2005–06 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2005–06 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 36th NHL season.

2005–06 Vancouver Canucks
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	9th Western
2005–06 record	42–32–8
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	17–22–2
Goals for	256
Goals against	255
Team information
General manager	Dave Nonis
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Alternate captains	Todd Bertuzzi Ed Jovanovski Trevor Linden Brendan Morrison
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,630
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose Columbia Inferno
Team leaders
Goals	Anson Carter (33)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (57)
Points	Markus Naslund (79)
Penalty minutes	Jarkko Ruutu (142)
Plus/minus	Nolan Baumgartner (+11) Henrik Sedin (+11)
Wins	Alex Auld (33)
Goals against average	Alex Auld (2.94)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

In the first season after the lockout, the Canucks were expected to fare as well, if not better, than the previous season, where they captured the Northwest Division title. However, as the season went along, several key players were hampered by injuries and the team failed to meet expectations, ultimately missing the playoffs. As a result, coach Marc Crawford was fired, and the team underwent numerous changes over the summer.

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Calgary Flames	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
2	7	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
3	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
5	11	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	231	215	84

^[1] 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^[2]

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[3]
October: 8–2–2 (home: 5–0–0; road: 3–2–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Phoenix 2 – 3 Vancouver Cloutier 18,630 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 8 Vancouver 3 – 4 Edmonton SO Cloutier 16,839 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 10 Vancouver 4 – 2 Detroit Auld 20,066 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 October 12 Vancouver 0 – 6 Minnesota Cloutier 18,568 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 14 Vancouver 5 – 3 Minnesota Cloutier 18,568 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 16 Dallas 2 – 5 Vancouver Auld 18,630 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 18 Chicago 2 – 6 Vancouver Cloutier 18,630 5–1–1 11 Recap 8 October 20 Phoenix 2 – 3 Vancouver Cloutier 18,630 6–1–1 13 Recap 9 October 22 Colorado 4 – 6 Vancouver Cloutier 18,630 7–1–1 15 Recap 10 October 25 Vancouver 3 – 1 Minnesota Auld 18,568 8–1–1 17 Recap 11 October 27 Vancouver 2 – 6 Colorado Cloutier 18,007 8–2–1 17 Recap 12 October 29 Vancouver 3 – 4 Colorado OT Auld 18,007 8–2–2 18 Recap
