2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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. He promptly became the first NHL rookie since 1917 to score goals in each of his first six games. Malkin and second-year phenom Sidney Crosby were joined by 18-year-old Jordan Staal, who made the jump directly from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) to the Penguins roster after being drafted second overall in the 2006 NHL entry draft. The Penguins also brought back Mark Recchi via free agency, giving Recchi his third stint with the team. It would also be the first season the team would have involving defenceman and soon-to-be alternate captain Kris Letang.

2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
2006–07 record	47–24–11
Home record	26–10–5
Road record	21–14–6
Goals for	277
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero
Coach	Michel Therrien
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Sidney Crosby Sergei Gonchar John LeClair (Oct.–Dec.) Mark Recchi
Arena	Mellon Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Sidney Crosby (36)
Assists	Sidney Crosby (84)
Points	Sidney Crosby (120)
Penalty minutes	Jarkko Ruutu (125)
Plus/minus	Jordan Staal (+6)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (40)
Goals against average	Jocelyn Thibault (2.83) Marc-Andre Fleury
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The season was clouded with uncertainty, however, about the Penguins' future in Pittsburgh. After Jim Balsillie had agreed to purchase the franchise for $175 million and to keep it in Pittsburgh, the situation seemed settled. Balsillie's deal fell through, however, in December. Isle of Capri Casinos was next to make a bid to keep the team in Pittsburgh, but their deal was nixed as well. On January 3, 2007, Penguins officials, including Mario Lemieux and other members of the team's ownership group, visited Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss potentials of relocating the team there. Other cities which reportedly have expressed interest in the franchise include Houston, Winnipeg, Portland and Oklahoma City.^[1]

On March 14, 2007, in a joint announcement by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Mario Lemieux, it was made public that an agreement had been reached between the parties. A new state-of-the-art multi-purpose arena (the Consol Energy Center) will be built. This agreement will keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh for another 30 years. Following the announcement of this plan, the Lemieux ownership group announced that they no longer have plans to sell the team.

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Sidney Crosby had been voted by the fans to start at forward in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas.^[2] Malkin, Staal and defenseman Ryan Whitney were all invited to All-Star Weekend to play in the YoungStars game.^[3]

The rebuilding of the team that came with acquiring Sidney Crosby would come to fruition in his second year. This season began a playoff streak for the Penguins that would not be snapped until the 2023 season.

Regular season

The Penguins finished the regular season having scored 94 power-play goals, the most in the NHL. They also had the most power-play opportunities, with 463.^[4]

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
2	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
3	6	New York Rangers	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
4	8	New York Islanders	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
5	15	Philadelphia Flyers	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

^[5]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference^[6]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P - Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	Y - New Jersey Devils	AT	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
3	Y - Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
4	X - Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
5	X - Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
6	X - New York Rangers	AT	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
7	X - Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
8	X - New York Islanders	AT	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	35	41	6	219	289	76
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	28	40	14	235	286	70
15	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

