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The 2006 NHL entry draft was the 44th NHL entry draft. It was held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 24, 2006. The draft order for the first 14 picks was decided during a lottery held on April 20, 2006. The draft was televised in Canada on TSN and RDS, with the first three hours simulcasted in the United States on OLN.
The Leafs had the 13th overall draft pick in the 2005–06 NHL season. The Maple Leaf's 2006 draft has been referred to in retrospectives as one of the most successful drafts for any team in league history, as all but one of the team's picks (Tyler Ruegsegger) would go on to become NHL regulars at some point in their careers.
The Pittsburgh Penguins 2006–07 season was rife with potential, as the team featured one of the largest groups of young stars in the National Hockey League (NHL). Evgeni Malkin, the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL entry draft, came to the United States from Russia prior to the season and joined the team.
The 2006–07 salary cap was increased by US$5,000,000 per team to bring the salary cap up to US$44,000,000. While the 2006–07 salary floor was increased by US$8,000,000 per team to US$28,000,000. This is the only year where the NHL salary floor raised faster than the NHL salary cap.
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2005–06 NHL season.It lists, by date, the team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
The stage at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario. The NHL entry draft (French: Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirements (North American players 18–20 years old and European/international players 18–21 ...
The 2024 NHL Draft opens Friday with the first round inside of the Sphere in Las Vegas.. San Jose is widely expected to select Boston University center Macklin Celebrini with the first overall ...
They also set the NHL record for the biggest points drop off in the standings in a one-year span (101 points in 2005–06 to 56 points in 2006–07, a difference of 45 points). With the team clearly on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time since 1994 , Holmgren set his sights on rebuilding the team and preparing for the future.