2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season (39th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. This season marked the beginning of a rebuilding phase, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, the former general manager of the San Jose Sharks, Dean Lombardi, as their new GM, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as assistant GM (and GM of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach.^[1][2] Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first-round draft pick (Trevor Lewis), from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006.^[3]

2006–07 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	14th Western
2006–07 record	27–41–14
Home record	16–16–9
Road record	11–25–5
Goals for	227
Goals against	283
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Mattias Norstrom (Oct-Feb) Vacant (Feb-Apr)
Alternate captains	Rob Blake Craig Conroy (Oct-Jan) Aaron Miller Scott Thornton
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	16,859 (91.1%)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Frolov (35)
Assists	Michael Cammalleri (46)
Points	Michael Cammalleri (80)
Penalty minutes	Raitis Ivanans (140)
Plus/minus	Derek Armstrong (+13)
Wins	Mathieu Garon (13)
Goals against average	Mathieu Garon (2.66)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

But the biggest move of the off-season for the Kings was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second-round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006.^[4] He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a two-year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and goals against average (GAA) amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.

Injuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history.^[5] On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000–01 season (Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).

On January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's number 20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.

The Kings missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.^[6]

Regular season

The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing the regular season 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.86%.^[7]

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^[8]

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

Schedule and results

2006–07 regular season[9]
October: 4–8–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 1–5–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 6 @ Ducks 3 – 4 Cloutier 17,174 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 7 Blues 1 – 4 Garon 18,118 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 10 Islanders 2 – 4 Cloutier 14,394 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 12 Stars 4 – 1 Cloutier 14,167 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 14 Stars 4 – 1 Garon 17,052 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 16 Red Wings 3 – 1 Cloutier 17,417 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 18 Wild 1 – 2 OT Cloutier 14,617 2–4–1 5 Recap 8 October 19 @ Coyotes 4 – 0 Garon 12,714 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 October 22 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 3–4–2 8 Recap 10 October 23 @ Avalanche 1 – 6 Cloutier 17,284 3–5–2 8 Recap 11 October 25 @ Wild 1 – 3 Cloutier 18,568 3–6–2 8 Recap 12 October 27 @ Blue Jackets 0 – 2 Cloutier 16,087 3–7–2 8 Recap 13 October 28 @ Stars 2 – 3 Garon 17,711 3–8–2 8 Recap 14 October 30 Rangers 1 – 4 Garon 17,236 4–8–2 10 Recap