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

Playoffs

The Pittsburgh Penguins ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed. They lost to the Ottawa Senators in five games, in the conference quarterfinals. They would sweep the Senators in the playoffs the following season.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[7]
October: 6–3–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–0–0), 12 points # Oct Visitor Score Home Location Record Points Recap 1 5 Philadelphia Flyers 0–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16,957) 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 7 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15,318) 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,200) 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 14 Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14,351) 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 18 New Jersey Devils 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,030) 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (10,258) 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14,637) 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 24 New Jersey Devils 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13,190) 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 8–2 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19,589) 6–3–0 12 Recap
November: 5–5–4 (home: 3–1–3; road: 2–4–1), 14 points # Nov Visitor Score Home Location Record Points Recap 10 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT Los Angeles Kings Staples Center (18,118) 7–3–0 14 Recap 11 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose (17,496) 7–4–0 14 Recap 12 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 OT Anaheim Ducks Honda Center (16,599) 7–4–1 15 Recap 13 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14,483) 7–4–2 16 Recap 14 10 Ottawa Senators 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,052) 7–5–2 16 Recap 15 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–6 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (18,726) 7–6–2 16 Recap 16 13 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13,781) 8–6–2 18 Recap 17 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center (18,690) 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 18 New York Rangers 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16,737) 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19,349) 10–7–2 22 Recap 20 22 Boston Bruins 4–3 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16,958) 10–7–3 23 Recap 21 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (15,625) 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 25 New York Rangers 2–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,134) 10–8–4 24 Recap 23 28 New York Islanders 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,082) 11–8–4 26 Recap
December: 5–7–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–3–2), 12 points # Dec Visitor Score Home Location Record Points Recap 24 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (13,890) 11–9–4 26 Recap 25 2 New York Islanders 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,025) 11–10–4 26 Recap 26 5 Florida Panthers 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12,511) 11–11–4 26 Recap 27 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 SO New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,200) 11–11–5 27 Recap 28 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena (18,687) 12–11–5 29 Recap 29 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 SO Washington Capitals Verizon Center (14,793) 13–11–5 31 Recap 30 13 Philadelphia Flyers 4–8 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14,150) 14–11–5 33 Recap 31 15 New York Islanders 4–7 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,028) 15–11–5 35 Recap 32 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (21,273) 15–12–5 35 Recap 33 19 St. Louis Blues 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,017) 15–13–5 35 Recap 34 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 SO Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena (17,328) 15–13–6 36 Recap 35 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (16,156) 15–14–6 36 Recap 36 27 Atlanta Thrashers 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 15–15–6 36 Recap 37 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 16–15–6 38 Recap
January: 8–2–2 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–2–1), 18 points # Jan Visitor Score Home Location Record Points Recap 38 2 Carolina Hurricanes 0–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16,957) 17–15–6 40 Recap 39 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center (18,690) 18–15–6 42 Recap 40 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 18–15–7 43 Recap 41 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (19,226) 18–16–7 43 Recap 42 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Florida Panthers BB&T Center (16,098) 18–17–7 43 Recap 43 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19,587) 19–17–7 45 Recap 44 16 New York Islanders 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16,958) 20–17–7 47 Recap 45 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 SO Boston Bruins TD Garden (16,468) 20–17–8 48 Recap 46 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–8 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 21–17–8 50 Recap 47 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 SO Dallas Stars American Airlines Center (18,594) 22–17–8 52 Recap 48 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–2 Phoenix Coyotes America West Arena (18,495) 23–17–8 54 Recap 49 30 Florida Panthers 0–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15,405) 24–17–8 56 Recap
February: 9–3–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 4–2–1), 19 points # Feb Visitor Score Home Location Record Points Recap 50 1 Montreal Canadiens 4–5 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 25–17–8 58 Recap 51 3 Washington Capitals 0–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 26–17–8 60 Recap 52 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 OT Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (21,273) 26–17–9 61 Recap 53 6 Nashville Predators 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16,333) 27–17–9 63 Recap 54 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 SO Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19,512) 28–17–9 65 Recap 55 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (19,620) 29–17–9 67 Recap 56 14 Chicago Blackhawks 4–5 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,051) 30–17–9 69 Recap 57 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (15,404) 31–17–9 71 Recap 58 18 Washington Capitals 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 32–17–9 73 Recap 59 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6 New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (15,472) 32–18–9 73 Recap 60 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 OT Florida Panthers BB&T Center (17,102) 33–18–9 75 Recap 61 25 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (21,119) 33–19–9 75 Recap 62 27 New Jersey Devils 1–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,006) 33–20–9 75 Recap
March: 12–3–2 (home: 7–0–1; road: 5–3–1), 26 points # Mar Visitor Score Home Location Record Points Recap 63 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 SO New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,200) 34–20–9 77 Recap 64 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (18,793) 34–21–9 77 Recap 65 4 Philadelphia Flyers 3–4 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 35–21–9 79 Recap 66 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 SO Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (20,074) 36–21–9 81 Recap 67 8 New Jersey Devils 4–3 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 36–21–10 82 Recap 68 10 New York Rangers 2–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 37–21–10 84 Recap 69 13 Buffalo Sabres 4–5 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 38–21–10 86 Recap 70 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (14,862) 39–21–10 88 Recap 71 16 Montreal Canadiens 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 40–21–10 90 Recap 72 18 Ottawa Senators 3–4 SO Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 41–21–10 92 Recap 73 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,200) 41–22–10 92 Recap 74 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,574) 41–23–10 92 Recap 75 24 Atlanta Thrashers 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 42–23–10 94 Recap 76 25 Boston Bruins 0–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 43–23–10 96 Recap 77 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,277) 44–23–10 98 Recap 78 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Boston Bruins TD Garden (17,095) 45–23–10 100 Recap 79 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (19,649) 45–23–11 101 Recap
April: 2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–0–0), 4 points # Apr Visitor Score Home Location Record Points Recap 80 3 Buffalo Sabres 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 45–24–11 101 Recap 81 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (20,064) 46–24–11 103 Recap 82 7 New York Rangers 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17,132) 47–24–11 105 Recap
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[7]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs #4 Ottawa: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Pittsburgh 3 – 6 Ottawa Fleury 19,611 0–1 Recap 2 April 14 Pittsburgh 4 – 3 Ottawa Fleury 20,133 1–1 Recap 3 April 15 Ottawa 4 – 2 Pittsburgh Fleury 17,132 1–2 Recap 4 April 17 Ottawa 2 – 1 Pittsburgh Fleury 17,132 1–3 Recap 5 April 19 Pittsburgh 0 – 3 Ottawa Fleury 20,179 1–4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[8] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sidney Crosby 79 36 84 120 10 60 Evgeni Malkin 78 33 52 85 2 80 Mark Recchi 82 24 44 68 1 62 Sergei Gonchar 82 13 54 67 -5 72 Ryan Whitney 81 14 45 59 9 77 Michel Ouellet 73 19 29 48 -3 30 Jordan Staal 81 29 13 42 16 24 Colby Armstrong 80 12 22 34 2 67 Erik Christensen 61 18 15 33 -3 26 Ryan Malone 64 16 15 31 4 71 Maxime Talbot 75 13 11 24 -2 53 Jarkko Ruutu 81 7 9 16 0 125 Nils Ekman 34 6 9 15 -14 24 Dominic Moore‡ 59 6 9 15 1 46 Gary Roberts† 19 7 6 13 -5 26 Josef Melichar 70 1 11 12 1 44 Rob Scuderi 78 1 10 11 3 28 John LeClair 21 2 5 7 -2 12 Ronald Petrovicky 31 3 3 6 4 28 Brooks Orpik 70 0 6 6 4 82 Chris Thorburn 39 3 2 5 1 69 Alain Nasreddine 44 1 4 5 12 18 Mark Eaton 35 0 3 3 -6 16 Kris Letang 7 2 0 2 -3 4 Noah Welch‡ 22 1 1 2 1 22 Georges Laraque† 17 0 2 2 -3 18 Micki Dupont 3 0 1 1 -3 4 Eric Cairns 1 0 0 0 0 5 Andre Roy 5 0 0 0 -1 12 Joel Kwiatkowski 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Karl Stewart 3 0 0 0 -1 2 Total 267 465 732 — 1,207