November: 8–6–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Minnesota 1 – 2 Vancouver Auld 18,630 9–2–2 20 Recap 14 November 4 Columbus 3 – 5 Vancouver Auld 18,630 10–2–2 22 Recap 15 November 5 Vancouver 0 – 1 Calgary Auld 19,289 10–3–2 22 Recap 16 November 7 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary Auld 19,289 10–4–2 22 Recap 17 November 10 Colorado 5 – 3 Vancouver Auld 18,630 10–5–2 22 Recap 18 November 13 Detroit 1 – 4 Vancouver Cloutier 18,630 11–5–2 24 Recap 19 November 16 Vancouver 3 – 1 San Jose Cloutier 17,139 12–5–2 26 Recap 20 November 17 Vancouver 4 – 5 Los Angeles Cloutier 18,118 12–6–2 26 Recap 21 November 20 Vancouver 3 – 2 Anaheim Cloutier 14,149 13–6–2 28 Recap 22 November 22 Chicago 1 – 3 Vancouver Auld 18,630 14–6–2 30 Recap 23 November 24 San Jose 2 – 3 Vancouver Auld 18,630 15–6–2 32 Recap 24 November 26 Vancouver 1 – 2 Phoenix Auld 18,095 15–7–2 32 Recap 25 November 27 Vancouver 2 – 6 Colorado Auld 18,007 15–8–2 32 Recap 26 November 30 Colorado 2 – 5 Vancouver Auld 18,630 16–8–2 34 Recap
December: 5–4–3 (home: 3–2–3; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Vancouver 3 – 5 Edmonton Auld 16,839 16–9–2 34 Recap 28 December 4 Boston 2 – 5 Vancouver Auld 18,630 17–9–2 36 Recap 29 December 9 Ottawa 2 – 3 Vancouver SO Auld 18,630 18–9–2 38 Recap 30 December 13 Vancouver 3 – 2 Rangers Auld 18,200 19–9–2 40 Recap 31 December 15 Vancouver 5 – 4 Philadelphia Auld 19,549 20–9–2 42 Recap 32 December 17 Edmonton 5 – 4 Vancouver OT Ouellet 18,630 20–9–3 43 Recap 33 December 19 Los Angeles 4 – 3 Vancouver SO Auld 18,630 20–9–4 44 Recap 34 December 21 Edmonton 7 – 6 Vancouver Auld 18,630 20–10–4 44 Recap 35 December 23 Calgary 6 – 5 Vancouver SO Auld 18,630 20–10–5 45 Recap 36 December 26 Calgary 2 – 1 Vancouver Auld 18,630 20–11–5 45 Recap 37 December 28 Nashville 3 – 4 Vancouver Auld 18,630 21–11–5 47 Recap 38 December 31 Vancouver 3 – 4 Minnesota Ouellet 18,568 21–12–5 47 Recap
January: 9–6–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 5–6–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Vancouver 1 – 4 St. Louis Auld 14,230 21–13–5 47 Recap 40 January 4 Vancouver 1 – 3 Dallas Auld 17,227 21–14–5 47 Recap 41 January 5 Vancouver 3 – 2 Chicago Auld 11,125 22–14–5 49 Recap 42 January 7 Calgary 3 – 4 Vancouver OT Auld 18,630 23–14–5 51 Recap 43 January 10 Toronto 3 – 4 Vancouver Auld 18,630 24–14–5 53 Recap 44 January 13 Vancouver 0 – 3 New Jersey Auld 15,061 24–15–5 53 Recap 45 January 14 Vancouver 8 – 1 Islanders Auld 14,205 25–15–5 55 Recap 46 January 16 Vancouver 4 – 2 Pittsburgh Auld 15,681 26–15–5 57 Recap 47 January 19 Buffalo 1 – 4 Vancouver Auld 18,630 27–15–5 59 Recap 48 January 21 Montreal 2 – 6 Vancouver Auld 18,630 28–15–5 61 Recap 49 January 23 Vancouver 0 – 4 St. Louis Ouellet 13,138 28–16–5 61 Recap 50 January 24 Vancouver 5 – 6 Columbus Auld 16,192 28–17–5 61 Recap 51 January 26 Vancouver 1 – 2 Detroit Auld 20,066 28–18–5 61 Recap 52 January 28 Vancouver 4 – 3 Colorado SO Auld 18,007 29–18–5 63 Recap 53 January 31 Vancouver 7 – 4 Phoenix Auld 14,599 30–18–5 65 Recap
February: 4–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 3 Vancouver 3 – 1 Calgary Auld 19,289 31–18–5 67 Recap 55 February 4 Vancouver 1 – 3 Edmonton Auld 16,839 31–19–5 67 Recap 56 February 6 Columbus 4 – 7 Vancouver Auld 18,630 32–19–5 69 Recap 57 February 8 St. Louis 4 – 2 Vancouver Auld 18,630 32–20–5 69 Recap 58 February 10 Anaheim 3 – 1 Vancouver Auld 18,630 32–21–5 69 Recap 59 February 12 Minnesota 2 – 3 Vancouver OT Auld 18,630 33–21–5 71 Recap 60 February 28 Vancouver 2 – 1 Calgary Auld 19,289 34–21–5 73 Recap