November: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 1–4–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 15 November 1 Penguins 4 – 3 OT Cloutier 18,118 4–8–3 11 Recap 16 November 4 @ Coyotes 4 – 6 Garon 14,631 4–9–3 11 Recap 17 November 7 @ Avalanche 6 – 5 Cloutier 17,196 5–9–3 13 Recap 18 November 9 Sharks 7 – 3 Garon 16,618 5–10–3 13 Recap 19 November 11 Wild 3 – 2 SO Garon 17,479 5–10–4 14 Recap 20 November 13 Sharks 2 – 4 Cloutier 16,667 6–10–4 16 Recap 21 November 16 Flyers 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,446 6–11–4 16 Recap 22 November 18 Coyotes 3 – 5 Cloutier 14,487 7–11–4 18 Recap 23 November 22 @ Sharks 3 – 6 Cloutier 17,496 7–12–4 18 Recap 24 November 24 @ Stars 3 – 5 Garon 18,532 7–13–4 18 Recap 25 November 25 Flames 1 – 3 Garon 17,043 8–13–4 20 Recap 26 November 27 Devils 2 – 3 SO Garon 16,223 9–13–4 22 Recap 27 November 30 @ Coyotes 4 – 7 Brust 11,526 9–14–4 22 Recap
December: 5–8–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–4–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 28 December 2 Ducks 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,141 9–15–4 22 Recap 29 December 3 @ Ducks 3 – 2 Cloutier 17,174 10–15–4 24 Recap 30 December 7 Predators 4 – 1 Cloutier 15,119 10–16–4 24 Recap 31 December 9 Avalanche 4 – 5 Cloutier 17,079 11–16–4 26 Recap 32 December 12 Sharks 3 – 1 Cloutier 15,204 11–17–4 26 Recap 33 December 14 @ Sharks 4 – 2 Brust 17,496 12–17–4 28 Recap 34 December 16 Stars 4 – 3 SO Brust 15,846 12–17–5 29 Recap 35 December 19 Flames 5 – 3 Cloutier 17,247 12–18–5 29 Recap 36 December 21 @ Blues 2 – 5 Cloutier 10,390 12–19–5 29 Recap 37 December 23 @ Predators 0 – 7 Cloutier 14,739 12–20–5 29 Recap 38 December 26 Coyotes 3 – 4 SO Brust 18,118 13–20–5 31 Recap 39 December 28 @ Oilers 7 – 4 Garon 16,839 14–20–5 33 Recap 40 December 29 @ Flames 4 – 6 Brust 19,289 14–21–5 33 Recap 41 December 31 @ Red Wings 2 – 6 Garon 20,066 14–22–5 33 Recap
January: 3–8–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 1–5–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 42 January 3 Blue Jackets 0 – 3 Garon 16,451 15–22–5 35 Recap 43 January 6 Red Wings 2 – 4 Garon 18,118 16–22–5 37 Recap 44 January 8 Oilers 2 – 1 OT Garon 16,224 16–22–6 38 Recap 45 January 11 Sharks 5 – 2 Garon 17,054 16–23–6 38 Recap 46 January 13 @ Blues 5 – 6 Fukufuji 17,868 16–24–6 38 Recap 47 January 15 @ Stars 1 – 3 Brust 17,992 16–25–6 38 Recap 48 January 16 @ Thrashers 2 – 6 Fukufuji 13,205 16–26–6 38 Recap 49 January 18 Blues 3 – 1 Brust 16,544 16–27–6 38 Recap 50 January 20 Coyotes 3 – 2 Fukufuji 18,346 16–28–6 38 Recap 51 January 26 @ Canucks 3 – 2 OT Burke 18,630 17–28–6 40 Recap 52 January 27 @ Oilers 3 – 4 Burke 16,839 17–29–6 40 Recap 53 January 30 @ Flames 1 – 4 Burke 19,289 17–30–6 40 Recap
February: 4–2–4 (home: 1–1–2; road: 3–1–2) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 54 February 1 Blackhawks 3 – 2 OT Burke 16,958 17–30–7 41 Recap 55 February 3 @ Panthers 7 – 0 Burke 15,108 18–30–7 43 Recap 56 February 6 @ Lightning 2 – 3 SO Burke 18,273 18–30–8 44 Recap 57 February 8 @ Capitals 3 – 4 OT Garon 15,527 18–30–9 45 Recap 58 February 10 @ Predators 4 – 1 Burke 17,113 19–30–9 47 Recap 59 February 13 @ Hurricanes 1 – 2 Burke 15,765 19–31–9 47 Recap 60 February 17 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 19–31–10 48 Recap 61 February 18 @ Ducks 4 – 3 SO Burke 17,363 20–31–10 50 Recap 62 February 22 Canucks 3 – 2 Garon 17,737 20–32–10 50 Recap 63 February 24 Avalanche 5 – 6 SO Burke 18,118 21–32–10 52 Recap
