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2006–07 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2006–07
year	2006
Team	St. Louis Blues
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Central
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	34–35–13
HomeRecord	18–19–4
RoadRecord	16–16–9
GoalsFor	214
GoalsAgainst	254
GeneralManager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Mike Kitchen (Oct.–Dec.)
Andy Murray (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Dallas Drake
AltCaptain	Bill Guerin (Oct.–Feb.)
Barret Jackman
Doug Weight
Arena	Scottrade Center
Attendance	12,520 (59.6%)
MinorLeague	Peoria Rivermen
Alaska Aces
GoalsLeader	Lee Stempniak (27)
AssistsLeader	Doug Weight (43)
PointsLeader	Doug Weight (59)
PIMLeader	Keith Tkachuk (92)
PlusMinusLeader	Barret Jackman (+20)
WinsLeader	Manny Legace (23)
GAALeader	Curtis Sanford (3.18)

Andy Murray (Dec.–Apr.) Barret Jackman Doug Weight Alaska Aces

The 2006–07 St. Louis Blues season, its 40th in the league, saw the team attempting to improve on the 2005–06 season, in which it had finished with the worst record in the National Hockey League (21–46–15, 57 points).

One major offseason transaction saw the Blues sign Doug Weight back to the roster via free agency, after he had left the team at the trade deadline of the 2005–06 season and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes.

One notable event of the season was the jersey retirement of Brett Hull's number 16 on December 5, 2006. In the ceremony, the Blues announced that a section of nearby Clark Avenue would be renamed Brett Hull Way. In front of a sellout crowd, the Blues then went on to lose a disappointing game 5–1 to the division rival Detroit Red Wings.

The team started the season very poorly, winning only seven of its first 30 games. Head coach Mike Kitchen was fired on December 11 and replaced with Andy Murray. A dramatic turn-around was made in mid-December, however, and over a 20-game span, the Blues went 13–3–4. By the end of January, St. Louis had pulled its record to near .500 and had climbed into third place in the Central Division standings.

The Blues missed the playoffs for the second straight year for the first time since the 1977–78 season and the 1978–79 season.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 5, 2006||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2006–07) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||L||October 7, 2006||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) ||0–1–1 || |- |3||L||October 9, 2006||0–2 || align="left"| @ Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) ||0–2–1 || |- |4||W||October 12, 2006||3–2 SO|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (2006–07) ||1–2–1 || |- |5||W||October 14, 2006||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||L||October 17, 2006||2–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) ||2–3–1 || |- |7||L||October 20, 2006||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) ||2–3–2 || |- |8||W||October 21, 2006||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) ||3–3–2 || |- |9||L||October 28, 2006||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) ||3–4–2 || |- |10||L||October 30, 2006||5–6 SO|| align="left"| Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) ||3–4–3 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
39	C	82	16	43	59	10	56
12	RW	82	27	25	52	−2	33
26	RW	77	15	33	48	9	54
13	RW	61	28	19	47	8	52
7	LW	61	20	23	43	3	92
18	RW	82	10	27	37	−6	48
9	C	81	8	28	36	3	55
62	LW	52	12	21	33	−3	48
4	D	82	6	23	29	−10	69
5	D	70	3	24	27	20	82
42	C	49	10	13	23	6	37
21	RW	80	8	14	22	−19	89
25	D	55	5	17	22	−7	44
55	D	61	7	11	18	13	36
10	RW	60	6	6	12	−14	38
38	C	19	4	8	12	0	4
17	C	59	7	4	11	−7	47
58	RW	41	5	5	10	−8	23
27	D	64	2	5	7	−5	55
29	D	34	1	6	7	4	12
22	C	20	2	3	5	0	14
28	D	48	0	5	5	7	72
15	LW	22	3	1	4	2	4
20	D	31	1	3	4	−7	36
19	C	27	1	1	2	−3	52
54	D	6	1	0	1	0	0
37	RW	3	0	1	1	1	0
30	G	19	0	0	0		2
34	G	45	0	0	0		2
74	D	23	0	0	0	−9	12
32	LW	14	0	0	0	−1	29
22	C	11	0	0	0	−4	0
46	D	19	0	0	0	−3	6
1	G	31	0	0	0		0
40	G	2	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
34	Manny Legace	45	23	15	5	1177	109	2.59	.907	5	2522
1	Curtis Sanford	31	8	12	5	707	79	3.19	.888	0	1492
30	Jason Bacashihua	19	3	7	3	450	47	3.16	.896	0	894
40	Marek Schwarz	2	0	1	0	25	3	3.00	.880	0	60

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
[NHL All-Star Game](2007-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Bill Guerin
NHL Second Star of the Week	Manny Legace (December 24)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Lee Stempniak

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
D. J. King	October 5, 2006
Roman Polak	October 9, 2006
Marek Schwarz	December 12, 2006
David Backes	December 19, 2006
Doug Weight	November 16, 2006
Bill Guerin	February 2, 2007

Transactions

The Blues 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 St. Louis Blues	To [New Jersey Devils](2006-07-new-jersey-devils-season)
To St. Louis Blues	To [Boston Bruins](2006-07-boston-bruins-season)
To St. Louis Blues	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2006-07-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To St. Louis Blues	To [San Jose Sharks](2006-07-san-jose-sharks-season)
To St. Louis Blues	To Boston Bruins

