2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the sixth National Hockey League season (fifth season of play) in Columbus, Ohio. The team's final position in the standings was hampered by a slow start that resulted from losing a number of key players, including goals leader Rick Nash, to injury. Once these players returned to the roster, the team had one of the strongest second halves in the NHL. Despite the strong finish, the Blue Jackets finished outside of the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. However, the strong finish did lead to raised expectations for the 2006–07 season.

2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	3rd Central
Conference	13th Western
2005–06 record	35–43–4
Home record	23–18–0
Road record	12–25–4
Goals for	223
Goals against	279
Team information
General manager	Doug MacLean
Coach	Gerard Gallant
Captain	Luke Richardson (Oct-Nov) Adam Foote (Dec-Apr)
Alternate captains	Sergei Fedorov (Dec-Apr) Adam Foote (Oct-Dec) Rick Nash David Vyborny
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	16,796 (92.6%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Dayton Bombers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Nash (31)
Assists	David Vyborny (43)
Points	David Vyborny (65)
Penalty minutes	Jody Shelley (163)
Plus/minus	Ron Hainsey (+13)
Wins	Marc Denis (21)
Goals against average	Martin Prusek (3.22)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Regular season

Prior to the start of the season the team announced Luke Richardson would remain team captain and Adam Foote, Rick Nash, and David Vyborny would serve as alternate captains on a rotating basis.^[1] Richardson resigned the captaincy after being a healthy scratch for Columbus’ November 25 game against the Colorado Avalanche.^[2] Foote was named the team’s new captain on December 6.^[3]

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
3	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
4	14	Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
5	15	St. Louis Blues	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

