2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season began with the highest expectations in franchise history, even with the off-season loss of their second-leading scorer, Marc Savard, to the Boston Bruins. Veteran centers Steve Rucchin, Niko Kapanen and Jon Sim were acquired in hopes help fill the loss of Savard. With NHL superstars Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk and a healthy goaltender, Kari Lehtonen, the Thrashers clinched the first playoff berth in franchise history following the Toronto Maple Leafs' 7–2 loss to the New York Rangers on April 1. They were eliminated from the playoffs on April 18, being swept by the Rangers in four straight games in the quarterfinals.

2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers
Southeast Division champions
Division	1st Southeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2006–07 record	43–28–11
Home record	23–12–6
Road record	20–16–5
Goals for	246
Goals against	245
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Scott Mellanby
Alternate captains	Niclas Havelid Bobby Holik Marian Hossa Vyacheslav Kozlov
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	16,229
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves Augusta Lynx
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Hossa (43)
Assists	Marian Hossa (57)
Points	Marian Hossa (100)
Penalty minutes	Bobby Holik (86)
Plus/minus	Marian Hossa (+18)
Wins	Kari Lehtonen (34)
Goals against average	Kari Lehtonen (2.79)
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Regular season

Season standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Atlanta Thrashers	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
2	7	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
3	11	Carolina Hurricanes	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
4	12	Florida Panthers	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	28	40	14	235	286	70

^[1]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P - Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	Y - New Jersey Devils	AT	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
3	Y - Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
4	X - Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
5	X - Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
6	X - New York Rangers	AT	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
7	X - Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
8	X - New York Islanders	AT	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	35	41	6	219	289	76
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	28	40	14	235	286	70
15	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