March: 6–7–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 3–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Vancouver 1 – 3 Nashville Auld 13,228 34–22–5 73 Recap 62 March 3 Vancouver 5 – 4 Chicago SO Auld 11,579 35–22–5 75 Recap 63 March 5 St. Louis 4 – 1 Vancouver Auld 18,630 35–23–5 75 Recap 64 March 9 Nashville 3 – 2 Vancouver OT Auld 18,630 35–23–6 76 Recap 65 March 11 Dallas 2 – 1 Vancouver Auld 18,630 35–24–6 76 Recap 66 March 13 Vancouver 2 – 4 Dallas Auld 18,584 35–25–6 76 Recap 67 March 14 Vancouver 0 – 5 Nashville Noronen 13,353 35–26–6 76 Recap 68 March 17 Vancouver 3 – 2 Columbus Auld 16,163 36–26–6 78 Recap 69 March 19 Detroit 7 – 3 Vancouver Auld 18,630 36–27–6 78 Recap 70 March 21 Vancouver 4 – 1 Edmonton Auld 16,839 37–27–6 80 Recap 71 March 23 Edmonton 3 – 4 Vancouver SO Auld 18,630 38–27–6 82 Recap 72 March 25 Vancouver 2 – 3 Edmonton Auld 16,839 38–28–6 82 Recap 73 March 27 Los Angeles 4 – 7 Vancouver Auld 18,630 39–28–6 84 Recap 74 March 29 Minnesota 1 – 2 Vancouver Auld 18,630 40–28–6 86 Recap 75 March 31 Minnesota 2 – 1 Vancouver SO Auld 18,630 40–28–7 87 Recap
April: 2–4–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 0–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Vancouver 2 – 6 Anaheim Auld 17,174 40–29–7 87 Recap 77 April 3 Vancouver 0 – 1 Los Angeles Auld 17,196 40–30–7 87 Recap 78 April 8 Calgary 2 – 3 Vancouver OT Auld 18,630 41–30–7 89 Recap 79 April 10 Anaheim 4 – 2 Vancouver Auld 18,630 41–31–7 89 Recap 80 April 12 San Jose 3 – 2 Vancouver OT Auld 18,630 41–31–8 90 Recap 81 April 13 Vancouver 3 – 5 San Jose Auld 17,496 41–32–8 90 Recap 82 April 15 Colorado 3 – 4 Vancouver OT Noronen 18,630 42–32–8 92 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Markus Naslund	LW	81	32	47	79	−19	66
33	Henrik Sedin	C	82	18	57	75	11	56
44	Todd Bertuzzi	RW	82	25	46	71	−17	120
22	Daniel Sedin	LW	82	22	49	71	7	34
7	Brendan Morrison	C	82	19	37	56	−1	84
77	Anson Carter	RW	81	33	22	55	−1	41
4	Nolan Baumgartner	D	70	5	29	34	11	30
2	Mattias Ohlund	D	78	13	20	33	−6	92
6	Sami Salo	D	59	10	23	33	9	38
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	44	8	25	33	−8	58
20	Ryan Kesler	C	82	10	13	23	1	79
18	Richard Park	C	60	8	10	18	−2	29
24	Matt Cooke	LW	45	8	10	18	−8	71
37	Jarkko Ruutu	RW	82	10	7	17	1	142
5	Bryan Allen	D	77	7	10	17	4	115
16	Trevor Linden	C	82	7	9	16	3	15
14	Alexandre Burrows†	LW	43	7	5	12	5	61
36	Josh Green	LW	33	4	2	6	2	14
26	Steve McCarthy‡	D	51	2	4	6	3	43
25	Kevin Bieksa	D	39	0	6	6	−1	77
28	Wade Brookbank	D	32	1	2	3	3	81
27	Lee Goren	RW	28	1	2	3	−6	30
21	Tyler Bouck	RW	12	1	1	2	0	21
35	Alex Auld	G	67	0	2	2		4
3	Keith Carney†	D	18	0	2	2	−5	14
15	Rick Rypien†	C	5	1	0	1	1	4
45	Tomas Mojzis‡	D	7	0	1	1	2	12
8	Jozef Balej†	RW	1	0	1	1	1	0
8	Eric Weinrich†	D	16	0	0	0	−13	8
39	Dan Cloutier	G	13	0	0	0		4
23	Sean Brown†	D	12	0	0	0	−3	8
52	Sven Butenschon	D	8	0	0	0	1	0
31	Mika Noronen†	G	4	0	0	0		0
1	Maxime Ouellet†	G	4	0	0	0		2
34	Rob McVicar	G	1	0	0	0		0
41	Prestin Ryan	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2
29	Nathan Smith	C	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Alex Auld	67	33	26	6	1938	189	2.94	.902	0	3859
39	Dan Cloutier	13	8	3	1	334	36	3.17	.892	0	681
31	Mika Noronen†	4	1	1	0	77	10	3.53	.870	0	170
1	Maxime Ouellet†	4	0	2	1	113	12	3.24	.894	0	222
34	Rob McVicar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	3