^[4] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	Y- Dallas Stars	PA	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
3	Y- Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
4	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
5	X- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
6	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
7	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
8.5
9	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
8	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
11	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	231	215	84
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	39	5	246	271	81
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
14	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
15	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2005–06 regular season[6]
October: 4–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Columbus 3 – 2 Washington Leclaire 16,325 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 7 Calgary 3 – 1 Columbus Denis 18,136 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 9 Columbus 3 – 2 Chicago Denis 11,062 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 12 Columbus 1 – 4 San Jose Denis 17,496 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 14 Columbus 3 – 4 Anaheim Leclaire 12,930 1–4–0 2 Recap 6 October 16 Columbus 1 – 3 Los Angeles Denis 17,156 1–5–0 2 Recap 7 October 21 San Jose 1 – 4 Columbus Denis 15,388 2–5–0 4 Recap 8 October 22 Detroit 6 – 0 Columbus Denis 18,136 2–6–0 4 Recap 9 October 24 Detroit 6 – 2 Columbus Denis 16,098 2–7–0 4 Recap 10 October 26 Nashville 2 – 3 Columbus OT Prusek 15,110 3–7–0 6 Recap 11 October 28 Minnesota 1 – 2 Columbus SO Prusek 15,669 4–7–0 8 Recap 12 October 29 Columbus 1 – 3 Minnesota Prusek 18,568 4–8–0 8 Recap
November: 3–10–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 2–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Columbus 1 – 5 Edmonton Denis 16,839 4–9–0 8 Recap 14 November 3 Columbus 1 – 2 Calgary Denis 19,289 4–10–0 8 Recap 15 November 4 Columbus 3 – 5 Vancouver Denis 18,630 4–11–0 8 Recap 16 November 9 St. Louis 1 – 3 Columbus Denis 16,058 5–11–0 10 Recap 17 November 11 Edmonton 3 – 1 Columbus Denis 18,136 5–12–0 10 Recap 18 November 13 Los Angeles 8 – 2 Columbus Prusek 16,174 5–13–0 10 Recap 19 November 16 St. Louis 2 – 0 Columbus Denis 15,802 5–14–0 10 Recap 20 November 18 Columbus 3 – 6 Dallas Prusek 18,532 5–15–0 10 Recap 21 November 20 Columbus 1 – 5 Phoenix Denis 13,953 5–16–0 10 Recap 22 November 23 Nashville 4 – 2 Columbus Leclaire 15,833 5–17–0 10 Recap 23 November 25 Colorado 5 – 0 Columbus Leclaire 18,136 5–18–0 10 Recap 24 November 26 Columbus 4 – 3 St. Louis Prusek 15,002 6–18–0 12 Recap 25 November 30 Columbus 3 – 2 Minnesota SO Leclaire 18,568 7–18–0 14 Recap