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

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

The Thrashers qualified for the post-season for the first time in franchise history, while also capturing their first Southeast Division championship. Atlanta headed into the playoffs as the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference. The Thrashers had a highly disappointing playoff series against the New York Rangers, as they were upset in a four-game sweep with losses of 4–3, 2–1, 7–0, and 4–2.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[3]
October: 8–2–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 4–1–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 5 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Atlanta SO Lehtonen 17,269 0–0–1 1 OTL 2 October 7 Florida 0 – 6 Atlanta Lehtonen 14,239 1–0–1 3 W 3 October 9 Atlanta 1 – 0 Tampa Bay Lehtonen 19,817 2–0–1 5 W 4 October 11 Boston 1 – 4 Atlanta Lehtonen 12,579 3–0–1 7 W 5 October 13 Carolina 4 – 3 Atlanta Lehtonen 13,106 3–1–1 7 L 6 October 14 Atlanta 4 – 3 Washington OT Lehtonen 11,995 4–1–1 9 W 7 October 19 Washington 3 – 4 Atlanta SO Lehtonen 12,719 5–1–1 11 W 8 October 21 Florida 2 – 4 Atlanta Lehtonen 16,178 6–1–1 13 W 9 October 23 Atlanta 6 – 3 Florida Lehtonen 13,102 7–1–1 15 W 10 October 25 Atlanta 4 – 5 Carolina OT Lehtonen 15,008 7–1–2 16 OTL 11 October 26 Atlanta 2 – 3 Philadelphia SO Lehtonen 19,228 7–1–3 17 OTL 12 October 28 Atlanta 5 – 4 Buffalo SO Lehtonen 18,690 8–1–3 19 W 13 October 30 Atlanta 2 – 4 Toronto Lehtonen 19,285 8–2–3 19 L
November: 8–5–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 4–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 14 November 1 Carolina 5 – 2 Atlanta Lehtonen 14,277 8–3–3 19 L 15 November 3 Atlanta 4 – 3 Washington Hedberg 12,834 9–3–3 21 W 16 November 4 Atlanta 4 – 1 NY Islanders Hedberg 12,394 10–3–3 23 W 17 November 6 Boston 3 – 5 Atlanta Hedberg 14,084 11–3–3 25 W 18 November 8 Ottawa 4 – 5 Atlanta Lehtonen 16,253 12–3–3 27 W 19 November 10 NY Rangers 5 – 2 Atlanta Lehtonen 18,545 12–4–3 27 L 20 November 11 Atlanta 3 – 5 Tampa Bay Lehtonen 20,034 12–5–3 27 L 21 November 17 Dallas 5 – 3 Atlanta Hedberg 18,545 12–6–3 27 L 22 November 18 Atlanta 1 – 3 Montreal Hedberg 21,273 12–7–3 27 L 23 November 22 Atlanta 4 – 2 Washington Hedberg 11,284 13–7–3 29 W 24 November 24 Atlanta 2 – 3 Tampa Bay OT Lehtonen 19,922 13–7–4 30 OTL 25 November 25 Florida 0 – 1 Atlanta Lehtonen 17,053 14–7–4 32 W 26 November 28 Atlanta 5 – 4 NY Rangers OT Lehtonen 18,200 15–7–4 34 W 27 November 30 Toronto 0 – 5 Atlanta Lehtonen 15,092 16–7–4 36 W
December: 7–4–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 4–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 28 December 2 Atlanta 3 – 1 Florida Lehtonen 13,333 17–7–4 38 W 29 December 5 Atlanta 5 – 2 Toronto Hedberg 19,507 18–7–4 40 W 30 December 7 Atlanta 0 – 8 Tampa Bay Lehtonen 17,704 18–8–4 40 L 31 December 9 Pittsburgh 4 – 3 Atlanta OT Lehtonen 18,687 18–8–5 41 OTL 32 December 13 Anaheim 2 – 1 Atlanta Lehtonen 16,028 18–9–5 41 L 33 December 15 Washington 3 – 2 Atlanta OT Lehtonen 