2005–06 New York Rangers season

The 2005–06 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 79th season of play and their 80th season overall. It marked a resurgence for the Rangers, with the team finishing the season having recorded 100 points, the sixth time in franchise history that the team had reached the 100-point plateau and their highest point total since their 1993–94 championship season, and a return to the playoffs for the first time since 1996–97. Jaromir Jagr also broke several Rangers single-season records including goals (54), points (123), power-play goals (24) and shots on goal (368). The Rangers missed out on winning the Atlantic Division on the last day of the regular season when the Devils defeated the Montreal Canadiens and the Rangers lost to the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed but were swept by their rivals the New Jersey Devils in the first round.

2005–06 New York Rangers
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2005–06 record	44–26–12
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	19–16–6
Goals for	257
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Tom Renney
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Jaromir Jagr Darius Kasparaitis Steve Rucchin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,142 (99.7%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hartford Wolf Pack Charlotte Checkers
Team leaders
Goals	Jaromir Jagr (54)
Assists	Jaromir Jagr (69)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (123)
Penalty minutes	Darius Kasparaitis (97)
Plus/minus	Michal Rozsival (+35)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (30)
Goals against average	Henrik Lundqvist (2.24)
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Regular season

• October 17, 2005 – Henrik Lundqvist becomes the first Rangers rookie goaltender to record a shutout since John Vanbiesbrouck in the 1984–85 season, in a 4-0 Rangers win at home over the Florida Panthers.
• March 11, 2006 – The New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The pre-game festivities involved the jersey retirement for former Canadien and Ranger player Bernie Geoffrion.
• March 29, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr records 4 assists, accumulating 113 points for the season and breaking the club single season points record of 109, previously held by Jean Ratelle, (1972–73). Jagr would finish the season with 123 points, the 3rd best total of his illustrious career.
• March 29, 2006 – Henrik Lundqvist sets a franchise record for rookie goaltenders with his 30th win of the season, in a 5–1 win over the Islanders.
• April 8, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr records a goal and three assists, accumulating 53 goals for the season and breaking the club single season goal scoring record of 52, previously held by Adam Graves, (1993–94). Jagr would finish the season with 54 goals, the second best total of his career.
• April 8, 2006 – The Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime, capturing their 100th point in their final victory of the season.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	New Jersey Devils	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
3	6	New York Rangers	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
4	12	New York Islanders	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

^[2]

