 254 |
Generalmanager: | Larry Pleau |
Captain: | Dallas Drake |
Altcaptain: | Bill Guerin Barret Jackman Doug Weight |
Arena: | Scottrade Center |
Attendance: | 12,520 (59.6%) |
Goalsleader: | Lee Stempniak (27) |
Assistsleader: | Doug Weight (43) |
Pointsleader: | Doug Weight (59) |
Pimleader: | Keith Tkachuk (92) |
Plusminusleader: | Barret Jackman (+20) |
Winsleader: | Manny Legace (23) |
Gaaleader: | Curtis Sanford (3.18) |
The 2006–07 St. Louis Blues season, its 40th in the league, saw the team attempting to improve on the 2005–06 season, in which it had finished with the worst record in the National Hockey League (21–46–15, 57 points).
One major offseason transaction saw the Blues sign Doug Weight back to the roster via free agency, after he had left the team at the trade deadline of the 2005–06 season and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes.
One notable event of the season was the jersey retirement of Brett Hull's number 16 on December 5, 2006. In the ceremony, the Blues announced that a section of nearby Clark Avenue would be renamed Brett Hull Way. In front of a sellout crowd, the Blues then went on to lose a disappointing game 5–1 to the division rival Detroit Red Wings.
The team started the season very poorly, winning only seven of its first 30 games. Head coach Mike Kitchen was fired on December 11 and replaced with Andy Murray.[1] A dramatic turn-around was made in mid-December, however, and over a 20-game span, the Blues went 13–3–4. By the end of January, St. Louis had pulled its record to near .500 and had climbed into third place in the Central Division standings.
The Blues missed the playoffs for the second straight year.
|- align="center" |1||L||October 5, 2006||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2006–07) ||0–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|2||L||October 7, 2006||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) ||0–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|3||L||October 9, 2006||0–2 || align="left"| @ Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) ||0–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |4||W||October 12, 2006||3–2 SO|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (2006–07) ||1–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |5||W||October 14, 2006||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||2–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|6||L||October 17, 2006||2–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) ||2–3–1 || |- align="center" |7||L||October 20, 2006||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) ||2–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |8||W||October 21, 2006||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||3–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|9||L||October 28, 2006||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||3–4–2 || |- align="center" |10||L||October 30, 2006||5–6 SO|| align="left"| Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) ||3–4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|11||L||November 1, 2006||1–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2006–07) ||3–5–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |12||W||November 2, 2006||4–1 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) ||4–5–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|13||L||November 4, 2006||2–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2006–07) ||4–6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|14||L||November 9, 2006||2–4 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||4–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|15||L||November 10, 2006||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||4–8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |16||W||November 12, 2006||5–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) ||5–8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|17||L||November 14, 2006||0–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2006–07) ||5–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|18||L||November 16, 2006||2–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) ||5–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|19||L||November 17, 2006||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) ||5–11–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |20||W||November 22, 2006||4–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||6–11–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |21||W||November 24, 2006||3–2 SO|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||7–11–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|22||L||November 25, 2006||1–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) ||7–12–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|23||L||November 28, 2006||0–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2006–07) ||7–13–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|24||L||November 30, 2006||4–5 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||7–14–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|25||L||December 1, 2006||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||7–15–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|26||L||December 5, 2006||1–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||7–16–3 || |- align="center" |27||L||December 7, 2006||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||7–16–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|28||L||December 9, 2006||1–5 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||7–17–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|29||L||December 12, 2006||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||7–18–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|30||L||December 13, 2006||1–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) ||7–19–4 || |- align="center" |31||L||December 16, 2006||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||7–19–5 || |- align="center" |32||L||December 17, 2006||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||7–19–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |33||W||December 19, 2006||4–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) ||8–19–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |34||W||December 21, 2006||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) ||9–19–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |35||W||December 23, 2006||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) ||10–19–6 || |- align="center" |36||L||December 26, 2006||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||10–19–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |37||W||December 29, 2006||4–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) ||11–19–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |38||W||December 