16,920 18–9–6 42 OTL 34 December 16 Atlanta 0 – 6 NY Islanders Hedberg 10,452 18–10–6 42 L 35 December 19 Atlanta 4 – 3 New Jersey SO Lehtonen 10,116 19–10–6 44 W 36 December 21 Pittsburgh 3 – 4 Atlanta SO Lehtonen 17,328 20–10–6 46 W 37 December 23 New Jersey 2 – 5 Atlanta Lehtonen 17,548 21–10–6 48 W 38 December 26 Tampa Bay 1 – 2 Atlanta Lehtonen 16,356 22–10–6 50 W 39 December 27 Atlanta 4 – 2 Pittsburgh Lehtonen 17,132 23–10–6 52 W 40 December 30 Atlanta 1 – 4 Buffalo Lehtonen 18,690 23–11–6 52 L
January: 6–5–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 41 January 1 Atlanta 3 – 2 Ottawa OT Lehtonen 19,707 24–11–6 54 W 42 January 2 Atlanta 1 – 5 Minnesota Lehtonen 18,568 24–12–6 54 L 43 January 5 Phoenix 5 – 4 Atlanta OT Hedberg 18,545 24–12–7 55 OTL 44 January 6 Atlanta 2 – 3 Washington OT Lehtonen 15,642 24–12–8 56 OTL 45 January 9 Atlanta 2 – 4 Montreal Lehtonen 21,273 24–13–8 56 L 46 January 12 Atlanta 1 – 2 New Jersey Lehtonen 13,249 24–14–8 56 L 47 January 13 Atlanta 4 – 3 Carolina SO Lehtonen 18,639 25–14–8 58 W 48 January 16 Los Angeles 2 – 6 Atlanta Lehtonen 13,205 26–14–8 60 W 49 January 18 Montreal 4 – 1 Atlanta Lehtonen 14,025 26–15–8 60 L 50 January 20 Atlanta 3 – 1 NY Rangers Lehtonen 18,200 27–15–8 62 W 51 January 26 NY Islanders 4 – 5 Atlanta OT Lehtonen 18,089 28–15–8 64 W 52 January 28 Philadelphia 2 – 1 Atlanta Lehtonen 18,598 28–16–8 64 L 53 January 30 New Jersey 4 – 5 Atlanta SO Lehtonen 12,162 29–16–8 66 W
February: 3–7–2 (home: 0–3–2; road: 3–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 54 February 1 NY Islanders 5 – 2 Atlanta Lehtonen 13,543 29–17–8 66 L 55 February 3 Philadelphia 5 – 2 Atlanta Lehtonen 18,622 29–18–8 66 L 56 February 6 Buffalo 4 – 3 Atlanta SO Lehtonen 17,881 29–18–9 67 OTL 57 February 8 Atlanta 6 – 3 Colorado Lehtonen 17,428 30–18–9 69 W 58 February 10 Atlanta 2 – 3 Vancouver Lehtonen 18,630 30–19–9 69 L 59 February 11 Atlanta 1 – 5 Edmonton Hedberg 16,839 30–20–9 69 L 60 February 13 Atlanta 1 – 4 Calgary Lehtonen 19,289 30–21–9 69 L 61 February 17 Atlanta 3 – 5 Ottawa Lehtonen 19,881 30–22–9 69 L 62 February 20 Atlanta 3 – 1 Carolina Hedberg 16,228 31–22–9 71 W 63 February 22 Tampa Bay 5 – 4 Atlanta OT Hedberg 16,032 31–22–10 72 OTL 64 February 24 Carolina 4 – 1 Atlanta Lehtonen 18,774 31–23–10 72 L 65 February 26 Atlanta 3 – 2 Boston Lehtonen 16,417 32–23–10 74 W
March: 9–4–1 (home: 8–1–0; road: 1–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 66 March 2 Ottawa 2 – 4 Atlanta Lehtonen 16,190 33–23–10 76 W 67 March 4 Carolina 1 – 3 Atlanta Lehtonen 17,783 34–23–10 78 W 68 March 6 Florida 2 – 4 Atlanta Lehtonen 12,566 35–23–10 80 W 69 March 8 Montreal 2 – 6 Atlanta Lehtonen 14,528 36–23–10 82 W 70 March 10 Atlanta 2 – 3 Florida Lehtonen 17,927 36–24–10 82 L 71 March 12 Washington 2 – 4 Atlanta Lehtonen 14,041 37–24–10 84 W 72 March 15 Atlanta 2 – 3 Philadelphia Lehtonen 19,122 37–25–10 84 L 73 March 16 NY Rangers 1 – 2 Atlanta OT Hedberg 18,457 38–25–10 86 W 74 March 18 Buffalo 3 – 4 Atlanta OT Lehtonen 18,602 39–25–10 88 W 75 March 22 San Jose 5 – 1 Atlanta Lehtonen 16,367 39–26–10 88 L 76 March 24 Atlanta 1 – 2 Pittsburgh Lehtonen 17,132 39–27–10 88 L 77 March 28 Atlanta 2 – 3 Florida SO Lehtonen 12,864 39–27–11 89 OTL 78 March 29 Toronto 2 – 3 Atlanta OT Hedberg 17,062 40–27–11 91 W 79 March 31 Atlanta 3 – 2 Boston Lehtonen 16,218 41–27–11 93 W