December: 5–8–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–5–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Columbus 1 – 4 St. Louis Leclaire 12,307 7–19–0 14 Recap 27 December 8 NY Islanders 3 – 4 Columbus SO Leclaire 15,728 8–19–0 16 Recap 28 December 9 Columbus 2 – 5 Atlanta Leclaire 14,260 8–20–0 16 Recap 29 December 11 New Jersey 2 – 3 Columbus OT Denis 17,157 9–20–0 18 Recap 30 December 13 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Columbus Denis 16,263 9–21–0 18 Recap 31 December 15 Columbus 1 – 2 Carolina Leclaire 11,069 9–22–0 18 Recap 32 December 17 Columbus 3 – 7 Nashville Denis 16,020 9–23–0 18 Recap 33 December 20 Columbus 3 – 4 Detroit SO Leclaire 20,066 9–23–1 19 Recap 34 December 21 Dallas 5 – 3 Columbus Leclaire 16,859 9–24–1 19 Recap 35 December 23 Nashville 5 – 4 Columbus Denis 16,330 9–25–1 19 Recap 36 December 26 Chicago 3 – 4 Columbus OT Denis 17,441 10–25–1 21 Recap 37 December 28 Anaheim 0 – 1 Columbus Denis 17,387 11–25–1 23 Recap 38 December 30 Columbus 3 – 2 Chicago Denis 13,229 12–25–1 25 Recap 39 December 31 Columbus 2 – 5 Detroit Denis 20,066 12–26–1 25 Recap
January: 8–4–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 5 Columbus 3 – 6 San Jose Denis 15,275 12–27–1 25 Recap 41 January 7 Columbus 2 – 3 Colorado SO Leclaire 18,007 12–27–2 26 Recap 42 January 8 Columbus 2 – 5 Phoenix Denis 14,436 13–27–2 28 Recap 43 January 11 Pittsburgh 1 – 6 Columbus Leclaire 18,136 14–27–2 30 Recap 44 January 13 Columbus 2 – 4 Tampa Bay Denis 20,425 14–28–2 30 Recap 45 January 14 Columbus 5 – 4 Florida OT Leclaire 17,991 15–28–2 32 Recap 46 January 16 NY Rangers 3 – 4 Columbus Denis 16,355 16–28–2 34 Recap 47 January 18 Detroit 4 – 0 Columbus Leclaire 17,089 16–29–2 34 Recap 48 January 20 St. Louis 3 – 4 Columbus SO Denis 17,268 17–29–2 36 Recap 49 January 21 Columbus 2 – 7 Nashville Leclaire 15,416 17–30–2 36 Recap 50 January 24 Vancouver 5 – 6 Columbus Denis 16,192 18–30–2 38 Recap 51 January 27 Minnesota 3 – 4 Columbus Leclaire 17,153 19–30–2 40 Recap 52 January 28 Nashville 3 – 4 Columbus Denis 18,136 20–30–2 42 Recap
February: 3–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Columbus 2 – 1 Calgary SO Denis 19,289 21–30–2 44 Recap 54 February 2 Columbus 2 – 1 Edmonton SO Denis 16,839 22–30–2 46 Recap 55 February 6 Columbus 4 – 7 Vancouver Denis 18,630 22–31–2 46 Recap 56 February 8 Los Angeles 4 – 7 Columbus Denis 16,162 23–31–2 48 Recap 57 February 10 Colorado 4 – 1 Columbus Denis 18,136 23–32–2 48 Recap 58 February 11 Columbus 2 – 5 Nashville Denis 17,113 23–33–2 48 Recap
March: 7–7–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 2 Columbus 0 – 1 Colorado Leclaire 18,007 23–34–2 48 Recap 60 March 4 Columbus 2 – 3 Los Angeles Denis 17,238 23–35–2 48 Recap 61 March 5 Columbus 3 – 2 Anaheim SO Leclaire 16,124 24–35–2 50 Recap 62 March 7 Chicago 3 – 1 Columbus Denis 16,137 24–36–2 50 Recap 63 March 9 Phoenix 4 – 5 Columbus Leclaire 17,066 25–36–2 52 Recap 64 March 11 Edmonton 3 – 4 Columbus OT Denis 18,136 26–36–2 54 Recap 65 March 13 Columbus 2 – 3 St. Louis OT Leclaire 12,130 26–36–3 55 Recap 66 March 15 Columbus 2 – 3 Chicago Denis 10,130 26–37–3 55 Recap 67 March 17 Vancouver 