30, 2006||2–0 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) ||12–19–7 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|39||L||January 2, 2007||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||12–20–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |40||W||January 4, 2007||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||13–20–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|41||L||January 6, 2007||2–3 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||13–21–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |42||W||January 9, 2007||4–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||14–21–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |43||W||January 10, 2007||3–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2006–07) ||15–21–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |44||W||January 13, 2007||6–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) ||16–21–7 || |- align="center" |45||L||January 15, 2007||4–5 SO|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) ||16–21–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |46||W||January 16, 2007||6–2 || align="left"| @ Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) ||17–21–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |47||W||January 18, 2007||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) ||18–21–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |48||W||January 20, 2007||1–0 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2006–07) ||19–21–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |49||W||January 26, 2007||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||20–21–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|50||L||January 27, 2007||3–6 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||20–22–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|51||L||January 30, 2007||2–5 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2006–07) ||20–23–8 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|52||L||February 2, 2007||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||20–24–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |53||W||February 3, 2007||2–0 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2006–07) ||21–24–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|54||L||February 6, 2007||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) ||21–25–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |55||W||February 8, 2007||1–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||22–25–8 || |- align="center" |56||L||February 10, 2007||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) ||22–25–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|57||L||February 13, 2007||5–6 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2006–07) ||22–26–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |58||W||February 14, 2007||4–2 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||23–26–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |59||W||February 16, 2007||1–0 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||24–26–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |60||W||February 18, 2007||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2006–07) ||25–26–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |61||W||February 20, 2007||5–4 SO|| align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||26–26–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|62||L||February 25, 2007||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||26–27–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |63||W||February 27, 2007||3–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) ||27–27–9 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |64||W||March 1, 2007||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2006–07) ||28–27–9 || |- align="center" |65||L||March 3, 2007||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2006–07) ||28–27–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|66||L||March 6, 2007||2–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2006–07) ||28–28–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |67||W||March 8, 2007||5–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2006–07) ||29–28–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|68||L||March 10, 2007||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) ||29–29–10 || |- align="center" |69||L||March 12, 2007||4–5 SO|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2006–07) ||29–29–11 || |- align="center" |70||L||March 15, 2007||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) ||29–29–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |71||W||March 17, 2007||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) ||30–29–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|72||L||March 20, 2007||2–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2006–07) ||30–30–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|73||L||March 22, 2007||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2006–07) ||30–31–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |74||W||March 24, 2007||3–2 SO|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||31–31–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|75||L||March 25, 2007||1–4 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||31–32–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|76||L||March 27, 2007||1–4 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) ||31–33–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |77||W||March 29, 2007||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) ||32–33–12 || |- align="center" |78||L||March 31, 2007||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) ||32–33–13 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |79||W||April 2, 2007||4–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2006–07) ||33–33–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |80||W||April 3, 2007||5–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) ||34–33–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|81||L||April 5, 2007||1–4 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2006–07) ||34–34–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|82||L||April 7, 2007||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2006–07) ||34–35–13 || |-|-| Legend:
Player | scope=colgroup colspan=6 | Regular season | |||||||
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39 | C | 82 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 10 | 56 | ||
12 | RW | 82 | 27 | 25 | 52 | −2 | 33 | ||
26 | RW | 77 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 9 | 54 | ||
13 | RW | 61 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 8 | 52 | ||