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
3	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
4	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	52	24	6	242	239	110
5	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
6	X- New York Rangers	AT	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
8	X- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
11	Florida Panthers	SE	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
12	New York Islanders	AT	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	29	37	16	230	266	74
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	29	41	12	237	306	70
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched conference; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Main article: 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Rangers qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2005–06 regular season[4]
October: 6–4–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 2–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 1 October 5 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 1–0–0 W 2 October 6 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 OT 1–0–1 OTL 3 October 8 @ New Jersey Devils 3–2 OT 1–0–2 OTL 4 October 10 @ Washington Capitals 3–2 1–1–2 L 5 October 13 New Jersey Devils 4–1 2–1–2 W 6 October 15 Atlanta Thrashers 5–1 3–1–2 W 7 October 17 Florida Panthers 4–0 4–1–2 W 8 October 19 New York Islanders 3–2 SO 4–1–3 OTL 9 October 20 @ New York Islanders 5–4 4–2–3 L 10 October 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–1 4–3–3 L 11 October 27 New York Islanders 3–1 5–3–3 W 12 October 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 6–3–3 W 13 October 31 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 6–4–3 L
November: 10–3–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 6–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 14 November 3 @ New Jersey Devils 4–2 7–4–3 W 15 November 5 New Jersey Devils 3–2 SO 8–4–3 W 16 November 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 8–5–3 L 17 November 9 @ Florida Panthers 4–3 SO 9–5–3 W 18 November 10 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 10–5–3 W 19 November 12 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 11–5–3 W 20 November 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 11–6–3 L 21 November 17 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 11–7–3 L 22 November 19 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 12–7–3 W 23 November 20 Boston Bruins 3–2 13–7–3 W 24 November 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 SO 14–7–3 W 25 November 24 @ Atlanta Thrashers 6–3 15–7–3 W 26 November 26 Washington Capitals 3–2 SO 16–7–3 W
December: 6–5–2 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–2–2) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 27 December 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 17–7–3 W 28 December 3 @ Washington Capitals 5–1 17–8–3 L 29 December 5 Minnesota Wild 3–1 18–8–3 W 30 December 7 @ Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 OT 18–8–4 OTL 31 December 8 @ Nashville Predators 5–1 19–8–4 W 32 December 10 @ St. Louis Blues 5–4 OT 20–8–4 W 33 December 13 Vancouver Canucks 3–2 20–9–4 L 34 December 18 Colorado Avalanche 2–1 20–10–4 L 35 December 20 New Jersey Devils 3–1 20–11–4 L 36 December 22 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 21–11–4 W 37 December 26 @ Ottawa Senators 6–2 21–12–4 L 38 December 28 @ New York Islanders 6–2 22–12–4 W 39 December 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT 22–12–5 OTL
January: 7–3–3 (home: 5–1–3; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 40 January 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–0 OT 22–12–6 OTL 41 January 5 Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 OT 22–12–7 OTL 42 January 7 Florida Panthers 4–0 23–12–7 W 43 January 10 Calgary Flames 4–2 24–12–7 W 44 January 12 Edmonton Oilers 5–4 OT 25–12–7 W 45 January 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 25–13–7 L 46 January 16 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 25–14–7 L 47 January 19 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 26–14–7 W 48 January 21 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 SO 27–14–7 W 49 January 22 New Jersey Devils 3–1 28–14–7 W 50 January 24 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 28–15–7 L 51 January 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–1 29–15–7 W 52 January 30 Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 OT 29–15–8 OTL
February: 6–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 3–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 53 February 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 30–15–8 W 54 February 2 @ New York Islanders 5–2 31–15–8 W 55 February 4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 OT 32–15–8 W 56 February 8 Ottawa Senators 5–1 33–15–8 W 57 February 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 34–15–8 W 58 February 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 35–15–8 W