March: 5–6–4 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–3–3) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 1 Ducks 4 - 3 OT Burke 17,620 22–32–10 54 Recap 65 March 3 Predators 6 – 3 Burke 16,854 22–33–10 54 Recap 66 March 6 @ Blackhawks 0 – 3 Burke 9,118 22–34–10 54 Recap 67 March 7 @ Blue Jackets 2 – 3 OT Garon 15,154 22–34–11 55 Recap 68 March 9 @ Red Wings 2 – 3 OT Burke 20,066 22–34–12 56 Recap 69 March 11 @ Stars 3 – 4 OT Burke 17,478 22–34–13 57 Recap 70 March 12 Oilers 1 – 5 Burke 16,954 23–34–13 59 Recap 71 March 15 Blackhawks 4 – 3 SO Burke 16,110 23–34–14 60 Recap 72 March 17 Blue Jackets 3 – 5 Garon 17,197 24–34–14 62 Recap 73 March 18 @ Ducks 5 – 3 Garon 17,174 25–34–14 64 Recap 74 March 21 Stars 4 – 2 Burke 17,838 25–35–14 64 Recap 75 March 23 @ Blackhawks 2 – 1 Garon 13,133 26–35–14 66 Recap 76 March 24 @ Wild 1 – 4 Garon 18,568 26–36–14 66 Recap 77 March 27 @ Sharks 1 – 3 Burke 17,496 26–37–14 66 Recap 78 March 29 Canucks 4 – 2 Burke 17,916 26–38–14 66 Recap
April: 1–3–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 @ Sharks 2 – 6 Burke 17,496 26–39–14 66 Recap 80 April 3 @ Canucks 2 – 4 Garon 18,630 26–40–14 66 Recap 81 April 5 @ Coyotes 2 – 3 Burke 15,965 26–41–14 66 Recap 82 April 7 Coyotes 3 – 2 Garon 18,118 27–41–14 68 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Kings only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
13	Michael Cammalleri	C	81	34	46	80	5	48
24	Alexander Frolov	LW	82	35	36	71	−8	34
11	Anze Kopitar	C	72	20	41	61	−12	24
17	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	69	18	40	58	1	26
23	Dustin Brown	LW	81	17	29	46	−21	54
7	Derek Armstrong	C	67	11	33	44	13	62
4	Rob Blake	D	72	14	20	34	−26	82
19	Sean Avery‡	C	55	10	18	28	−10	116
5	Brent Sopel‡	D	44	4	19	23	2	14
29	Tom Kostopoulos	RW	76	7	15	22	−2	73
21	Brian Willsie	RW	81	11	10	21	−20	49
12	Patrick O'Sullivan	C	44	5	14	19	−6	14
22	Craig Conroy‡	C	52	5	11	16	−13	38
27	Scott Thornton	LW	58	7	6	13	−15	85
38	Kevin Dallman	D	53	1	9	10	−13	12
15	Jamie Lundmark†	C	29	7	2	9	−8	25
8	Mike Weaver	D	39	3	6	9	−4	16
14	Mattias Norstrom‡	D	62	2	7	9	−20	40
41	Raitis Ivanans	LW	66	4	4	8	−12	140
6	Jamie Heward†	D	19	2	6	8	−2	20
3	Aaron Miller	D	82	0	8	8	−14	60
44	Jaroslav Modry†	D	19	0	8	8	1	22
9	Konstantin Pushkarev‡	RW	16	2	2	4	−2	8
28	Oleg Tverdovsky	D	26	0	4	4	−10	10
73	John Zeiler†	RW	23	1	2	3	−2	22
25	Noah Clarke	LW	13	2	0	2	−6	4
15	Jeff Cowan‡	LW	21	0	2	2	−1	32
49	Peter Harrold	D	12	0	2	2	0	8
26	Marty Murray†	C	19	0	2	2	−5	4
10	Alyn McCauley	C	10	1	0	1	0	2
1	Sean Burke†	G	23	0	1	1		4
39	Dan Cloutier	G	24	0	1	1		21
31	Mathieu Garon	G	32	0	1	1		6
22	Jason Ward†‡	RW	7	0	1	1	−1	4
32	Barry Brust	G	11	0	0	0		0
33	Yutaka Fukufuji	G	4	0	0	0		0
37	Gabe Gauthier	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	2
43	Tim Jackman	RW	5	0	0	0	−1	10
33	Jack Johnson	D	5	0	0	0	−5	18
22	Joe Piskula†	D	5	0	0	0	−3	6
22	Shay Stephenson	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0
34[lower-alpha 1]	Lauri Tukonen	RW	4	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Mathieu Garon	32	13	10	6	849	79	2.66	.907	2	1779
1	Sean Burke†	23	6	10	5	687	68	3.12	.901	1	1310
39	Dan Cloutier	24	6	14	2	608	85	3.98	.860	0	1281
32	Barry Brust	11	2	4	1	245	30	3.70	.878	0	486
33	Yutaka Fukufuji	4	0	3	0	43	7	4.37	.837	0	96

