2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 81st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	5th Central
Conference	13th Western
2006–07 record	31–42–9
Home record	17–20–4
Road record	14–22–5
Goals for	201
Goals against	258
Team information
General manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Trent Yawney (Oct.–Nov.) Denis Savard (Nov.–Apr.)
Captain	Adrian Aucoin
Alternate captains	Martin Havlat Martin Lapointe Bryan Smolinski (Oct.–Feb.)
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	12,727 (62.1%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Norfolk Admirals
Team leaders
Goals	Martin Havlat (25)
Assists	Martin Havlat (32)
Points	Martin Havlat (57)
Penalty minutes	Brent Seabrook (104)
Plus/minus	Martin Havlat (+15)
Wins	Nikolai Khabibulin (25)
Goals against average	Nikolai Khabibulin (2.86)
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Regular season

Following twelve losses in a 15 game stretch, head coach Trent Yawney was fired on November 27 and replaced by assistant coach Denis Savard.^[1]

The Blackhawks struggled on the power play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored (43) and power-play percentage (11.81%).^[2]

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	50	19	13	254	199	113
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
3	10	St. Louis Blues	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
4	11	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
5	13	Chicago Blackhawks	82	31	42	9	201	258	71

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z-Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	50	19	13	254	199	113
2	y-Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	48	20	14	258	208	110
3	y-Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	49	26	7	222	201	105
4	Nashville Predators	CE	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
5	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	51	26	5	258	199	107
6	Dallas Stars	PA	82	50	25	7	226	197	107
7	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	48	26	8	235	191	104
8	Calgary Flames	NW	82	43	29	10	258	226	96
8.5
9	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	31	7	272	251	95
10	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
11	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
12	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	32	43	7	195	248	71
13	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	31	42	9	201	258	71
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	27	41	14	227	283	68
15	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	46	5	216	284	67

bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

Schedule and results

2006–07 regular season[4]
October: 4–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 5 Chicago 8 – 6 Nashville Khabibulin 17,113 1–0–0 2 W 2 October 7 Columbus 5 – 4 Chicago Khabibulin 17,133 1–1–0 2 L 3 October 12 Nashville 1 – 3 Chicago Khabibulin 8,008 2–1–0 4 W 4 October 14 Chicago 3 – 4 St. Louis Boucher 11,606 2–2–0 4 L 5 October 16 Chicago 5 – 3 Colorado Khabibulin 17,681 3–2–0 6 W 6 October 18 Montreal 1 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 11,095 4–2–0 8 W 7 October 20 Chicago 4 – 5 Dallas Boucher 18,198 4–3–0 8 L 8 October 21 St. Louis 4 – 3 Chicago Khabibulin 13,254 4–4–0 8 L 9 October 25 Vancouver 5 – 0 Chicago Boucher 11,641 4–5–0 8 L 10 October 28 Anaheim 3 – 0 Chicago Boucher 13,580 4–6–0 8 L 11 October 30 Chicago 0 – 3 Philadelphia Boucher 18,876 4–7–0 8 L 12 October 31 Chicago 2 – 5 NY Islanders Boucher 8,739 4–8–0 8 L
November: 4–4–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–3–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 13 November 2 Detroit 2 – 1 Chicago Boucher 15,174 4–9–0 8 L 14 November 9 Chicago 1 – 2 New Jersey SO Boucher 10,978 4–9–1 9 OTL 15 November 10 St. Louis 1 – 3 Chicago Caron 14,568 5–9–1 11 W 16 November 12 Columbus 0 – 1 Chicago Boucher 14,078 6–9–1 13 W 17 November 16 Chicago 2 – 3 Phoenix SO Boucher 15,963 6–9–2 14 OTL 18 November 17 Chicago 4 – 3 Anaheim SO Khabibulin 16,526 7–9–2 16 W 19 November 19 Chicago 1 – 2 Vancouver Khabibulin 18,630 7–10–2 16 L 20 November 22 Chicago 1 – 4 Calgary Khabibulin 19,289 7–11–2 16 L 21 November 24 Chicago 1 – 5 Edmonton Boucher 16,839 7–12–2 16 L 22 November 29 Dallas 1 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 13,164 8–12–2 18 W
December: 8–5–3 (home: 5–3–1; road: 3–2–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 23 December 1 St. Louis 2 – 5 Chicago Khabibulin 12,110 9–12–2 20 W 24 December 2 Chicago 4 – 3 Nashville OT Khabibulin 15,530 10–12–2 22 W 25 December 5 Chicago 2 – 3 Minnesota SO Khabibulin 18,568 10–12–3 23 OTL 26 December 7 Phoenix 2 – 1 Chicago SO Khabibulin 9,078 10–12–4 24 OTL 27 December 9 Chicago 4 – 5 Minnesota OT Boucher 18,568 10–12–5 25 OTL 28 December 10 Edmonton 1 – 4 Chicago Khabibulin 11,523 11–12–5 27 W 29 December 12 Chicago 3 – 2 St. Louis Khabibulin 10,812 12–12–5 29 W 30 December 14 Detroit 3 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 15,130 12–13–5 29 L 31 December 16 Chicago 6 – 4 Columbus Khabibulin 17,288 13–13–5 31 W 32 December 17 Colorado 1 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 11,111 14–13–5 33 W 33 December 20 Nashville 2 – 1 Chicago Khabibulin 10,201 14–14–5 33 L 34 December 22 Toronto 1 – 3 Chicago Khabibulin 17,950 15–14–5 35 W 35 December 23 Chicago 2 – 3 Colorado Khabibulin 17,347 15–15–5 35 L 36 December 26 Dallas 1 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 14,278 16–15–5 37 W 37 December 29 Boston 5 – 3 Chicago Boucher 19,315 16–16–5 37 L 38 December 31 Chicago 1 – 3 Columbus Khabibulin 18,136 16–17–5 37 L