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Henrik Sedin (February 6)	[4]
Team	Babe Pratt Trophy	Mattias Ohlund	[5]
	Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Alex Auld	[5]
	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Markus Naslund	[5]
	Fred J. Hume Award	Jarkko Ruutu	[6]
	Molson Cup	Alex Auld	[7]
	Most Exciting Player Award	Anson Carter	[6]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
750th game coached	Marc Crawford	October 22, 2005
First game	Rob McVicar	December 1, 2005	[8]
	Kevin Bieksa	December 19, 2005
	Rick Rypien	December 21, 2005
	Alex Burrows	January 2, 2006
	Tomas Mojzis	February 4, 2006
	Prestin Ryan	February 8, 2006

Transactions

The Canucks 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.^[9]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)[lower-alpha 1]	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3rd-round pick in 2008	To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2006 2nd-round pick in 2007	[9]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	To New York Islanders Brent Sopel	To Vancouver Canucks Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2006[lower-alpha 2]	[10]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Steve McCarthy	[11]
September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Future considerations	To Vancouver Canucks Craig Darby	[12]
October 7, 2005 (2005-10-07)	To New York Rangers Fedor Fedorov	To Vancouver Canucks Jozef Balej Conditional 5th-round pick in 2006	[13]
December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)	To Washington Capitals 5th-round pick in 2006	To Vancouver Canucks Maxime Ouellet	[14]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)	To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2006	To Vancouver Canucks Sean Brown	[15]
	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Vancouver Canucks Mika Noronen	[16]
	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Brett Skinner 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Vancouver Canucks Keith Carney Rights to Juha Alen	[17]
	To St. Louis Blues Tomas Mojzis 3rd-round pick in 2006	To Vancouver Canucks Eric Weinrich	[18]
	To Atlanta Thrashers Steve McCarthy	To Vancouver Canucks Conditional 4th-round pick in 2007[lower-alpha 3]	[19][20]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14)	To Atlanta Thrashers Atlanta's 4th-round pick in 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Tommi Santala 5th-round pick in 2007	[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Richard Park	Minnesota Wild	1-year	Free agency	[22][23]
August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17)	Anson Carter	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	[24]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Sven Butenschon	New York Islanders		Free agency	[25]
August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)	Josh Green	Manitoba Moose (AHL)		Free agency	[26]
August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)	Prestin Ryan	Columbus Blue Jackets		Free agency	[27]
September 1, 2005 (2005-09-01)	Brent Johnson	Phoenix Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	[28]
October 26, 2005 (2005-10-26)	Jason Doig	Washington Capitals		Free agency	[29]
November 9, 2005 (2005-11-09)	Alex Burrows	Manitoba Moose (AHL)		Free agency	[30]
	Rick Rypien	Manitoba Moose (AHL)		Free agency	[30]
June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)	Brad Moran	SCL Tigers (NLA)		Free agency	[31]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 4]	Ref
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Marek Malik	New York Rangers	Free agency (V)	[33]
	Tim Smith	EHC Freiburg (ESBG)	Free agency (UFA)	[34]
August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	Brad May	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (III)	[35]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Joe DiPenta	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (VI)	[36]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Johnathan Aitken	Montreal Canadiens	Free agency (UFA)	[37]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Peter Sarno	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (VI)	[38]
August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26)	Jeff Heerema	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (VI)	[39]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	Brent Johnson	Washington Capitals	Waivers	[40]
October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)	Justin Morrison	Chicago Wolves (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[41]
June 12, 2006 (2006-06-12)	Brandon Nolan	Vaxjo Lakers (Allsvenskan)	Free agency	[42]
June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)	Sven Butenschon	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency	[43]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27)	Marc-Andre Bernier	3-year	Entry-level	[44]
	Francois-Pierre Guenette		Entry-level	[44]
	Nathan McIver		Entry-level	[44]
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Wade Brookbank	1-year	Option exercised	[45]
	Wade Flaherty	1-year	Option exercised	[45]
	Lee Goren	1-year	Option exercised	[45]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Markus Naslund	3-year	Re-signing	[46]
August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	Brendan Morrison	3-year	Re-signing	[47]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Daniel Sedin	1-year	Re-signing	[48]
	Henrik Sedin	1-year	Re-signing	[48]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Tyler Bouck	1-year	Re-signing	[23]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Bryan Allen		Re-signing	[49]
	Sami Salo	2-year	Re-signing	[50]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Jason King		Re-signing	[51]
August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)	Dan Cloutier	2-year	Re-signing	[52]
August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)	Mattias Ohlund	4-year	Re-signing	[53]
August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)	Mike Brown		Entry-level	[54]
	Brett Skinner	2-year	Entry-level	[55]
September 1, 2005 (2005-09-01)	Jarkko Ruutu	1-year	Re-signing	[56]
September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	Matt Cooke	3-year	Re-signing	[57]
September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28)	Nathan Smith		Re-signing	[58]
May 4, 2006 (2006-05-04)	Luc Bourdon	3-year	Entry-level	[59]
May 29, 2006 (2006-05-29)	Julien Ellis		Entry-level	[60]
June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)	Brandon Reid		Re-signing	[61]

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.^[62]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Luc Bourdon (D)	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
2	51	Mason Raymond (LW)	Canada	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
4	114	Alexandre Vincent (G)	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
5	138	Matt Butcher (C)	United States	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
6	185	Kris Fredheim (D)	Canada	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
7	205	Mario Bliznak (C)	Slovakia	HK Spartak Dubnica (Svk.)

Farm teams

Manitoba Moose

AHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since 2000.

Columbia Inferno

ECHL affiliate that is based in Columbia, South Carolina and their home arena is the Carolina Coliseum. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since 2001.

Notes

1. Compensation due to Anaheim hiring Randy Carlyle as their head coach.
2. If the Islanders re-signed Sopel beyond the 2005–06 season, the Canucks would receive a 2nd-round pick. If not, the Canucks would receive a 3rd-round pick instead.
3. The pick would upgrade to a third-rounder if Atlanta re-signed McCarthy. Vancouver traded this pick back to Atlanta on June 14.
4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[32]

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