2006–07 San Jose Sharks season

The San Jose Sharks 2006–07 season was the 16th season played by the franchise.

2006–07 San Jose Sharks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
2006–07 record	51–26–5
Home record	25–12–4
Road record	26–14–1
Goals for	258
Goals against	199
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Patrick Marleau
Alternate captains	Scott Hannan Joe Thornton
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance	17,496
Minor league affiliate(s)	Worcester Sharks Fresno Falcons Toledo Storm
Team leaders
Goals	Jonathan Cheechoo (37)
Assists	Joe Thornton (92)
Points	Joe Thornton (114)
Penalty minutes	Mark Bell (83)
Plus/minus	Joe Thornton (+24)
Wins	Vesa Toskala (26)
Goals against average	Evgeni Nabokov (2.29)
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Offseason

During the 2006 offseason, the San Jose Sharks made significant changes in order to bolster their defense and team grit. The Sharks signed Mike Grier from the Buffalo Sabres and former Shark Curtis Brown from the Chicago Blackhawks, two forwards noted for their defense prowess on both sides of the ice. After signing the two veterans, General Manager Doug Wilson traded their top offensive defenceman in 2005–06, Tom Preissing, to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for centre Mark Bell of the Chicago Blackhawks in a three-way trade involving Martin Havlat going from Ottawa to the Blackhawks. Wilson then traded underachieving winger Nils Ekman to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In August, to round off their flurry of trades, the Sharks signed veterans Mathieu Biron and Patrick Traverse. The Sharks also signed Graham Mink and Scott Ferguson to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. On October 2, 2006, the Sharks acquired Vladimir Malakhov and a first-round conditional draft pick in exchange for Jim Fahey and Alexander Korolyuk, who was playing in Russia at the time.

Regular season

The Sharks got off to a sizzling 20–7–0 start, the best in franchise history. Shortly after, however, several key players missed time due to injuries, and the Sharks continued to struggle with consistency as their results dropped off. At the end of February, they lost four games in a row, their longest losing streak of the season.

When the trading deadline approached, Wilson used some of his carefully acquired assets to address the team's areas of need, trading draft picks and prospects for Craig Rivet from the Montreal Canadiens and Bill Guerin from the St. Louis Blues. With Rivet playing quality minutes on defense and Guerin scoring goals on offense, the Sharks began winning at a torrid pace, finishing the last 16 games of the regular season with a record of 13–1–3. They concluded the regular season with a total record of 51–26–5 for 107 points, the most wins and points in franchise history. However, in a competitive Western Conference, their record was only good enough for the fifth playoff seed, and they had to open the playoffs on the road.

The Sharks spent the majority of the season rotating their two goaltenders, Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov, every other game. The only time either one played for an extended period of time was when the other was injured or otherwise unable to play. When Toskala injured his groin, Nabokov made 14-straight starts and played arguably the best hockey of his career, significantly contributing to the Sharks' late-season spate of victories. As a result, despite Toskala's return from injury, Head Coach Ron Wilson retained Nabokov as the number one goaltender to finish the regular season and enter into the playoffs.

The Sharks iced four rookies during the season: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Carle, Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, with each making significant contributions to the team's success. Vlasic, at just 19-years-of-age, was not expected to make the team, but put together an impressive pre-season performance and was on the Sharks' opening night roster. He went on to play 81 games, leading all NHL rookie defensemen in average ice time at over 21 minutes per game, and was arguably the Sharks' most consistent defenceman the whole season.

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Anaheim Ducks	82	48	20	14	258	208	110
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	51	26	5	258	199	107
3	6	Dallas Stars	82	50	25	7	226	197	107
4	14	Los Angeles Kings	82	27	41	14	227	283	68
5	15	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	46	5	216	284	67

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^[1]