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Lubomir Visnovsky	[10]
	NHL First Star of the Week	Alexander Frolov (November 19)	[11]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Alexander Frolov (December 31)	[11]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Anze Kopitar	[12]
Team	Ace Bailey Memorial Award	Tom Kostopoulos	[13]
	Bill Libby Memorial Award	Michael Cammalleri	[13]
	Defensive Player	Derek Armstrong	[13]
	Jim Fox Community Service	Derek Armstrong	[13]
	Leading Scorer	Michael Cammalleri	[13]
	Mark Bavis Memorial Award	Anze Kopitar	[13]
	Most Popular Player	Anze Kopitar	[13]
	Outstanding Defenseman	Lubomir Visnovsky	[13]
	Unsung Hero	Tom Kostopoulos	[13]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Anze Kopitar	October 6, 2006	[14]
	Patrick O'Sullivan
	Peter Harrold	November 22, 2006
	Barry Brust	November 30, 2006
	Yutaka Fukufuji	January 13, 2007
	John Zeiler	February 17, 2007
	Lauri Tukonen	February 22, 2007
	Shay Stephenson	March 1, 2007
	Gabe Gauthier	March 11, 2007
	Joe Piskula	March 23, 2007
	Jack Johnson	March 29, 2007
1,000th game played	Rob Blake	November 4, 2006	[15]