3 – 2 Columbus Leclaire 16,163 26–38–3 55 Recap 68 March 19 Anaheim 3 – 4 Columbus Denis 16,519 26–39–3 55 Recap 69 March 21 Phoenix 5 – 2 Columbus Leclaire 15,581 26–40–3 55 Recap 70 March 24 Calgary 2 – 3 Columbus Denis 17,041 27–40–3 57 Recap 71 March 25 Columbus 5 – 4 Detroit SO Leclaire 20,066 28–40–3 59 Recap 72 March 28 San Jose 1 – 4 Columbus Denis 16,094 29–40–3 61 Recap 73 March 31 Columbus 4 – 2 St. Louis Leclaire 14,101 30–40–3 63 Recap
April: 5–3–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Chicago 2 – 5 Columbus Denis 17,394 31–40–3 65 Recap 75 April 3 Columbus 3 – 1 Nashville Leclaire 12,073 32–40–3 67 Recap 76 April 7 Columbus 5 – 6 Detroit SO Denis 20,066 32–40–4 68 Recap 77 April 8 Detroit 4 – 2 Columbus Leclaire 18,136 32–41–4 68 Recap 78 April 11 Columbus 2 – 3 Dallas Denis 18,543 32–42–4 68 Recap 79 April 13 St. Louis 1 – 4 Columbus Leclaire 16,262 33–42–4 70 Recap 80 April 15 Chicago 2 – 5 Columbus Denis 16,555 34–42–4 72 Recap 81 April 16 Columbus 3 – 4 Chicago Leclaire 10,733 34–43–4 72 Recap 82 April 18 Dallas 4 – 5 Columbus OT Denis 17,103 35–43–4 74 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 Blue Jackets only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
9	David Vyborny	LW	80	22	43	65	−9	50
61	Rick Nash	LW	54	31	23	54	5	51
13	Nikolay Zherdev	RW	73	27	27	54	−13	50
91	Sergei Fedorov†	C	62	12	31	43	−1	64
38	Jan Hrdina	C	75	10	23	33	−8	78
4	Bryan Berard	D	44	12	20	32	−29	32
27	Manny Malhotra	C	58	10	21	31	1	41
25	Jason Chimera†	LW	80	17	13	30	−10	95
10	Trevor Letowski	RW	81	10	18	28	−2	36
15	Duvie Westcott	D	78	6	22	28	1	133
40	Jaroslav Balastik	LW	66	12	10	22	−1	26
52	Adam Foote	D	65	6	16	22	−16	89
97	Rostislav Klesla	D	51	6	13	19	−4	75
6	Ron Hainsey†	D	55	2	15	17	13	43
49	Dan Fritsche	RW	59	6	7	13	−14	22
42	Mark Hartigan	C	33	9	3	12	−1	22
45	Jody Shelley	LW	80	3	7	10	−4	163
26	Todd Marchant‡	C	18	3	6	9	−1	20
47	Aaron Johnson	D	26	2	6	8	9	23
21	Radoslav Suchy	D	79	1	7	8	−8	30
22	Luke Richardson‡	D	44	1	6	7	−18	30
20	Mike Rupp†	LW	39	4	2	6	−3	58
18	Geoff Platt†	C	15	0	5	5	−4	16
17	Gilbert Brule	C	7	2	2	4	−2	0
28	Tyler Wright‡	C	18	0	4	4	−3	20
5	Jamie Pushor†	D	4	1	2	3	1	0
32	Cale Hulse†‡	D	27	0	3	3	−9	43
24	Francois Beauchemin‡	D	11	0	2	2	−6	11
30	Marc Denis	G	49	0	1	1		2
31	Pascal Leclaire	G	33	0	1	1		2
51	Andy Delmore	D	7	0	0	0	−1	2
39	Steven Goertzen	RW	39	0	0	0	−17	44
50	Joakim Lindstrom	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	Joe Motzko	LW	2	0	0	0	−2	0
19	Alexandre Picard	LW	17	0	0	0	−2	14
35	Martin Prusek	G	9	0	0	0		0
8	Geoff Sanderson‡	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
44	Peter Sarno	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Cam Severson†	LW	4	0	0	0	0	5
41	Ben Simon	C	13	0	0	0	−4	4
55	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	D	5	0	0	0	−2	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Marc Denis	49	21	25	1	1505	151	3.25	.900	1	2786
31	Pascal Leclaire	33	11	15	3	1084	97	3.23	.911	0	1804
35	Martin Prusek	9	3	3	0	165	20	3.21	.879	0	373