April: 2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 80 April 4 Washington 3 – 2 Atlanta Lehtonen 18,783 41–28–11 93 L 81 April 6 Atlanta 4 – 1 Carolina Hedberg 17,158 42–28–11 95 W 82 April 7 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Atlanta SO Lehtonen 18,756 43–28–11 97 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs. (6) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 NY Rangers 4 – 3 Atlanta Lehtonen 18,857 0–1 L 2 April 14 NY Rangers 2 – 1 Atlanta Hedberg 18,803 0–2 L 3 April 17 Atlanta 0 – 7 NY Rangers Lehtonen 18,200 0–3 L 4 April 18 Atlanta 2 – 4 NY Rangers Hedberg 18,200 0–4 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 Thrashers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
18	Marian Hossa	RW	82	43	57	100	18	49	4	0	1	1	−6	6
13	Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	81	28	52	80	9	36	4	0	0	0	−6	6
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	LW	82	42	34	76	−2	66	4	1	1	2	−1	19
19	Scott Mellanby	RW	69	12	24	36	−9	63	4	0	0	0	−2	4
14	Jon Sim	LW	77	17	12	29	−1	60	4	0	0	0	−1	0
16	Bobby Holik	C	82	11	18	29	−3	86	4	0	1	1	0	0
9	Glen Metropolit‡	C	57	12	16	28	9	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Greg de Vries	D	82	3	21	24	−3	66	4	1	0	1	−2	4
20	Steve Rucchin	C	47	5	16	21	−4	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Niclas Havelid	D	77	3	18	21	−2	52	4	0	2	2	−5	0
23	Jim Slater	C	74	5	14	19	8	62	4	0	0	0	−2	2
5	Steve McCarthy	D	46	4	12	16	4	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Andy Sutton	D	55	2	14	16	6	76	4	0	0	0	−2	10
22	Eric Belanger†	C	24	9	6	15	0	12	4	1	0	1	−6	12
8	Keith Tkachuk†	LW	18	7	8	15	8	34	4	1	2	3	2	12
77	Alexei Zhitnik†	D	18	2	12	14	4	14	4	0	0	0	−4	4
29	Brad Larsen	LW	72	7	6	13	−11	39	4	0	2	2	1	0
11	J. P. Vigier	RW	72	5	8	13	0	27	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Niko Kapanen‡	C	60	4	9	13	−12	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Shane Hnidy	D	72	5	7	12	15	63	4	1	0	1	−1	0
3	Vitaly Vishnevski‡	D	52	3	9	12	−5	31	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Garnet Exelby	D	58	2	8	10	2	56	4	0	0	0	−1	6
36	Eric Boulton	LW	45	3	4	7	2	49	4	0	0	0	−1	24
9	Pascal Dupuis†	LW	17	3	2	5	−6	4	4	1	2	3	2	4
10	Jason Krog‡†	C	14	1	3	4	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Braydon Coburn‡	D	29	0	4	4	1	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Denis Hamel†‡	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Johan Hedberg	G	21	0	1	1		6	2	0	0	0		0
32	Kari Lehtonen	G	68	0	1	1		6	2	0	0	0		0
6	Mark Popovic	D	3	0	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Darren Haydar	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Derek MacKenzie	C	4	0	0	0	1	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
32	Kari Lehtonen	68	34	24	9	2075	183	2.79	.912	4	3934	2	0	2	73	11	5.59	.849	0	118
1	Johan Hedberg	21	9	4	2	500	51	2.89	.898	0	1057	2	0	2	69	5	2.55	.928	0	117

