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2006 NHL DraftResults

See the final draft order for the 2006 NHL Draft, including which teams made each selection and the resulting player contracts. Explore where top prospects landed and how their NHL careers have progressed since draft day.

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2006 NHL Entry Draft | Round 1

Pos	Pick	NHL Totals & Entry Level Contract
1	Erik Johnson	Signed May 14 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $3,700,000 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 1023 G 95 A 253 P 348
2	Jordan Staal	Signed Oct 2 2006 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $2,200,000 Length 3yrs Start 2006-07 End 2008-09 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 1328 G 298 A 413 P 711
3	Jonathan Toews	Signed May 18 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $2,800,000 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 1067 G 372 A 511 P 883
4	Nicklas Backstrom	Signed May 16 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $2,400,000 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 1105 G 271 A 762 P 1033
5	Phil Kessel	Signed Aug 17 2006 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $2,200,000 Length 3yrs Start 2006-07 End 2008-09 positionRight Wing Career NHL Totals GP 1286 G 413 A 579 P 992
6	Derick Brassard	Signed Sep 21 2006 Details Cap Hit $821,667 AAV $1,246,667 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 1013 G 215 A 330 P 545
7	Kyle Okposo	Signed Dec 20 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,700,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 07/08 positionRight Wing Career NHL Totals GP 1051 G 242 A 372 P 614
8	Peter Mueller
9	James Sheppard
10	Michael Frolik	Signed May 28 2008 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,275,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionRight Wing Career NHL Totals GP 858 G 159 A 225 P 384
11	Jonathan Bernier	Signed Oct 13 2006 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $900,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 06/07,07/08 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 404 SV% 0.912 GAA 2.78
12	Bryan Little	Signed Apr 20 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $900,000 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 843 G 217 A 304 P 521
13	Jiri Tlusty
14	Michael Grabner	Signed Sep 28 2006 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $900,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 06/07,07/08 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 640 G 175 A 101 P 276
15	Riku Helenius
16	Ty Wishart
17	Trevor Lewis	Signed Jul 14 2006 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $883,333 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 Slide 06/07 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 1034 G 104 A 133 P 237
18	Chris Stewart	Signed Apr 3 2007 Details Cap Hit $811,667 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionRight Wing Career NHL Totals GP 668 G 160 A 162 P 322
19	Mark Mitera
20	David Fischer
21	Bob Sanguinetti
22	Claude Giroux	Signed Jul 23 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 07/08 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 1263 G 365 A 751 P 1116
23	Semyon Varlamov	Signed Jun 11 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 07/08 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 621 SV% 0.915 GAA 2.65
24	Dennis Persson
25	Patrik Berglund	Signed Jun 1 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,275,000 Length 4yrs Start 2007-08 End 2010-11 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 717 G 170 A 156 P 326
26	Leland Irving
27	Ivan Vishnevskiy
28	Nick Foligno	Signed Mar 21 2007 Details Cap Hit $676,667 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 1233 G 247 A 350 P 597
29	Chris Summers	Signed Mar 31 2010 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,212,500 Length 2yrs Start 2010-11 End 2011-12 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 70 G 2 A 7 P 9
30	Matt Corrente

2006 NHL Entry Draft | Round 2

Pos	Pick	NHL Totals & Entry Level Contract
31	Tomas Kana
32	Carl Sneep
33	Igor Makarov
34	Michal Neuvirth	Signed May 31 2007 Details Cap Hit $821,667 AAV $821,667 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 257 SV% 0.909 GAA 2.72
35	Francois Bouchard
36	Jamie McGinn	Signed Apr 20 2007 Details Cap Hit $710,000 AAV $1,025,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 07/08 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 617 G 117 A 103 P 220
37	Yuri Alexandrov
38	Bryce Swan
39	Andreas Nodl
40	Ondrej Fiala
41	Cory Emmerton
42	Mike Ratchuk
43	Riley Holzapfel
44	Nikolay Kulemin	Signed May 24 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,487,500 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 669 G 121 A 153 P 274
45	Jeff Petry	Signed Mar 29 2010 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,000,000 Length 2yrs Start 2010-11 End 2011-12 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 981 G 96 A 289 P 385
46	Jhonas Enroth
47	Shawn Matthias	Signed Dec 14 2007 Details Cap Hit $801,667 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 07/08 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 551 G 90 A 84 P 174
48	Joey Ryan
49	Ben Maxwell
50	Milan Lucic	Signed Aug 2 2007 Details Cap Hit $618,333 AAV $883,333 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 1177 G 233 A 353 P 586
51	Nigel Williams
52	Keith Seabrook
53	Mathieu Carle
54	Artem Anisimov	Signed Jul 11 2007 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 07/08 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 771 G 180 A 196 P 376
55	Denis Bodrov
56	Blake Geoffrion
57	Mike Weber
58	Alexander Vasyunov
59	Codey Burki
60	Jesse Joensuu
61	Simon Danis-Pepin
62	Dick Axelsson
63	Jamie McBain	Signed Mar 26 2010 Details Cap Hit $685,000 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2009-10 End 2011-12 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 348 G 30 A 80 P 110