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	David Vyborny (January 30)	[7]
Team	Foundation Community Service Award	Manny Malhotra	[8]
	Three Stars Award	Rick Nash	[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jaroslav Balastik	October 5, 2005	[9]
	Gilbert Brule
	Steven Goertzen	October 21, 2005
	Alexandre Picard	November 18, 2005
	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	November 23, 2005
	Geoff Platt	December 1, 2005
	Joakim Lindstrom	February 8, 2006
1,000th game played	Sergei Fedorov	November 30, 2005	[10]
600th assist	Sergei Fedorov	January 8, 2006	[11]

Transactions

The Blue Jackets were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.^[12]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Toronto’s 4th-round pick in 2005	To Carolina Hurricanes Rights to Derrick Walser 4th-round pick in 2006	[13]
October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jason Chimera Cale Hulse Mike Rupp	To Phoenix Coyotes Tim Jackman Geoff Sanderson	[14]
November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Fedorov 5th-round pick in 2006	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Francois Beauchemin Tyler Wright	[15]
February 28, 2006 (2006-02-28)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Severson	To Calgary Flames Cale Hulse	[16]
March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional draft pick[lower-alpha 1]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Luke Richardson	[17]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Adam Foote	Colorado Avalanche	3-year	Free agency	[18]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Bryan Berard	Chicago Blackhawks	2-year	Free agency	[19]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Martin Prusek	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	[20]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Jan Hrdina	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[21]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Ben Simon	Atlanta Thrashers	1-year	Free agency	[22]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Jeff MacMillan	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[23]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Mark Flood	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	3-year	Free agency	[24]
	Peter Sarno	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	[24]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	Andy Delmore	Detroit Red Wings		Waivers	[25]
October 7, 2005 (2005-10-07)	Jamie Pushor	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)		Free agency	[26]
November 25, 2005 (2005-11-25)	Geoff Platt	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	multi-year	Free agency	[27]
November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)	Ron Hainsey	Montreal Canadiens		Waivers	[28]
December 30, 2005 (2005-12-30)	Darcy Verot	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[29]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 2]	Ref
N/A	Arturs Irbe	HK Riga 2000 (BHL)	Free agency (III)	[31]
	Matthias Trattnig	EC Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[32]
May 5, 2005 (2005-05-05)	Andre Lakos	EC Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Free agency (VI)	[33]
May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27)	Brad Moran	SCL Tigers (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	[34]
	Alexander Svitov	Avangard Omsk (RSL)	Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 3]	[36]
June 30, 2005 (2005-06-30)	Darrel Scoville	EC VSV (EBEL)	Free agency (VI)	[37]
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Scott Lachance	Kloten Flyers (NLA)[lower-alpha 4]	Compliance buyout	[39]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Andrew Cassels	Washington Capitals[lower-alpha 5]	Compliance buyout	[39]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Scott Heffernan[lower-alpha 6]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[30]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Jaroslav Spacek	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (III)	[42]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Ben Knopp	Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[43]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Zenith Komarniski	Calgary Flames	Free agency (VI)	[44]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Kent McDonell	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (VI)	[45]
August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)	Prestin Ryan	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (UFA)	[46]
September 7, 2005 (2005-09-07)	Jeremy Reich	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	[47]
September 16, 2005 (2005-09-16)	Karl Goehring	HIFK (Liiga)	Free agency (VI)	[48]
October 10, 2005 (2005-10-10)	Jeff Panzer	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	[49]
October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)	Mike Pandolfo	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[50]
November 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)	Todd Marchant	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Waivers	[51]
May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06)	Martin Prusek	SKA Saint Petersburg (RSL)	Free agency	[52]
May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)	Peter Sarno	HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA)	Free agency	[53]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Philippe Dupuis	3-year	Entry-level	[54]
	Marc Methot	3-year	Entry-level	[54]
	Joe Motzko	2-year	Re-signing	[55]
	Radoslav Suchy	1-year	Option exercised	[54]
	Duvie Westcott	2-year	Re-signing	[55]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Francois Beauchemin	2-year	Re-signing	[56]
August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)	Rick Nash	5-year	Re-signing	[57]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Tim Jackman	1-year	Re-signing	[58]
	Rostislav Klesla	1-year	Re-signing	[58]
	Pascal Leclaire	1-year	Re-signing	[58]
	Brandon Sugden	1-year	Re-signing	[58]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Andrew Murray		Entry-level	[59]
August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)	Jaroslav Balastik	1-year	Entry-level	[60]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Mark Hartigan	2-year	Re-signing	[24]
August 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)	Alexandre Picard	3-year	Entry-level	[61]
	Tomas Popperle	3-year	Entry-level	[61]
September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)	Adam Pineault		Entry-level	[62]
October 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)	Gilbert Brule	3-year	Entry-level	[63]
February 3, 2006 (2006-02-03)	Joakim Lindstrom	3-year	Entry-level	[64]
April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)	Rostislav Klesla	4-year	Re-signing	[65]
May 5, 2006 (2006-05-05)	David Vyborny	2-year	Re-signing	[66]
June 1, 2006 (2006-06-01)	Dan LaCosta	3-year	Entry-level	[67]
	Petr Pohl	3-year	Entry-level	[67]
	Kyle Wharton	3-year	Entry-level	[67]
June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15)	Jody Shelley	2-year	Re-signing	[68]

Draft picks

Columbus' picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.^[69] The Blue Jackets picked sixth in odd rounds, 25th in even rounds.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	Gilbert Brule (C)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
2	55	Adam McQuaid (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	67	Kris Russell (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4	101	Jared Boll (RW)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs)	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	131	Tomas Popperle (G)	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
6	177	Derek Reinhart (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Phoenix)	Regina Pats (WHL)
6	189	Kirill Starkov (LW)	Russia	Columbus Blue Jackets	Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
7	201	Trevor Hendrikx (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch

The Syracuse Crunch are the Blue Jackets American Hockey League affiliate for the sixth season.

Dayton Bombers

The Dayton Bombers of the ECHL are also entering their sixth season as an affiliate of the Blue Jackets.

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

Notes

1. Columbus would receive either a 5th-round pick in 2006 or a 4th-round pick in 2007. Columbus received the 2006 pick.^[12]
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[30]
3. Columbus retained Svitov’s NHL rights and re-signed him on July 1, 2006.^[35]
4. Lachance signed with Kloten on October 5.^[38]
5. Cassels signed with Washington on August 9.^[40]
6. Heffernan suffered what turned out to be a career ending head injury during the 2002–03 season.^[41]

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