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bob Hartley (coach)	[4]
		Marian Hossa
	NHL First Star of the Week	Ilya Kovalchuk (October 29)	[5]
		Vyacheslav Kozlov (November 12)
		Kari Lehtonen (March 4)
	NHL Second Star of the Month	Ilya Kovalchuk (October)	[6]
		Marian Hossa (November)
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Marian Hossa (December 3)	[5]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Kari Lehtonen	[4]
Team	Community Service Award	Scott Mellanby	[7]
	Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy	Vyacheslav Kozlov	[8]
	Players' Player Award	Johan Hedberg	[9]
	Team MVP	Marian Hossa	[10]
	Three Stars of the Game Award	Marian Hossa	[9]

Transactions

The Thrashers 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.^[11]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To Dallas Stars Jaroslav Modry Patrik Stefan	To Atlanta Thrashers Niko Kapanen 7th-round pick in 2006	[12]
	To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round pick in 2006	To Atlanta Thrashers 3rd-round pick in 2006 7th-round pick in 2006	[13]
August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17)	To Anaheim Ducks Karl Stewart 2nd-round pick in 2007 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2008	To Atlanta Thrashers Vitali Vishnevski	[14]
February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Stephen Baby Kyle Wanvig	To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Delmore Andre Deveaux	[15]
February 10, 2007 (2007-02-10)	To Nashville Predators Vitali Vishnevski	To Atlanta Thrashers Eric Belanger	[16]
February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers Braydon Coburn	To Atlanta Thrashers Alexei Zhitnik	[17]
February 25, 2007 (2007-02-25)	To St. Louis Blues Glen Metropolit 1st-round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 2nd-round pick in 2008 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2008[a]	To Atlanta Thrashers Keith Tkachuk	[21]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To New York Rangers Alex Bourret 3rd-round pick in 2007	To Atlanta Thrashers Pascal Dupuis	[22]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 21, 2006 (2006-06-21)	Cory Larose	SCL Tigers (NLA)		Free agency	[23]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Johan Hedberg	Dallas Stars	2-year	Free agency	[24]
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03)	Glen Metropolit	HC Lugano (NLA)		Free agency	[25]
	Steve Rucchin	New York Rangers		Free agency	[26]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Fred Brathwaite	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)		Free agency	[27]
	Darren Haydar	Nashville Predators		Free agency	[27]
	Jason Krog	Frolunda HC (SHL)		Free agency	[27]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	Dave Caruso	Ohio State University (CCHA)		Free agency	[28]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Jon Sim	Florida Panthers		Free agency	[29]
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)	Kyle Wanvig	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	[30]
August 31, 2006 (2006-08-31)	Joey Crabb	Colorado College (WCHA)		Free agency	[31]
February 10, 2007 (2007-02-10)	Denis Hamel	Ottawa Senators		Waivers	[16]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	Jason Krog	New York Rangers		Waivers	[32]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Marc Savard	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	[34]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	Tomas Kloucek	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)	Travis Roche	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (VI)	[36]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Ramzi Abid	Nashville Predators	Free agency (VI)	[37]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Ronald Petrovicky	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (III)	[38]
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28)	Brian Maloney	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (UFA)	[39]
July 31, 2006 (2006-07-31)	Serge Aubin	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)	Free agency (III)	[40]
August 25, 2006 (2006-08-25)	Jeff Dwyer	SG Cortina (Serie A)	Free agency (UFA)	[41]
September 7, 2006 (2006-09-07)	Adam Berkhoel	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency (UFA)	[42]
September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	Mike Dunham	New York Islanders	Free agency (III)	[43]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	Steve Shields	Houston Aeros (AHL)	Free agency (III)	[44]
	Joel Stepp	Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[45]
October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)	Scott Barney	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[46]
	Francis Lessard	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[47]
December 9, 2006 (2006-12-09)	Peter Bondra	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (III)	[48]
January 12, 2007 (2007-01-12)	Jason Krog	New York Rangers	Waivers	[49]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	Denis Hamel	Philadelphia Flyers	Waivers	[32]
	Niko Kapanen	Phoenix Coyotes	Waivers	[32]
April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24)	Scott Mellanby		Retirement	[50]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 21, 2006 (2006-06-21)	Eric Boulton		Re-signing	[23]
	Brad Larsen		Re-signing	[23]
June 29, 2006 (2006-06-29)	Steve McCarthy		Re-signing	[51]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Scott Mellanby	1-year	Re-signing	[52]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	Brett Sterling		Entry-level	[53]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Mark Popovic		Re-signing	[54]
	Colin Stuart		Re-signing	[54]
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)	Kevin Doell		Re-signing	[55]
	Derek MacKenzie		Re-signing	[55]
	Karl Stewart		Re-signing	[55]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)	Niko Kapanen	multi-year	Re-signing	[56]
August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07)	J. P. Vigier		Re-signing	[57]
August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14)	Jordan Smotherman	3-year	Entry-level	[58]
September 7, 2006 (2006-09-07)	Kari Lehtonen	2-year	Re-signing	[59]
September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11)	Alex Bourret		Entry-level	[60]
May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31)	Chad Denny		Entry-level	[61]
	Ondrej Pavelec		Entry-level	[61]
	Tomas Pospisil		Entry-level	[61]
	Myles Stoesz		Entry-level	[61]
June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01)	Tobias Enstrom		Entry-level	[62]

Draft picks

Atlanta's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[63] Atlanta had the 12th overall draft pick.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Bryan Little (C)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	43	Riley Holzapfel (C)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
3	80	Michael Forney (LW)	United States	Atlanta Thrashers (from Edmonton)	Thief River Falls High School (USHS–MS)
5	135	Alex Kangas (G)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
6	165	Jonas Enlund (C)	Finland	Atlanta Thrashers	HIFK Jr. (Finland)
7	195	Jesse Martin (C)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)
7	200	Arturs Kulda (D)	Latvia	Atlanta Thrashers (from Edmonton)	CSKA Moscow (RSL)
7	210	Will O'Neill (D)	United States	Atlanta Thrashers (from Dallas)	Tabor Academy (USHS–MA)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

Notes

1. Condition not met. The Blues would have received this pick if Tkachuk re-signed with Atlanta.^[18] Atlanta traded Tkachuk back to St. Louis on June 26, where he re-signed on June 30.^[19][20]
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[33]