2006 NHL Entry Draft | Round 3

Pos	Pick	NHL Totals & Entry Level Contract
64	Jonas Junland
65	Brian Strait	Signed Jul 1 2009 Details Cap Hit $601,667 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2009-10 End 2011-12 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 187 G 6 A 23 P 29
66	Ryan White	Signed May 12 2008 Details Cap Hit $610,000 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 313 G 31 A 30 P 61
67	Kirill Tulupov
68	Eric Gryba	Signed Mar 29 2010 Details Cap Hit $572,500 AAV $622,500 Length 2yrs Start 2010-11 End 2011-12 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 289 G 7 A 36 P 43
69	Steve Mason	Signed May 3 2007 Details Cap Hit $821,667 AAV $905,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 476 SV% 0.911 GAA 2.70
70	Robin Figren
71	Brad Marchand	Signed Oct 16 2007 Details Cap Hit $618,333 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 Slide 07/08 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 1100 G 424 A 556 P 980
72	Cal Clutterbuck	Signed May 26 2007 Details Cap Hit $570,833 AAV $725,833 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionRight Wing Career NHL Totals GP 1064 G 143 A 150 P 293
73	Brady Calla
74	Jeff Zatkoff	Signed Apr 10 2008 Details Cap Hit $601,667 AAV $850,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 48 SV% 0.905 GAA 2.73
75	Theo Peckham
76	Tony Lagerstrom
77	Vladimir Zharkov
78	Kevin Quick
79	Jonathan Matsumoto
80	Michael Forney
81	Mike Carman
82	Daniel Rahimi
83	John de Gray
84	Ryan Hillier
85	Tom Sestito	Signed Mar 27 2007 Details Cap Hit $563,333 AAV $751,667 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 154 G 10 A 11 P 21
86	George "Bud" Holloway
87	John Armstrong
88	Jonas Ahnelov
89	Aaron Marvin
90	Aaron Snow
91	Kaspars Daugavins
92	Daniel Larsson
93	Harrison Reed

2006 NHL Entry Draft | Round 4

Pos	Pick	NHL Totals & Entry Level Contract
94	Ryan Turek
95	Ben Shutron
96	Joe Palmer
97	Oskar Osala
98	James DeLory
99	James Reimer	Signed Mar 19 2008 Details Cap Hit $546,667 AAV $596,667 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 525 SV% 0.910 GAA 2.89
100	Rhett Rakhshani
101	Joonas Lehtivuori
102	Kyle Medvec
103	Michael Caruso
104	David Kveton
105	Niko Snellman
106	Reto Berra	Signed Apr 18 2013 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,381,250 Length 1yrs Start 2013-14 End 2013-14 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 76 SV% 0.904 GAA 2.86
107	Tyler Miller
108	Jase Weslosky
109	Jakub Kovar
110	Kevin Montgomery
111	Korbinian Holzer	Signed May 27 2010 Details Cap Hit $595,000 AAV $700,000 Length 2yrs Start 2010-11 End 2011-12 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 206 G 6 A 21 P 27
112	Matt Beleskey	Signed Apr 30 2008 Details Cap Hit $583,333 AAV $668,333 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 477 G 76 A 82 P 158
113	Ben Wright
114	Niclas Andersen
115	Tomas Marcinko
116	Derrick LaPoint
117	Felix Schutz
118	Hugo Carpentier
119	Doug Rogers
120	Richard Bachman	Signed Mar 27 2009 Details Cap Hit $607,500 AAV $825,000 Length 2yrs Start 2009-10 End 2010-11 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 49 SV% 0.904 GAA 2.92
121	Pierre-Luc Lessard
122	Luke Lynes
123	Bobby Hughes

2006 NHL Entry Draft | Round 5

Pos	Pick	NHL Totals & Entry Level Contract
124	Andy Sackrison
125	Chad Johnson	Signed Jul 13 2009 Details Cap Hit $660,000 AAV $850,000 Length 2yrs Start 2009-10 End 2010-11 positionGoaltender Career NHL Totals GP 192 SV% 0.906 GAA 2.78
126	Shane Sims
127	Maxime Lacroix
128	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Signed Feb 13 2008 Details Cap Hit $566,667 AAV $708,333 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 42 G 0 A 4 P 4
129	Bobby Nyholm
130	Brett Bennett
131	Martin Latal
132	Niko Hovinen
133	Bryan Pitton
134	David Meckler
135	Alex Kangas
136	Nick Sucharski
137	Tomas Zaborsky
138	David Mcintyre
139	Pavel Valentenko
140	Cody Wild
141	Kim Johansson
142	Maxime Frechette
143	Ashton Rome
144	Martin Nolet
145	Jon Rheault
146	Mark Dekanich
147	Alex Biega	Signed May 25 2010 Details Cap Hit $527,500 AAV $527,500 Length 2yrs Start 2010-11 End 2011-12 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 243 G 4 A 38 P 42
148	Olivier Magnan
149	Juuso Puustinen
150	Max Warn
151	Ryan Daniels
152	Jordan Bendfeld
153	Stephane Chaput