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

Playoffs

The San Jose Sharks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's fifth seed.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Sharks met the Nashville Predators, and advanced to the second round after defeating them 4 games to 1 for the second-straight season. They then fell to the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals in six games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[2]
October: 9–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 5 St. Louis 4 – 5 San Jose OT Toskala 17,496 1–0–0 2 W 2 October 7 NY Islanders 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2–0–0 4 W 3 October 9 San Jose 4 – 1 Calgary Toskala 19,289 3–0–0 6 W 4 October 12 San Jose 4 – 6 Edmonton Nabokov 16,839 3–1–0 6 L 5 October 13 San Jose 6 – 4 Vancouver Toskala 18,630 4–1–0 8 W 6 October 17 Dallas 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 16,380 5–1–0 10 W 7 October 19 Detroit 1 – 5 San Jose Toskala 17,496 6–1–0 12 W 8 October 21 Minnesota 4 – 1 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 6–2–0 12 L 9 October 23 San Jose 3 – 0 Columbus Toskala 16,067 7–2–0 14 W 10 October 25 San Jose 1 – 2 Detroit Nabokov 20,066 7–3–0 14 L 11 October 26 San Jose 3 – 4 Nashville Toskala 13,436 7–4–0 14 L 12 October 29 San Jose 4 – 2 Tampa Bay Nabokov 19,904 8–4–0 16 W 13 October 31 San Jose 2 – 1 Florida Toskala 10,081 9–4–0 18 W
November: 10–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 14 November 2 NY Rangers 3 – 1 San Jose Nabokov 17,091 9–5–0 18 L 15 November 4 Pittsburgh 2 – 3 San Jose Toskala 17,496 10–5–0 20 W 16 November 7 Minnesota 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,233 11–5–0 22 W 17 November 9 San Jose 7 – 3 Los Angeles Toskala 16,618 12–5–0 24 W 18 November 11 San Jose 2 – 1 Phoenix Toskala 15,036 13–5–0 26 W 19 November 13 San Jose 2 – 4 Los Angeles Toskala 16,667 13–6–0 26 L 20 November 15 San Jose 4 – 3 Colorado Nabokov 18,007 14–6–0 28 W 21 November 18 Philadelphia 1 – 6 San Jose Toskala 17,496 15–6–0 30 W 22 November 21 San Jose 0 – 5 Anaheim Nabokov 15,013 15–7–0 30 L 23 November 22 Los Angeles 3 – 6 San Jose Toskala 17,496 16–7–0 32 W 24 November 25 New Jersey 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 17–7–0 34 W 25 November 28 San Jose 2 – 0 St. Louis Toskala 8,679 18–7–0 36 W 26 November 29 San Jose 2 – 1 Minnesota Nabokov 18,568 19–7–0 38 W
December: 7–7–0 (home: 4–5–0; road: 3–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 27 December 2 San Jose 3 – 2 Detroit Toskala 20,066 20–7–0 40 W 28 December 4 San Jose 0 – 1 Dallas Nabokov 17,056 20–8–0 40 L 29 December 7 Colorado 5 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,039 20–9–0 40 L 30 December 9 Nashville 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 21–9–0 42 W 31 December 11 Phoenix 0 – 4 San Jose Toskala 16,717 22–9–0 44 W 32 December 12 San Jose 3 – 1 Los Angeles Nabokov 15,204 23–9–0 46 W 33 December 14 Los Angeles 4 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,496 23–10–0 46 L 34 December 16 Anaheim 3 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 24–10–0 48 W 35 December 21 Dallas 3 – 0 San Jose Toskala 17,496 24–11–0 48 L 36 December 23 Calgary 1 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 25–11–0 50 W 37 December 26 Anaheim 4 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 25–12–0 50 L 38 December 28 Phoenix 3 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,496 25–13–0 50 L 39 December 30 San Jose 0 – 8 Phoenix Nabokov 17,643 25–14–0 50 L 40 December 31 San Jose 4 – 2 Dallas Toskala 18,584 26–14–0 52 W