7 | LW | 61 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 3 | 92 | ||
18 | RW | 82 | 10 | 27 | 37 | −6 | 48 | ||
9 | C | 81 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 3 | 55 | ||
62 | LW | 52 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −3 | 48 | ||
4 | D | 82 | 6 | 23 | 29 | −10 | 69 | ||
5 | D | 70 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 82 | ||
42 | C | 49 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 37 | ||
21 | RW | 80 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −19 | 89 | ||
25 | D | 55 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −7 | 44 | ||
55 | D | 61 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 36 | ||
10 | RW | 60 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −14 | 38 | ||
38 | C | 19 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||
17 | C | 59 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 47 | ||
58 | RW | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −8 | 23 | ||
27 | D | 64 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −5 | 55 | ||
29 | D | 34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | ||
22 | C | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||
28 | D | 48 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 72 | ||
15 | LW | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
20 | D | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 36 | ||
19 | C | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 52 | ||
54 | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
30 | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
34 | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
74 | D | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | 12 | ||
32 | LW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 29 | ||
22 | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | ||
46 | D | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | ||
1 | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
40 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | scope=colgroup colspan=10 | Regular season | ||||||||||
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34 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 1177 | 109 | 2.59 | .907 | 5 | 2522 | ||
1 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 707 | 79 | 3.19 | .888 | 0 | 1492 | ||
30 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 450 | 47 | 3.16 | .896 | 0 | 894 | ||
40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3.00 | .880 | 0 | 60 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Bill Guerin | [2] |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Manny Legace (December 24) | [3] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Lee Stempniak | [4] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
First game | D. J. King | October 5, 2006 | [5] |
Roman Polak | October 9, 2006 | ||
Marek Schwarz | December 12, 2006 | ||
David Backes | December 19, 2006 | ||
1,000th game played | Doug Weight | November 16, 2006 | [6] |
Bill Guerin | February 2, 2007 | [7] |
The Blues 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.[8]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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To St. Louis Blues | To New Jersey Devils | [9] | |
To St. Louis Blues | To Boston Bruins | [10] | |
To St. Louis Blues | To Atlanta Thrashers | [11] | |
To St. Louis Blues | To San Jose Sharks | [12] | |
To St. Louis Blues | To Boston Bruins | [13] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4-year | Free agency | [14] | |||
2-year | Free agency | [15] | |||
1-year | Free agency | [16] | |||
3-year | Free agency | [17] | |||
Free agency | [18] | ||||
Free agency | [19] | ||||
Free agency | [20] | ||||
Free agency | [21] | ||||
Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency | [22] | ||
Phoenix Coyotes | Waivers | [23] | |||
Peoria Rivermen (AHL) | Free agency | [24] | |||
Minnesota State University, Mankato (WCHA) | 2-year | Free agency | [25] | ||
Espoo Blues (Liiga) | Free agency | [26] | |||
Jokerit (Liiga) | Free agency |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free agency (III) | [27] | ||||
Free agency (VI) | [28] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [29] | ||||
Free agency (VI) | [30] | ||||
Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency (III) | [31] | |||
Free agency (VI) | [32] | ||||
Trevor Byrne | Free agency (UFA) | [33] | |||
Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (III) | [34] | |||
Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [35] | |||
Free agency (UFA) | [36] | ||||
Free agency (III) | [37] | ||||
HC Vityaz Chekhov (RSL) | Free agency (II) | [38] | |||
Retirement (III) | [39] | ||||
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [40] | |||
Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Retirement | [41] | |||
Phoenix Coyotes | Waivers | [42] | |||
Retirement (III) | [43] | ||||
HC Sibir Novosibirsk (RSL) | Free agency | [44] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Re-signing | [45] | |||
Re-signing | ||||
multi-year | Re-signing | [46] | ||
multi-year | Re-signing | [47] | ||
1-year | Re-signing | [48] [49] | ||
1-year | Re-signing | |||
1-year | Re-signing | |||
1-year | Re-signing | |||
Re-signing | ||||
multi-year | Re-signing | |||
1-year | Re-signing | |||
1-year | Re-signing | |||
1-year | Re-signing | |||
multi-year | Re-signing | [50] | ||
Eric Brewer | 4-year | Extension | [51] | |
2-year | Extension | |||
3-year | Extension | [52] | ||
Entry-level | [53] | |||
Extension | [54] | |||
Entry-level | [55] | |||
Entry-level | ||||
Entry-level | ||||
Entry-level | ||||
Entry-level | ||||
Entry-level | ||||
Entry-level |
St. Louis' picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[56] The Blues possessed the first overall pick in the draft.
Round | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 1 | Erik Johnson (D) | St. Louis Blues | US National Team Development Program (NAHL) | ||
1 | 25 | Patrik Berglund (C) | St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey) | VIK Vasteras HK (Allsvenskan) | ||
2 | 31 | Tomas Kana (C) | St. Louis Blues | HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga) | ||
3 | 64 | Jonas Junland (D) | St. Louis Blues | Linkopings HC (Elitserien) | ||
4 | 94 | Ryan Turek (C) | St. Louis Blues | Omaha Lancers (USHL) | ||
4 | 106 | Reto Berra (G) | St. Louis Blues (from Toronto) | ZSC Lions (NLA) | ||
5 | 124 | Andy Sackrison (C/LW) | St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Park (USHS-MN) | ||
6 | 154 | Matthew McCollem (LW) | St. Louis Blues | Belmont Hill (Independent School League) | ||
7 | 184 | Alexander Hellstrom (D) | St. Louis Blues | IF Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan) |