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2006–07 Florida Panthers season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2006–07
year	2006
Team	Florida Panthers
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	12th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	4th
Record	35–31–16
HomeRecord	23–12–6
RoadRecord	12–19–10
GoalsFor	247
GoalsAgainst	257
GeneralManager	Jacques Martin
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Olli Jokinen
AltCaptain	Martin Gelinas (Dec.–Apr.)
Chris Gratton
Joe Nieuwendyk (Oct.–Dec.)
Gary Roberts (Oct.–Feb.)
Ruslan Salei
Arena	BankAtlantic Center
MinorLeague	Rochester Americans
Florida Everblades
GoalsLeader	Olli Jokinen (39)
AssistsLeader	Olli Jokinen (52)
PointsLeader	Olli Jokinen (91)
PlusMinusLeader	Jay Bouwmeester (+23)
PIMLeader	Steve Montador (119)
WinsLeader	Ed Belfour (27)
GAALeader	Ed Belfour (2.77)

Chris Gratton Joe Nieuwendyk (Oct.–Dec.) Gary Roberts (Oct.–Feb.) Ruslan Salei Florida Everblades The 2006–07 Florida Panthers season began on October 6 with a game at the BankAtlantic Center against the Boston Bruins. It was the Panthers' 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Off-season

General manager Mike Keenan resigned on September 3 and was replaced by head coach Jacques Martin.

Regular season

The Panthers finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities for with 337.

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 6 || Boston || 3–8 || Florida || || Auld || 19,250 || 1–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Florida || 0–6 || Atlanta || || Belfour || 14,239 || 1–1–0 || 2 || |- | 3 || October 9 || Florida || 1–2 || Toronto || SO || Auld || 19,102 || 1–1–1 || 3 || |- | 4 || October 11 || Carolina || 3–6 || Florida || || Auld || 14,312 || 2–1–1 || 5 || |- | 5 || October 13 || Tampa Bay || 2–3 || Florida || || Auld || 15,208 || 3–1–1 || 7 || |- | 6 || October 14 || Florida || 1–4 || Tampa Bay || || Belfour || 19,926 || 3–2–1 || 7 || |- | 7 || October 18 || Florida || 2–5 || Washington || || Auld || 10,125 || 3–3–1 || 7 || |- | 8 || October 20 || Philadelphia || 2–3 || Florida || || Belfour || 17,194 || 4–3–1 || 9 || |- | 9 || October 21 || Florida || 2–4 || Atlanta || || Auld || 16,178 || 4–4–1 || 9 || |- | 10 || October 23 || Atlanta || 6–3 || Florida || || Auld || 13,102 || 4–5–1 || 9 || |- | 11 || October 25 || Florida || 4–2 || NY Rangers || || Belfour || 18,200 || 5–5–1 || 11 || |- | 12 || October 26 || Florida || 0–2 || New Jersey || || Auld || 11,594 || 5–6–1 || 11 || |- | 13 || October 28 || Florida || 3–4 || NY Islanders || SO || Belfour || 10,455 || 5–6–2 || 12 || |- | 14 || October 31 || San Jose || 2–1 || Florida || || Auld || 10,081 || 5–7–2 || 12 ||