January: 7–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 41 January 4 Detroit 4 – 9 San Jose Toskala 17,496 27–14–0 54 W 42 January 6 Columbus 2 – 5 San Jose Toskala 17,496 28–14–0 56 W 43 January 10 Edmonton 3 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 28–15–0 56 L 44 January 11 San Jose 5 – 2 Los Angeles Toskala 17,054 29–15–0 58 W 45 January 13 San Jose 4 – 1 Phoenix Toskala 16,642 30–15–0 60 W 46 January 15 Colorado 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 31–15–0 62 W 47 January 18 Phoenix 2 – 5 San Jose Toskala 17,496 32–15–0 64 W 48 January 20 St. Louis 1 – 0 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 32–16–0 64 L 49 January 26 San Jose 5 – 1 Edmonton Toskala 16,839 33–16–0 66 W 50 January 28 San Jose 1 – 3 Vancouver Nabokov 18,630 33–17–0 66 L 51 January 30 Dallas 3 – 2 San Jose SO Toskala 17,496 33–17–1 67 OTL
February: 5–7–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 1 Dallas 4 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,496 33–18–1 67 L 53 February 3 Chicago 2 – 4 San Jose Toskala 17,496 34–18–1 69 W 54 February 6 Anaheim 7 – 4 San Jose Toskala 17,496 34–19–1 69 L 55 February 7 San Jose 3 – 2 Anaheim Toskala 17,466 35–19–1 71 W 56 February 13 San Jose 6 – 5 St. Louis Toskala 9,235 36–19–1 73 W 57 February 14 San Jose 0 – 5 Nashville Toskala 13,836 36–20–1 73 L 58 February 16 San Jose 0 – 3 Columbus Nabokov 16,045 36–21–1 73 L 59 February 18 San Jose 2 – 5 Dallas Nabokov 17,849 36–22–1 73 L 60 February 21 San Jose 3 – 2 Washington SO Nabokov 13,622 37–22–1 75 W 61 February 22 San Jose 2 – 0 Chicago Nabokov 10,125 38–22–1 77 W 62 February 24 San Jose 4 – 7 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 38–23–1 77 L 63 February 26 Anaheim 3 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 38–24–1 77 L 64 February 28 Nashville 4 – 3 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 38–24–2 78 OTL
March: 10–2–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 5–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 65 March 2 San Jose 1 – 3 Anaheim Nabokov 17,174 38–25–2 78 L 66 March 4 San Jose 4 – 0 Dallas Nabokov 18,002 39–25–2 80 W 67 March 6 San Jose 3 – 0 Minnesota Nabokov 18,568 40–25–2 82 W 68 March 9 Vancouver 2 – 1 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 40–25–3 83 OTL 69 March 11 Edmonton 0 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 41–25–3 85 W 70 March 13 Chicago 1 – 7 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 42–25–3 87 W 71 March 15 San Jose 5 – 1 Phoenix Nabokov 17,744 43–25–3 89 W 72 March 16 Columbus 0 – 3 San Jose Toskala 17,496 44–25–3 91 W 73 March 18 San Jose 3 – 4 Colorado OT Nabokov 18,007 44–25–4 92 OTL 74 March 21 San Jose 4 – 1 Chicago Nabokov 10,374 45–25–4 94 W 75 March 22 San Jose 5 – 1 Atlanta Toskala 16,367 46–25–4 96 W 76 March 24 San Jose 4 – 6 Carolina Toskala 18,763 46–26–4 96 L 77 March 27 Los Angeles 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 47–26–4 98 W 78 March 30 Phoenix 2 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 48–26–4 100 W