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Jay McKee
Doug Weight
Bill Guerin
Dan Hinote
Martin Rucinsky
Manny Legace
Jamie Rivers
Radek Dvorak
Denis Pederson
Joel Perrault
Charles Linglet
Steve Wagner
Martin Kariya
Juuso Riksman

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Patrick Lalime
Kevin Dallman
Mark Rycroft
Jeff Hoggan
Andy Roach
Michael Zigomanis
Trevor Byrne
Reed Low
Troy Riddle
Jesse Boulerice
Dean McAmmond
Timofei Shishkanov
Scott Young
Colin Hemingway
Denis Pederson
Joel Perrault
Steve Poapst
Tomas Mojzis

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Ryan Johnson
Matt Walker
Dallas Drake
Peter Cajanek
Jason Bacashihua
Eric Brewer
Jon DiSalvatore
Doug Lynch
Aaron MacKenzie
Jay McClement
Tomas Mojzis
Peter Sejna
Jeff Woywitka
Christian Backman
Eric Brewer
Manny Legace
Jamal Mayers
Erik Johnson
Trent Whitfield
Nick Drazenovic
Alexander Hellstrom
Tomas Kana
Ryan Reaves
Patrik Berglund
Jonas Junland
Nikolai Lemtyugov

Draft picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blues possessed the first overall pick in the draft.

Round	#	Player	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Erik Johnson (D)	St. Louis Blues	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
1	25	Patrik Berglund (C)	St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey)	VIK Vasteras HK (Allsvenskan)
2	31	Tomas Kana (C)	St. Louis Blues	HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga)
3	64	Jonas Junland (D)	St. Louis Blues	Linkopings HC (Elitserien)
4	94	Ryan Turek (C)	St. Louis Blues	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
4	106	Reto Berra (G)	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto)	ZSC Lions (NLA)
5	124	Andy Sackrison (C/LW)	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Park (USHS-MN)
6	154	Matthew McCollem (LW)	St. Louis Blues	Belmont Hill (Independent School League)
7	184	Alexander Hellstrom (D)	St. Louis Blues	IF Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan)

Notes

References

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"NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007".
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"St. Louis Blues' Doug Weight (39) waits for a rebound near Edmonton Oilers netminder Dwayne Roloson during the third period of NHL hockey action at Edmonton's Rexall Place, in Canada, on Thursday, November 16, 2006. Weight, who played nine seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, became the 210th player to hit the 1,000-game plateau on Thursday. (AP Photo/Marc Bence,CP Stock Photo - Alamy".
"St. Louis Blues president John Davidson (L) presents Bill Guerin with a ceremonial hockey stick before a game against the Dallas Stars at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on February 3, 2007. Guerin played in his 1000th career game on February 2 in Detroit. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt Stock Photo - Alamy".
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(February 25, 2007). "Blues Trade Keith Tkachuk To Atlanta".
(February 27, 2007). "Guerin traded to Sharks".
(February 27, 2007). "Blues Acquires Boyes From Boston for Wideman".
(July 1, 2006). "Blues Sign Free Agent Defenseman Jay McKee".
(July 2, 2006). "Blues Sign Free Agent Center Doug Weight".
(July 3, 2006). "Blues Sign Free Agent Right Wing Bill Guerin".
(July 3, 2006). "Blues Sign Free Agent Right Wing Dan Hinote".
(August 2, 2006). "Blues Sign Free Agent Forward Martin Rucinsky".
(August 8, 2006). "Blues Sign Goaltender Manny Legace".
(August 9, 2006). "Blues’ Sign Defenseman Jamie Rivers".
(September 14, 2006). "Blues Sign Free Agent Right Wing Radek Dvorak".
(September 30, 2006). "Blues Sign Forward Denis Pederson".
(October 31, 2006). "Blues’ Claim Forward Joel Perrault On Waivers".
(January 1, 2007). "Blues Sign Charles Linglet To NHL Contract".
(March 21, 2007). "Blues Sign Collegiate Defenseman Steve Wagner".
(June 1, 2007). "Blues Ink Five Including First Rounder Berglund".
(July 1, 2006). "NHL RELEASES FREE AGENT LIST".
(July 2, 2006). "Tallon misses out on the good stuff".
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(December 26, 2006). "Steel Names Former NHL Defenseman Steve Poapst Head Coach".
"Tomas Mojzis".
(June 29, 2006). "Blues Sign Forward Ryan Johnson And Defenseman Matt Walker".
(July 1, 2006). "Blues Re-Sign Captain Dallas Drake".
(July 4, 2006). "Blues Re-Sign Free Agent Center Petr Cajanek".
(July 18, 2006). "Blues Sign McClement & Qualify Seven Others with Peoria Ties".
(July 18, 2006). "Transactions".
(August 9, 2006). "Blues Sign Christian Backman To Multi-Year Contract".
(February 24, 2007). "Eric Brewer and Manny Legace Agree to Contract Extensions".
(February 27, 2007). "Blues Sign Mayers to Contract Extension".
(April 19, 2007). "Blues Sign First Overall Draft Pick Erik Johnson".
(April 24, 2007). "Blues Re-Sign Forward Trent Whitfield".
(May 23, 2007). "Blues Ink Four Prospects to Pro Contracts".
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