March: 5–6–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–4–3) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 59 March 2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 6–1 36–15–8 W 60 March 4 @ New Jersey Devils 2–1 36–16–8 L 61 March 6 Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 36–17–8 L 62 March 8 @ Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 SO 36–17–9 OTL 63 March 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–0 36–18–9 L 64 March 12 Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 OT 36–18–10 OTL 65 March 14 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 36–19–10 L 66 March 16 Washington Capitals 5–4 37–19–10 W 67 March 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 38–19–10 W 68 March 20 Boston Bruins 5–2 39–19–10 W 69 March 22 Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 39–20–10 L 70 March 24 @ Florida Panthers 3–2 SO 39–20–11 OTL 71 March 25 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 SO 39–20–12 OTL 72 March 27 Buffalo Sabres 5–4 SO 40–20–12 W 73 March 29 @ New York Islanders 5–1 41–20–12 W 74 March 30 @ Ottawa Senators 4–1 41–21–12 L
April: 3–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score Record Recap 75 April 4 Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 SO 42–21–12 W 76 April 6 New York Islanders 3–1 43–21–12 W 77 April 8 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 OT 44–21–12 W 78 April 9 @ New Jersey Devils 3–2 44–22–12 L 79 April 11 New York Islanders 3–2 44–23–12 L 80 April 13 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 44–24–12 L 81 April 15 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 44–25–12 L 82 April 18 Ottawa Senators 5–1 44–26–12 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2006 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score Attendance Series Recap 1 April 22 @ New Jersey Devils 1–6 19,040 Devils lead 1–0 L 2 April 24 @ New Jersey Devils 1–4 19,040 Devils lead 2–0 L 3 April 26 New Jersey Devils 0–3 18,200 Devils lead 3–0 L 4 April 29 New Jersey Devils 2–4 18,200 Devils win 4–0 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Rangers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
68	Jaromir Jagr	RW	82	54	69	123	34	72	3	0	1	1	0	2
92	Michael Nylander	C	81	23	56	79	31	76	4	0	1	1	−3	0
82	Martin Straka	LW	82	22	54	76	17	42	4	0	0	0	−4	2
26	Martin Rucinsky	LW	52	16	39	55	10	56	2	0	1	1	−1	2
25	Petr Prucha	LW	68	30	17	47	3	32	4	1	0	1	−3	0
20	Steve Rucchin	C	72	13	23	36	6	10	4	1	0	1	−2	0
17	Petr Sykora†	RW	40	16	15	31	5	22	4	0	0	0	−5	0
3	Michal Rozsival	D	82	5	25	30	35	90	4	0	1	1	−2	8
14	Jason Ward	RW	81	10	18	28	−4	44	1	0	0	0	0	2
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	77	6	19	25	1	58	4	0	1	1	−1	0
16	Tom Poti	D	73	3	20	23	16	70	4	0	0	0	−4	2
18	Dominic Moore	C	82	9	9	18	4	28	4	0	0	0	−1	2
8	Marek Malik	D	74	2	16	18	28	78	4	0	1	1	−2	6
10	Ville Nieminen‡	LW	48	5	12	17	10	53	—	—	—	—	—	—
81	Marcel Hossa	LW	64	10	6	16	−6	28	4	0	0	0	−1	6
24	Sandis Ozolinsh†	D	19	3	11	14	2	20	3	0	0	0	−3	6
19	Blair Betts	C	66	8	2	10	−10	24	4	1	1	2	−1	2
41	Jed Ortmeyer	RW	78	5	2	7	2	38	4	1	0	1	1	4
34	Jason Strudwick	D	65	3	4	7	−10	66	3	0	0	0	−1	0
6	Darius Kasparaitis	D	67	0	6	6	7	97	2	0	0	0	−1	0
44	Ryan Hollweg	C	52	2	3	5	−3	84	4	0	1	1	−1	19
24	Maxim Kondratiev‡	D	29	1	2	3	−2	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Jarkko Immonen	C	6	2	0	2	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Thomas Pock	D	8	1	1	2	−3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Henrik Lundqvist	G	53	0	2	2		0	3	0	0	0		0
17	Jamie Lundmark‡	C	3	1	0	1	−2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Chad Wiseman	LW	1	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2
28	Colton Orr†	RW	15	0	1	1	1	44	1	0	0	0	0	2
80	Kevin Weekes	G	32	0	1	1		4	1	0	0	0		2
15	Jeff Taffe†‡	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Alexandre Giroux	LW	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Fedor Fedorov†	RW	3	0	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Chris Holt	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Bryce Lampman	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	David Liffiton	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	53	30	12	9	1485	116	2.24	.922	2	3112	3	0	3	79	13	4.41	.835	0	177
80	Kevin Weekes	32	14	14	3	867	91	2.95	.895	0	1850	1	0	1	25	4	4.00	.840	0	60
40	Chris Holt	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.000	0	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lester B. Pearson Award	Jaromir Jagr	[5]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Henrik Lundqvist (Goaltender)	[6]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Jaromir Jagr (Right wing)	[6]
	NHL Plus-Minus Award	Michal Rozsival[a]	[7]
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Henrik Lundqvist (October 31)	[8]
		Henrik Lundqvist (January 23)	[9]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Month	Jaromir Jagr (December)	[10]
		Jaromir Jagr (March)	[11]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Michael Nylander (March 20)	[12]
Team	Ceil Saidel Memorial Award	Henrik Lundqvist	[13]
	Frank Boucher Trophy	Jaromir Jagr	[14]
	Good Guy Award	Jaromir Jagr	[13]
	Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award	Henrik Lundqvist	[13]
	Players' Player Award	Jed Ortmeyer	[14]
		Kevin Weekes
	Rangers MVP	Jaromir Jagr	[14]
	Rookie of the Year	Henrik Lundqvist	[14]
	Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	Henrik Lundqvist	[15]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Ryan Hollweg	October 5, 2005	[16]
	Henrik Lundqvist	October 8, 2005
	Petr Prucha
	Chris Holt	December 3, 2006
	Alexandre Giroux	March 25, 2006
	Jarkko Immonen	April 6, 2006
	David Liffiton	April 11, 2006