April: 3–0–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 Los Angeles 2 – 6 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 49–26–4 102 W 80 April 4 San Jose 3 – 2 Anaheim SO Nabokov 17,440 50–26–4 104 W 81 April 5 Calgary 3 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 51–26–4 106 W 82 April 7 Vancouver 4 – 3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 51–26–5 107 OTL
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[2]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Nashville Predators – Sharks win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 San Jose 5 – 4 Nashville 2OT Nabokov 17,113 1 – 0 W 2 April 13 San Jose 2 – 5 Nashville Nabokov 17,113 1 – 1 L 3 April 16 Nashville 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2 – 1 W 4 April 18 Nashville 2 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 3 – 1 W 5 April 20 San Jose 3 – 2 Nashville Nabokov 17,113 4 – 1 W
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 San Jose 2 – 0 Detroit Nabokov 18,712 1 – 0 W 2 April 28 San Jose 2 – 3 Detroit Nabokov 19,113 1 – 1 L 3 April 30 Detroit 1 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2 – 1 W 4 May 2 Detroit 3 – 2 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 2 – 2 L 5 May 5 San Jose 1 – 4 Detroit Nabokov 19,937 2 – 3 L 6 May 7 Detroit 2 – 0 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2 – 4 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 Sharks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Joe Thornton	C	82	22	92	114	24	44	11	1	10	11	2	10
12	Patrick Marleau	C	77	32	46	78	9	33	11	3	3	6	−5	2
14	Jonathan Cheechoo	RW	76	37	32	69	11	69	11	3	3	6	1	6
9	Milan Michalek	RW	78	26	40	66	17	36	11	4	2	6	3	4
18	Matt Carle	D	77	11	31	42	9	30	11	2	3	5	3	0
29	Ryane Clowe	RW	58	16	18	34	4	78	11	4	2	6	−2	17
25	Mike Grier	RW	81	16	17	33	−5	43	11	2	2	4	1	27
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	82	10	23	33	8	63	11	0	2	2	1	6
26	Steve Bernier	RW	62	15	16	31	5	29	11	0	1	1	2	2
8[a]	Joe Pavelski	C	46	14	14	28	4	18	6	1	0	1	2	0
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	81	3	23	26	13	18	11	0	1	1	5	2
22	Scott Hannan	D	79	4	20	24	1	38	11	0	2	2	4	33
34	Patrick Rissmiller	LW	79	7	15	22	1	22	11	1	3	4	1	0
7	Mark Bell	C	71	11	10	21	−9	83	4	0	0	0	−2	2
37	Curtis Brown	C	78	8	12	20	−2	56	11	0	2	2	1	2
4	Kyle McLaren	D	67	5	12	17	10	61	11	0	4	4	−2	10
11	Marcel Goc	C	78	5	8	13	−2	24	11	2	1	3	3	4
16	Mark Smith	C	41	3	10	13	−4	42	3	0	0	0	0	4
13	Bill Guerin†	RW	16	8	1	9	2	14	9	0	2	2	−3	12
52	Craig Rivet†	D	17	1	7	8	8	12	11	2	3	5	−5	18
6	Josh Gorges‡	D	47	1	3	4	−3	26	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Douglas Murray	D	35	0	3	3	0	31	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Vesa Toskala	G	38	0	3	3		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Ville Nieminen‡	LW	30	1	1	2	−7	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Rob Davison	D	22	0	2	2	−2	27	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Mathieu Darche	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Evgeni Nabokov	G	50	0	0	0		6	11	0	0	0		0
27	Scott Parker‡	RW	11	0	0	0	0	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Tomas Plihal	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