January: 2–8–2 (home: 1–5–2; road: 1–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 Chicago 4 – 1 St. Louis Khabibulin 11,069 17–17–5 39 W 40 January 4 Chicago 0 – 2 St. Louis Khabibulin 11,849 17–18–5 39 L 41 January 5 Nashville 8 – 3 Chicago Khabibulin 13,186 17–19–5 39 L 42 January 7 Phoenix 4 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 11,079 17–20–5 39 L 43 January 10 Buffalo 2 – 1 Chicago Khabibulin 14,041 17–21–5 39 L 44 January 13 Chicago 3 – 6 Detroit Khabibulin 20,066 17–22–5 39 L 45 January 14 Minnesota 4 – 3 Chicago SO Khabibulin 11,091 17–22–6 40 OTL 46 January 16 Columbus 5 – 4 Chicago OT Khabibulin 10,263 17–22–7 41 OTL 47 January 19 Minnesota 3 – 0 Chicago Boucher 12,333 17–23–7 41 L 48 January 20 Chicago 3 – 6 Nashville Khabibulin 17,113 17–24–7 41 L 49 January 26 Nashville 3 – 1 Chicago Khabibulin 11,162 17–25–7 41 L 50 January 28 Calgary 3 – 4 Chicago OT Khabibulin 11,182 18–25–7 43 W
February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 4–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 1 Chicago 3 – 2 Los Angeles OT Khabibulin 16,958 19–25–7 45 W 52 February 3 Chicago 2 – 4 San Jose Khabibulin 17,496 19–26–7 45 L 53 February 6 Chicago 3 – 2 Calgary SO Khabibulin 19,289 20–26–7 47 W 54 February 7 Chicago 3 – 0 Vancouver Lalime 18,630 21–26–7 49 W 55 February 9 Chicago 1 – 2 Edmonton Khabibulin 16,839 21–27–7 49 L 56 February 11 Chicago 5 – 4 Columbus Khabibulin 17,054 22–27–7 51 W 57 February 14 Chicago 4 – 5 Pittsburgh SO Khabibulin 17,051 22–27–8 52 OTL 58 February 16 Vancouver 2 – 1 Chicago SO Lalime 14,552 22–27–9 53 OTL 59 February 18 Chicago 1 – 2 NY Rangers Lalime 18,200 22–28–9 53 L 60 February 21 Chicago 2 – 4 Detroit Khabibulin 20,066 22–29–9 53 L 61 February 22 San Jose 2 – 0 Chicago Lalime 10,125 22–30–9 53 L 62 February 25 St. Louis 1 – 5 Chicago Khabibulin 14,144 23–30–9 55 W 63 February 27 Detroit 4 – 1 Chicago Khabibulin 15,131 23–31–9 55 L
March: 5–9–0 (home: 3–5–0; road: 2–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 1 Colorado 6 – 1 Chicago Khabibulin 10,522 23–32–9 55 L 65 March 2 Chicago 2 – 6 Detroit Lalime 20,066 23–33–9 55 L 66 March 4 Ottawa 3 – 4 Chicago SO Lalime 13,917 24–33–9 57 W 67 March 6 Los Angeles 0 – 3 Chicago Khabibulin 9,118 25–33–9 59 W 68 March 10 Chicago 7 – 5 Phoenix Khabibulin 17,086 26–33–9 61 W 69 March 13 Chicago 1 – 7 