2006 NHL Entry Draft | Round 6

Pos	Pick	NHL Totals & Entry Level Contract
154	Matthew McCollem
155	Peter Aston
156	Jan-Mikael Juutilainen
157	Brent Gwidt
158	Levi Nelson
159	Jesse Dudas
160	Andrew MacDonald	Signed May 24 2007 Details Cap Hit $483,333 AAV $483,333 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 586 G 28 A 133 P 161
161	Viktor Stalberg	Signed Apr 14 2009 Details Cap Hit $750,000 AAV $850,000 Length 2yrs Start 2009-10 End 2010-11 positionLeft Wing Career NHL Totals GP 488 G 82 A 86 P 168
162	Julian Walker
163	Sergei Shirokov
164	Constantin Braun
165	Jonas Enlund
166	Tyler Ruegsegger
167	Juraj Simek
168	Dane Crowley
169	Chris Auger
170	Alexander Bumagin
171	Brian Day
172	Petteri Wirtanen
173	Stefan Ridderwall
174	Eric Hunter
175	Michael Dupont
176	Ryan Flynn
177	Mathieu Perreault	Signed Mar 28 2008 Details Cap Hit $675,000 AAV $725,000 Length 3yrs Start 2008-09 End 2010-11 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 708 G 143 A 209 P 352
178	Tony Romano
179	Jordan Fulton
180	Leo Komarov	Signed May 5 2012 Details Cap Hit $850,000 AAV $1,200,000 Length 1yrs Start 2012-13 End 2012-13 positionCenter Career NHL Totals GP 491 G 63 A 107 P 170
181	Kevin Koopman
182	Jan Mursak
183	Nick Dodge

2006 NHL Entry Draft | Round 7

Pos	Pick	NHL Totals & Entry Level Contract
184	Alexander Hellstrom
185	Timo Seppanen
186	Peter Leblanc
187	Devin DiDiomete
188	Chris Frank
189	Derek Dorsett	Signed Sep 19 2006 Details Cap Hit $496,667 AAV $563,333 Length 3yrs Start 2007-08 End 2009-10 positionRight Wing Career NHL Totals GP 515 G 51 A 76 P 127
190	Troy Mattila
191	Nick Oslund
192	Chris Hickey
193	Marc Cheverie
194	Matt Marquardt
195	Jesse Martin
196	Benn Ferriero
197	Evan Fuller
198	Denis Kazionov
199	Cameron Cepek
200	Arturs Kulda
201	Billy Sauer
202	John McCarthy	positionCenter
203	Jay Barriball
204	Lukas Zeliska
205	Andrei Popov
206	Viktor Sjodin
207	Benjamin Breault
208	Kyell Henegan
209	Per Jonsson
210	Will O'Neill	Signed Mar 27 2012 Details Cap Hit $635,000 AAV $850,000 Length 1yrs Start 2012-13 End 2012-13 positionDefense Career NHL Totals GP 1 G 0 A 0 P 0
211	Erik Condra	Signed Jul 1 2009 Details Cap Hit $605,000 AAV $800,000 Length 2yrs Start 2009-10 End 2010-11 positionRight Wing Career NHL Totals GP 372 G 40 A 59 P 99
212	Logan Pyett
213	Justin Krueger

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The NHL Entry Draft is an assembly of NHL franchises, during which teams take turns selecting the rights to amateur ice hockey players. Players are selected from junior or collegiate leagues, as well as professional European league players who meet the draft requirements two to three months after the previous season has concluded. For North American players to be eligible, they should have reached the age of 18 on or before September 15 of the draft year, and should be below 20 years of age before December 31st. For European and international players, the age range is between 18 and 21 years of age.

NHL Draft History

The first NHL Draft was held on June 5, 1963 in Montreal. During this time, the conference was called the NHL Amateur Draft, because only players between 18 and 20 years of age from non-professional leagues were eligible. The title was eventually changed to NHL Entry Draft in 1980, when professional players (from age 18 to 20) from the defunct World Hockey Association (WHA) joined the league through the draft, with the exception of Wayne Gretzky, who came to the NHL undrafted as part of an agreement for WHA teams to bring over a limited number of players.

NHL Draft Lottery

Throughout NHL draft history, there have been many changes in the draft lottery format. From 1963 up to 1994, draft order was determined in reverse order of the team standings, so the team that finished last during the previous season was allowed to make the first pick. In 1995, the NHL changed the way the draft selections were awarded. All non-playoff teams would be entered in a lottery, and the winner would move up by as many as 4 picks. The chances of winning the lottery weighed heavily on the teams at the bottom of the regular season standings. In 2013, the NHL made another alteration to the draft lottery process. Instead of allowing the lottery winner to move up by 4 draft spots, the winner would now move all the way up to the number one spot. Recently, in 2016, the NHL draft lottery format was modified once again. This time, the top 3 picks were all drawn through the lottery, instead of simply holding a lottery for the first overall pick.

NHL Expansion Draft

Occasionally, whenever the NHL expanded, they would need to stock the new team with players through an expansion draft. During an NHL Expansion Draft, existing teams would submit a list of 'protected' players, who are not to be included in the draft, and the expansion teams would instead choose players who are not on the lists.

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