Transactions

The Kings 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.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To Los Angeles Kings Patrick O'Sullivan 1st-round pick in 2006	To Minnesota Wild Pavol Demitra	[3]
	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2006 5th-round pick in 2006	To New York Rangers 4th-round pick in 2006	[17]
	To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2007	To Columbus Blue Jackets 7th-round pick in 2006	[17]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	To Los Angeles Kings Dan Cloutier	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2007 Conditional draft pick in 2009	[4]
September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	To Los Angeles Kings Oleg Tverdovsky Rights to Jack Johnson	To Carolina Hurricanes Eric Belanger Tim Gleason	[18]
January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20)	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2008	To Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Munce	[19]
January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29)	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Lundmark 4th-round pick in 2007 2nd-round pick in 2008	To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy	[20]
February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05)	To Los Angeles Kings Jason Ward Rights to Marc-Andre Cliche Rights to Jan Marek	To New York Rangers Sean Avery Rights to John Seymour	[21]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26)	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick in 2007 4th-round pick in 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Brent Sopel	[22]
	To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2007	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jason Ward	[23]
	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Heward	To Washington Capitals Conditional 5th-round pick in 2008	[23]
	To Los Angeles Kings Jaroslav Modry Rights to Johan Fransson 2nd-round pick in 2007 3rd-round pick in 2007 1st-round pick in 2008	To Dallas Stars Mattias Norstrom Konstantin Pushkaryov 3rd-round pick in 2007 4th-round pick in 2007	[23]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Rob Blake	Colorado Avalanche	2-year	Free agency	[24]
	Scott Thornton	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency	[25]
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02)	Alyn McCauley	San Jose Sharks	3-year	Free agency	[26]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Brian Willsie	Washington Capitals	2-year	Free agency	[27]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12)	Gabe Gauthier	University of Denver (WCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[28]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	Brendan Buckley	St. Louis Blues	2-year	Free agency	[29]
	Kevin Dallman	St. Louis Blues	2-year	Free agency	[29]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Raitis Ivanans	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	[30]
September 1, 2006 (2006-09-01)	Matt Moulson	Cornell University (ECAC)	multi-year	Free agency	[31]
November 11, 2006 (2006-11-11)	Marty Murray	Philadelphia Flyers		Waivers	[32]
January 18, 2007 (2007-01-18)	Sean Burke	Tampa Bay Lightning		Waivers	[33]
February 17, 2007 (2007-02-17)	John Zeiler	Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[34]
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16)	Kevin Westgarth	Princeton University (ECAC)	3-year	Free agency	[35]
March 21, 2007 (2007-03-21)	Joe Piskula	University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA)	3-year	Free agency	[36]
April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27)	Teddy Purcell	University of Maine (HE)	3-year	Free agency	[37]
May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31)	Vladimir Dravecky	HC Kosice (SVK)	3-year	Free agency	[38]
	Erik Ersberg	HV71 (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	[38]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 2]	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Valeri Bure[lower-alpha 3]		Contract expiration (III)	[39]
	Joe Corvo	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (III)	[24]
	Mark Parrish	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (III)	[41]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Jeremy Roenick	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	[42]
July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09)	Adam Hauser	Kolner Haie (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[43]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	Marty Wilford	Iowa Stars (AHL)	Free agency (III)	[44]
August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07)	Nathan Dempsey	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	[45]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Connor James	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (UFA)	[46]
August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16)	Brad Fast	SCL Tigers (NLA)	Free agency (UFA)	[47]
August 21, 2006 (2006-08-21)	Ryan Flinn	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[48]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	George Parros	Colorado Avalanche	Waivers	[49]
December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30)	Jeff Cowan	Vancouver Canucks	Waivers	[50]
May 27, 2007 (2007-05-27)	Marty Murray	HC Lugano (NLA)	Free agency	[51]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30)	Jeff Cowan	1-year	Option exercised	[52]
July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07)	Mike Weaver	1-year	Re-signing	[53]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Trevor Lewis	3-year	Entry-level	[54]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)	Mathieu Garon	1-year	Re-signing	[55]
	Tim Jackman	1-year	Re-signing	[55]
July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)	Eric Belanger	1-year	Re-signing	[56]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Sean Avery	1-year	Re-signing	[57]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)	Michael Cammalleri	1-year	Re-signing	[58]
September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17)	Dustin Brown	2-year	Re-signing	[59]
	Tim Gleason	2-year	Re-signing	[59]
September 27, 2006 (2006-09-27)	Dan Cloutier	2-year	Extension	[60]
October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13)	Jonathan Bernier	3-year	Entry-level	[61]
February 14, 2007 (2007-02-14)	Derek Armstrong	2-year	Extension	[62]
March 18, 2007 (2007-03-18)	Raitis Ivanans	1-year	Extension	[63]
March 26, 2007 (2007-03-26)	Jack Johnson	3-year	Entry-level	[64]
March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)	Jonathan Quick	multi-year	Entry-level	[65]
April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09)	Marc-Andre Cliche	3-year	Entry-level	[66]
April 16, 2007 (2007-04-16)	Brian Boyle	2-year	Entry-level	[67]
May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)	Brady Murray	multi-year	Entry-level	[68]
May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)	Patrik Hersley	multi-year	Entry-level	[69]

Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[70] The Kings had the 11th overall draft pick by lottery for the third consecutive year.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	11	Jonathan Bernier (G)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
1	17	Trevor Lewis (C)	United States	Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton, via Minnesota)	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
2	48	Joey Ryan (D)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3	74	Jeff Zatkoff (G)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Miami University
3	86	Bud Holloway (C/RW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from Nashville)	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	114	Niclas Andersen (D)	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers)	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
5	134	David Meckler (C)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Yale University (ECAC)
5	144	Martin Nolet (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers)	Champlain (QAAAJHL)
6	164	Constantin Braun (LW)	Denmark	Los Angeles Kings	Eisbaren Berlin (Germany)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

Notes

1. Tukonen wore number 44 in his first game.
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[39]
3. Bure retired.^[40]

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External links

• NHL Team Salaries - Los Angeles Kings from nhlnumbers.com