San Jose Lalime 17,496 26–34–9 61 L 70 March 15 Chicago 4 – 3 Los Angeles SO Khabibulin 16,110 27–34–9 63 W 71 March 16 Chicago 2 – 5 Anaheim Khabibulin 17,174 27–35–9 63 L 72 March 20 Chicago 2 – 5 Columbus Khabibulin 15,195 27–36–9 63 L 73 March 21 San Jose 4 – 1 Chicago Lalime 10,374 27–37–9 63 L 74 March 23 Los Angeles 2 – 1 Chicago Khabibulin 13,133 27–38–9 63 L 75 March 25 Calgary 3 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 10,178 27–39–9 63 L 76 March 28 Anaheim 3 – 1 Chicago Khabibulin 11,295 27–40–9 63 L 77 March 30 Columbus 1 – 3 Chicago Lalime 14,111 28–40–9 65 W
April: 3–2–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 78 April 1 Edmonton 1 – 2 Chicago Khabibulin 12,193 29–40–9 67 W 79 April 3 Chicago 3 – 2 Nashville SO Lalime 14,663 30–40–9 69 W 80 April 5 Detroit 2 – 3 Chicago SO Khabibulin 16,288 31–40–9 71 W 81 April 7 Chicago 2 – 7 Detroit Lalime 20,066 31–41–9 71 L 82 April 8 Chicago 2 – 3 Dallas Khabibulin 17,932 31–42–9 71 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Blackhawks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
24	Martin Havlat	RW	56	25	32	57	15	28
16	Radim Vrbata	RW	77	14	27	41	−4	26
51	Jeff Hamilton	C	70	18	21	39	−4	22
15	Tuomo Ruutu	C	71	17	21	38	4	95
11	Bryan Smolinski‡	C	62	14	23	37	10	29
10	Patrick Sharp	C	80	20	15	35	−15	74
2	Duncan Keith	D	82	2	29	31	0	76
19	Denis Arkhipov	C	79	10	17	27	−13	54
22	Martin Lapointe	RW	82	13	11	24	−14	98
7	Brent Seabrook	D	81	4	20	24	−6	104
14	Rene Bourque	LW	44	7	10	17	−4	38
8	Tony Salmelainen	LW	57	6	11	17	−3	26
33	Adrian Aucoin	D	59	4	12	16	−22	50
12	Peter Bondra†	RW	37	5	9	14	2	26
6	Lasse Kukkonen‡	D	54	5	9	14	5	30
17	Michael Holmqvist	C	63	6	7	13	−5	31
43	James Wisniewski	D	50	2	8	10	3	39
26	Michal Handzus	C	8	3	5	8	4	6
25	Cam Barker	D	35	1	7	8	−12	44
5	Jassen Cullimore	D	65	1	6	7	−6	64
23	Jim Vandermeer	D	46	1	6	7	−3	53
29	Jason Williams†	C	20	4	2	6	−6	20
27	Craig MacDonald	LW	25	3	2	5	−2	14
57	Karl Stewart†‡	LW	37	2	3	5	−2	43
47	Martin St. Pierre	C	14	1	3	4	−3	8
52	Dustin Byfuglien	D	9	1	2	3	−2	10
34	Nikita Alexeev†	RW	15	2	0	2	−3	0
38	Bryan Bickell	LW	3	2	0	2	1	0
20	Brandon Bochenski‡	RW	10	2	0	2	−2	2
32	Jonas Nordqvist	C	3	0	2	2	1	2
44	Danny Richmond	D	22	0	2	2	−1	48
49	Carl Corazzini	C	7	0	1	1	0	2
58	P. A. Parenteau†	LW	5	0	1	1	−1	2
28	Michael Blunden	RW	9	0	0	0	−5	10
36	Dave Bolland	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0
31	Brian Boucher‡	G	15	0	0	0		0
29	Troy Brouwer	RW	10	0	0	0	−7	7
37	Adam Burish	RW	9	0	0	0	−4	2
30	Sebastien Caron‡	G	1	0	0	0		0
46	Colin Fraser	C	1	0	0	0	−1	2
12	Matt Keith‡	RW	2	0	0	0	−2	4
39	Nikolai Khabibulin	G	60	0	0	0		8
48	David Koci	LW	9	0	0	0	−3	88
40	Patrick Lalime	G	12	0	0	0		0
34	Reed Low	RW	6	0	0	0	−1	31