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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 Panthers only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
12	C	82	39	52	91	18	78
16	C	82	31	31	62	15	61
15	C	73	23	34	57	2	22
9	C	74	20	28	48	−1	28
23	LW	82	14	30	44	7	36
4	D	82	12	30	42	23	66
18	LW	72	17	20	37	7	28
77	C	81	13	22	35	1	94
24	D	82	6	26	32	−13	102
85	C	75	11	19	30	2	28
10	LW	50	13	16	29	5	71
26	D	78	4	25	29	−5	64
13	RW	64	11	14	25	2	18
5	D	82	4	21	25	7	112
8	D	41	5	5	10	−5	20
46	LW	48	3	7	10	0	12
11	LW	79	6	3	9	−10	66
7	D	72	1	8	9	1	119
25	C	15	5	3	8	−4	4
44	RW	7	1	6	7	−4	13
21	D	23	0	5	5	9	28
38	C	13	1	2	3	1	2
2	D	45	0	3	3	5	55
50	C	16	2	0	2	−3	2
54	C	14	1	1	2	−1	6
20	G	58	0	2	2		10
55	D	7	1	0	1	−3	10
6	D	2	1	0	1	3	2
35	G	27	0	1	1		2
51	C	19	0	1	1	−3	0
47	D	3	0	1	1	2	0
57	C	10	0	1	1	1	2
31	G	5	0	0	0		0
40	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
20	Ed Belfour	58	27	17	10	1550	152	2.77	.902	1	3289
35	Alex Auld	27	7	13	5	729	82	3.35	.888	1	1471
31	Craig Anderson	5	1	1	1	116	8	2.21	.931	0	217

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
[NHL All-Star Game](2007-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Jay Bouwmeester
NHL Second Star of the Week	Olli Jokinen (March 4)	title=NHL Three Stars of the Week	url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/3starweekly.html	website=Hockey-Reference.com	access-date=August 4, 2024}}
Olli Jokinen (April 1)
NHL Third Star of the Week	Olli Jokinen (January 14)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Janis Sprukts	October 20, 2006
Drew Larman	November 13, 2006
David Booth	November 20, 2006
Kamil Kreps	January 7, 2007
Martin Lojek	February 3, 2007
Chris Gratton	March 22, 2007

Transactions

The Panthers 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.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Florida Panthers	To [Vancouver Canucks](2006-07-vancouver-canucks-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Chicago Blackhawks](2006-07-chicago-blackhawks-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2006-07-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Anaheim Ducks](2006-07-anaheim-ducks-season)
To Florida Panthers	To Pittsburgh Penguins
To Florida Panthers	To [Detroit Red Wings](2006-07-detroit-red-wings-season)
To Florida Panthers	To Pittsburgh Penguins

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Ruslan Salei
Ari Vallin
Ed Belfour
David Brine
Franklin MacDonald
Adam Taylor
Cory Murphy

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Alexander Karpovtsev	HC Sibir Novosibirsk (RSL)
Dan Focht
Sean Hill	New York Islanders
Jamie McLennan	Calgary Flames
Phil Osaer	Cardiff Devils (EIHL)
Jon Sim	Atlanta Thrashers
Jamie Allison	Ottawa Senators
Serge Payer	Ottawa Senators
Victor Uchevatov	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
Grant McNeill	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
Joe Nieuwendyk

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Bryan Allen
Branislav Mezei
Nathan Horton
Steve Montador
Gregory Campbell
Alex Auld
Alexei Semenov
Stephen Weiss
Craig Anderson
Juraj Kolnik
David Booth
Jay Bouwmeester
Ric Jackman
Mike Van Ryn
Ville Peltonen
Dan Collins
Kenndal McArdle
Tyler Plante

Draft picks

Florida's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Michael Frolik (RW)	Florida Panthers	Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
3	73	Brady Calla (RW)	Florida Panthers	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
4	103	Michael Caruso (D)	Florida Panthers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	116	Derrick LaPoint (D)	Florida Panthers (from Nashville)	Eau Claire North (USHS-WI)
6	155	Peter Aston (D)	Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh)	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	193	Marc Cheverie (G)	Florida Panthers	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)

Notes

References

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(June 23, 2006). "Canucks swap Bertuzzi for Luongo in multiplayer trade".
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(July 13, 2006). "Thrashers sign free-agent forward Sim, two others".
(July 27, 2006). "Bouwmeester gets $4.35-million deal from arbitrator".
(August 3, 2006). "Senators ink two forwards".
(November 9, 2006). "Scorpions assigned Uchevatov from Milwaukee".
(December 18, 2006). "McNeill reassigned to Wheeling".
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