Transactions

The Rangers were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.^[17]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	To Atlanta Thrashers 1st-round pick in 2005 2nd-round pick in 2005	To New York Rangers 1st-round pick in 2005	[18]
	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2005	To New York Rangers 2nd-round pick in 2005 3rd-round pick in 2005	[18]
August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Trevor Gillies Conditional draft pick in 2007	To New York Rangers Steve Rucchin	[19]
September 30, 2005 (2005-09-30)	To Montreal Canadiens Garth Murray	To New York Rangers Marcel Hossa	[20]
October 7, 2005 (2005-10-07)	To Vancouver Canucks Jozef Balej Conditional draft pick[b]	To New York Rangers Fedor Fedorov	[21]
October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Lundmark	To New York Rangers Jeff Taffe	[22]
January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08)	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Maxim Kondratiev	To New York Rangers Petr Sykora 4th-round pick in 2007	[23]
January 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)	To Phoenix Coyotes Jeff Taffe	To New York Rangers Martin Sonnenberg	[24]
March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	To San Jose Sharks Ville Nieminen	To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2006	[25]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks San Jose's 3rd-round pick in 2006	To New York Rangers Sandis Ozolinsh	[26]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14)	To Dallas Stars Rights to Mike Green	To New York Rangers Conditional draft pick in 2008	[27]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Marek Malik	Vancouver Canucks	3-year	Free agency	[28]
	Martin Straka	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	[29]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Martin Rucinsky	HC Litvínov (ELH)		Free agency	[30]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Ville Nieminen	Calgary Flames		Free agency	[31]
	Jason Ward	Montreal Canadiens	2-year	Free agency	[32]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Joe Rullier	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	[33]
August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17)	Hannu Pikkarainen	HIFK (Liiga)		Free agency	[34]
September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)	Michal Rozsival	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	[35]
November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)	Colton Orr	Boston Bruins		Waivers	[36]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[c]	Ref
N/A	Karel Rachunek	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (II)[d]	[39]
April 18, 2005 (2005-04-18)	Steve Valiquette	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	[40]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Bobby Holik	Atlanta Thrashers[e]	Compliance buyout	[42]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Richard Scott[f]		Contract expiration (VI)	[37]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Jason LaBarbera	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (VI)	[44]
August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)	Jason Marshall	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (III)	[45]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Lawrence Nycholat	Washington Capitals	Free agency (VI)	[46]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Jeff MacMillan	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (VI)	[47]
August 31, 2005 (2005-08-31)	Lucas Lawson	JYP (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	[48]
September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02)	Mike Dunham	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (III)	[49]
September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)	Layne Ulmer	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[50]
September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	Dan Blackburn		Retirement (UFA)	[51]
May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)	Rory Rawlyk	Bofors IK (Allsvenskan)	Free agency	[52]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)	Rick Kozak		Entry-level	[53]
July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27)	Al Montoya	3-year	Entry-level	[54]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Hugh Jessiman		Entry-level	[55]
	Henrik Lundqvist		Entry-level	[56]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Kevin Weekes	2-year	Re-signing	[57]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Thomas Pock		Re-signing	[58]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Blair Betts		Re-signing	[59]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Steve MacIntyre		Re-signing	[60]
	Tom Poti		Re-signing	[61]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Jozef Balej		Re-signing	[62]
August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17)	Chris Holt		Entry-level	[63]
	Petr Prucha		Entry-level	[64]
August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)	Jamie Lundmark		Re-signing	[65]
	Garth Murray		Re-signing	[66]
	Chad Wiseman		Re-signing	[67]
August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)	Jarkko Immonen	3-year	Entry-level	[68]
August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)	Alexandre Giroux		Re-signing	[69]
	Martin Grenier		Re-signing	[70]
August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)	Bryce Lampman		Re-signing	[71]
	Dominic Moore		Re-signing	[72]
September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)	Jed Ortmeyer		Re-signing	[73]
	Craig Weller		Re-signing	[74]
September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	Marc Staal		Entry-level	[75]
October 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)	Bruce Graham		Entry-level	[76]
October 25, 2005 (2005-10-25)	Fedor Fedorov		Re-signing	[77]
April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12)	Dane Byers		Entry-level	[78]
	Lauri Korpikoski		Entry-level	[79]
	Greg Moore		Entry-level	[80]
April 20, 2006 (2006-04-20)	Brandon Dubinsky		Entry-level	[81]
May 11, 2006 (2006-05-11)	Ryan Callahan		Entry-level	[82]
June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15)	Colton Orr		Re-signing	[83]
June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)	Martin Richter		Re-signing	[84]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the Westin Hotel.^[85]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Marc Staal	D	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	40	Michael Sauer	D	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	56	Marc-Andre Cliche	RW	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
3	66	Brodie Dupont	C	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	77	Dalyn Flatt	D	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	107	Tom Pyatt	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	147	Trevor Koverko	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	178	Greg Beller	F	Canada	Lake of the Woods (USHS-MN)
7	211	Ryan Russell	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Notes

1. Shared with Wade Redden of the Ottawa Senators
2. 6th-round pick in 2008
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[37]
4. The Rangers retained Rachunek's NHL rights and re-signed him on July 1, 2006.^[38]
5. Holik signed with Atlanta on August 2.^[41]
6. Scott retired.^[43]