Goaltending

• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
39	Nikolai Khabibulin	60	25	26	5	1668	163	2.86	.902	1	3425
40	Patrick Lalime	12	4	6	1	317	33	3.07	.896	1	645
31	Brian Boucher‡	15	1	10	3	389	45	3.27	.884	1	827
30	Sebastien Caron‡	1	1	0	0	25	1	1.00	.960	0	60

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Martin Havlat	[5]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Martin Havlat (October 15)	[6]
		Nikolai Khabibulin (December 3)	[6]
		Martin Havlat (February 11)	[6]
		Jeff Hamilton (March 11)	[7]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Brent Seabrook	[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Adam Burish	October 14, 2006	[9]
	Mike Blunden	October 25, 2006
	Dave Bolland
	Troy Brouwer	December 23, 2006
	Colin Fraser	January 7, 2007
	P. A. Parenteau	February 7, 2007
	David Koci	March 10, 2007
	Bryan Bickell	April 5, 2007
	Jonas Nordquist

Transactions

The Blackhawks 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.^[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2008	To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson	[11]
	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2006	To Toronto Maple Leafs Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2006 Colorado's 4th-round pick in 2006	[10]
July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09)	To Chicago Blackhawks Josh Hennessy Tom Preissing	To San Jose Sharks Mark Bell	[12]
	To Chicago Blackhawks Martin Havlat Bryan Smolinski	To Ottawa Senators Michal Barinka Josh Hennessy Tom Preissing 3rd-round pick in 2008	[12]
August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02)	To Chicago Blackhawks Vaclav Pletka	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Meloche	[13]
August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04)	To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus	To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle Calder	[14]
December 28, 2006 (2006-12-28)	To Chicago Blackhawks P. A. Parenteau Bruno St. Jacques	To Anaheim Ducks Sebastien Caron Chris Durno Matt Keith	[15]
February 3, 2007 (2007-02-03)	To Chicago Blackhawks Kris Versteeg Conditional 5th-round pick in 2008	To Boston Bruins Brandon Bochenski	[16]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26)	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 2nd-round pick	To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski	[17]
	To Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder	To Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen 3rd-round pick in 2007	[18]
	To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Williams	To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Calder	[18]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev	To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Stewart 6th-round pick in 2007	[19]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Patrick Lalime	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	[20]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	Denis Arkhipov	Khimik Moscow Oblast (RSL)	1-year	Free agency	[21]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)	Carl Corazzini	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[22]
	Jordan Hendry	Norfolk Admrials (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[22]
	David Koci	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	Free agency	[22]
July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27)	Reed Low	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	[23]
August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)	Craig MacDonald	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	[24]
August 8, 2006 (2006-08-08)	Sebastien Caron	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	Free agency	[25]
September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23)	Brian Boucher	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	[26]
September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)	Chris Durno	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	[27]
September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	Jeff Hamilton	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	[28]
October 26, 2006 (2006-10-26)	Karl Stewart	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	[29]
December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)	Peter Bondra	Atlanta Thrashers	1-year	Free agency	[30]
June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04)	Magnus Johansson	Linkopings HC (SHL)		Free agency	[31]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
June 26, 2006 (2006-06-26)	Matthew Barnaby	Dallas Stars[b]	Buyout	[34]
	Curtis Brown	San Jose Sharks[c]	Buyout	[34]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Mike Brown[d]		Contract expiration (VI)	[32]
	Eric Daze[e]		Contract expiration (III)	[32]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Vladimir Gusev	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	[38]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	Mark Cullen	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (VI)	[39]
July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07)	Nick Kuiper	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[40]
	Adam Munro	HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA)	Free agency[f]	[41]
July 16, 2006 (2006-07-16)	Shawn Thornton	Anaheim Ducks	Free agency (VI)	[42]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)	Jason Morgan	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (III)	[43]
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)	Quintin Laing	Washington Capitals	Free agency (UFA)	[44]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)	Pavel Vorobyev	Khimik Moscow Oblast (RSL)	Free agency (II)[g]	[41]
August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04)	Ajay Baines	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[46]
August 31, 2006 (2006-08-31)	Milan Bartovic	Malmo Redhawks (SHL)	Free agency (VI)	[41]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	Brian Boucher	Columbus Blue Jackets	Waivers	[47]
May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16)	Jonas Nordqvist	Frolunda HC (SHL)	Free agency	[48]
June 5, 2007 (2007-06-05)	Denis Arkhipov	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency	[49]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09)	Martin Havlat	3-year	Re-signing	[50]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	Lasse Kukkonen	1-year	Re-signing	[51]
	Tony Salmelainen	2-year	Re-signing	[51]
	Patrick Sharp	2-year	Re-signing	[51]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Rene Bourque	2-year	Re-signing	[52]
	Michael Holmqvist	1-year	Re-signing	[52]
	Duncan Keith	4-year	Re-signing	[52]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)	Radim Vrbata	2-year	Re-signing	[53]
July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27)	Kyle Calder	1-year	Arbitration award	[54]
August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)	Brandon Bochenski	1-year	Re-signing	[55]
	Matt Keith	1-year	Re-signing	[24]
	Jim Vandermeer	1-year	Re-signing	[56]
September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13)	Tuomo Ruutu	2-year	Re-signing	[57]
March 22, 2007 (2007-03-22)	Jack Skille	3-year	Entry-level	[58]
April 18, 2007 (2007-04-18)	Patrick Lalime	1-year	Extension	[59]
May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15)	Evan Brophey	3-year	Entry-level	[60]
May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16)	Jonathan Toews	3-year	Entry-level	[61]
May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31)	Niklas Hjalmarsson	3-year	Entry-level	[62]
June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04)	Adam Hobson	3-year	Entry-level	[63]
	Petri Kontiola	3-year	Entry-level	[63]

Draft picks

Chicago's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[64]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	3	Jonathan Toews (C/W)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	University of North Dakota (NCHC)
2	33	Igor Makarov (RW)	Russia	Chicago Blackhawks	Krylya Sovetov (Russia Pro Hockey League)
2	61	Simon Danis-Pepin (D)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa)	University of Maine (Hockey East)
3	76	Tony Lagerstrom (C)	Sweden	Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto)	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
4	95	Ben Shutron (D)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Pittsburgh)	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4	96	Joe Palmer (G)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
6	156	Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C)	Finland	Chicago Blackhawks	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
6	169	Chris Auger (C)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Montreal)	Wellington Dukes (OPJHL)
7	186	Peter LeBlanc (C/LW)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Hamilton Red Wings (OPJHL)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[32]
2. Barnaby signed with Dallas on July 5.^[33]
3. Brown signed with San Jose on July 1.^[35]
4. Brown retired.^[36]
5. Daze retired.^[37]
6. Chicago retained Munro's NHL rights.
7. Chicago retained Vorobyev's NHL rights through the 2008–09 season.^[45]