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
35	Vesa Toskala	38	26	10	1	915	84	2.35	.908	4	2142	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	Evgeni Nabokov	50	25	16	4	1227	106	2.29	.914	7	2778	11	6	5	323	26	2.23	.920	1	701

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Matt Carle (Defense)	[3]
		Marc-Edouard Vlasic (Defense)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jonathan Cheechoo[b]	[5]
		Patrick Marleau
		Joe Thornton[b]
	NHL First Star of the Week	Joe Thornton (March 18)	[6]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Ryane Clowe (January)	[7]
	NHL Second Star of the Month	Joe Thornton (March)	[8]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Jonathan Cheechoo (March 25)	[6]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Joe Thornton (January 7)	[6]
		Evgeni Nabokov (March 11)	[6]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Matt Carle	[9]
Team	Sharks Player of the Year	Joe Thornton	[10]
	Sharks Rookie of the Year	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	[11]
	Three Stars of the Year	Joe Thornton	[10]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	October 5, 2006	[12]
	Joe Pavelski	November 22, 2006
	Tomas Plihal	January 26, 2007

Transactions

The Sharks 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.^[13]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2006	To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick in 2006 2nd-round pick in 2006	[14]
	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Columbus Blue Jackets Philadelphia's 3rd-round pick in 2006 4th-round pick in 2006 2nd-round pick in 2007	[14]
	To San Jose Sharks Edmonton's 4th-round pick in 2006	To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 4th-round pick in 2006 6th-round pick in 2006	[13]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	To San Jose Sharks Mark Bell	To Chicago Blackhawks Josh Hennessy Tom Preissing	[15]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)	To San Jose Sharks Carolina's 2nd-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nils Ekman Patrick Ehelechner	[16]
October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)	To San Jose Sharks Vladimir Malakhov Conditional 1st-round pick in 2007	To New Jersey Devils Jim Fahey Alexander Korolyuk	[17]
December 15, 2006 (2006-12-15)	To San Jose Sharks Patrick Traverse	To Montreal Canadiens Mathieu Biron	[18]
February 16, 2007 (2007-02-16)[c]	To San Jose Sharks Alexander Korolyuk	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2007	[20]
February 25, 2007 (2007-02-25)	To San Jose Sharks Craig Rivet 5th-round pick in 2008	To Montreal Canadiens Josh Gorges 1st-round pick in 2007	[21]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To San Jose Sharks Bill Guerin	To St. Louis Blues Ville Nieminen Rights to Jay Barriball New Jersey's 1st-round pick in 2007	[22]
	To San Jose Sharks 6th-round pick in 2008	To Colorado Avalanche Scott Parker	[23]
	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nolan Schaefer	[24]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03)	Curtis Brown	Chicago Blackhawks	multi-year	Free agency	[25]
	Mike Grier	Buffalo Sabres	3-year	Free agency	[25]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	Mathieu Darche	Colorado Avalanche		Free agency	[26]
	Patrick Traverse	Dallas Stars		Free agency	[26]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Scott Ferguson	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	[27]
	Graham Mink	Washington Capitals		Free agency	[27]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Mathieu Biron	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	[28]
March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08)	T. J. Fox	Union College (ECAC)	2-year	Free agency	[29]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[d]	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Scott Thornton	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (III)	[31]
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02)	Alyn McCauley	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (III)	[32]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Tim Conboy	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency (UFA)	[33]
July 23, 2006 (2006-07-23)	Matt Carkner	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (VI)	[34]
August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14)	Shane Joseph	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)	Patrick Traverse	Montreal Canadiens	Waivers	[36]
October 12, 2006 (2006-10-12)	Josh Prudden	Fresno Falcons (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[37]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Taylor Dakers		Entry-level	[27]
	Rob Davison	1-year	Re-signing	[27]
	Scott Parker		Re-signing	[27]
	Dimitri Patzold	1-year	Re-signing	[27]
	Joe Pavelski		Entry-level	[27]
July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15)	Jim Fahey	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
	Marcel Goc	2-year	Re-signing	[38]
	Douglas Murray	3-year	Re-signing	[38]
	Tomas Plihal	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
	Garrett Stafford	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
	Grant Stevenson	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
	Craig Valette	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Mark Smith	1-year	Re-signing	[39]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	Mark Bell	3-year	Re-signing	[40]
	Christian Ehrhoff	2-year	Re-signing	[40]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Patrick Rissmiller	2-year	Re-signing	[28]
September 21, 2006 (2006-09-21)	Ashton Rome	3-year	Entry-level	[41]
October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)	Nolan Schaefer	1-year	Re-signing	[42]
December 28, 2006 (2006-12-28)	Derek Joslin		Entry-level	[43]
March 19, 2006 (2006-03-19)	Torrey Mitchell		Entry-level	[44]
March 30, 2006 (2006-03-30)	Ty Wishart		Entry-level	[45]
April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23)	Jamie McGinn		Entry-level	[46]
	Mike Morris		Entry-level	[46]

Draft picks

San Jose's draft picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[47]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Ty Wishart	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
2	36	Jamie McGinn	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
4	98	James DeLory	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	143	Ashton Rome	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	202	John McCarthy	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
7	203	Jay Barriball	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

Notes

1. Pavelski wore number 53 through December 23.
2. Cheechoo and Thornton were voted to the starting lineup.^[4]
3. This trade was voided on February 23 since Korolyuk did not report to San Jose and remained in Russia.^[19]
4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[30]