Playoffs[9] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sidney Crosby 5 3 2 5 0 4 Gary Roberts 5 2 2 4 0 2 Sergei Gonchar 5 1 3 4 -3 2 Mark Recchi 5 0 4 4 -3 0 Evgeni Malkin 5 0 4 4 -1 8 Jordan Staal 5 3 0 3 -1 2 Ryan Whitney 5 1 1 2 -4 6 Michel Ouellet 5 0 2 2 -1 6 Colby Armstrong 5 0 1 1 -2 11 Maxime Talbot 5 0 1 1 -2 7 Nils Ekman 1 0 0 0 0 0 Georges Laraque 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Ronald Petrovicky 3 0 0 0 0 2 Josef Melichar 5 0 0 0 -1 2 Jarkko Ruutu 5 0 0 0 -1 10 Rob Scuderi 5 0 0 0 -1 2 Mark Eaton 5 0 0 0 -1 0 Ryan Malone 5 0 0 0 -4 0 Brooks Orpik 5 0 0 0 -2 8 Erik Christensen 4 0 0 0 -1 6 Total 10 20 30 — 78

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[10]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	67	65	3905:28	40	16	9	184	2.83	1954	0.906	5	0	3	4
Jocelyn Thibault	22	17	1101:15	7	8	2	52	2.83	572	0.909	1	0	0	0
Total		82	5006:43	47	24	11	236	2.83	2526	0.907	6	0	3	4

Playoffs^[11]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	5	5	286:42	1	4	--	18	3.77	150	0.880	0	0	0	0
Jocelyn Thibault	1	0	08:02	0	0	--	0	0.00	1	1.000	0	0	0	0
Total		5	294:44	1	4	0	18	3.67	151	0.881	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Art Ross Trophy	Sidney Crosby	[12]
	Calder Memorial Trophy	Evgeni Malkin	[13]
	Hart Memorial Trophy	Sidney Crosby	[14]
	Lester B. Pearson Award	Sidney Crosby	[15]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Evgeni Malkin (Forward)	[16]
		Jordan Staal (Forward)
	NHL First All-Star Team	Sidney Crosby (Center)	[16]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Sidney Crosby[a]	[18]
	NHL First Star of the Week	Sidney Crosby (December 17)	[19]
		Mark Recchi (January 28)
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Evgeni Malkin (October)	[20]
		Evgeni Malkin (November)
	NHL Second Star of the Month	Sidney Crosby (January)	[21]
	NHL Third Star of the Month	Sidney Crosby (December)	[21]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Evgeni Malkin (October 29)	[19]
		Evgeni Malkin (January 21)	[19]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Evgeni Malkin	[22]
		Jordan Staal
		Ryan Whitney
Team	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award	Sidney Crosby	[23]
	Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award	Pittsburgh Penguins team	[24]
	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy	Evgeni Malkin	[25]
		Jordan Staal
	Most Valuable Player Award	Sidney Crosby	[26]
	Players' Player Award	Mark Recchi	[25]
	The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Mark Recchi	[23]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Kris Letang	October 5, 2006	[27]
	Jordan Staal
	Evgeni Malkin	October 18, 2006

Transactions

The Penguins 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.^[28]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To Florida Panthers Nashville's 4th-round pick in 2006	To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2007	[29]
July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dominic Moore Libor Pivko	[30]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)	To San Jose Sharks Carolina's 2nd-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Patrick Ehelechner Nils Ekman	[31]
December 19, 2006 (2006-12-19)	To Boston Bruins Future considerations	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wade Brookbank	[32]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To Florida Panthers Noah Welch	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts	[33]
	To Minnesota Wild Dominic Moore	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd-round pick in 2007	[34]
	To Phoenix Coyotes Daniel Carcillo 3rd-round pick in 2008	To Pittsburgh Penguins Georges Laraque	[35]
	To Florida Panthers Florida's 4th-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Kwiatkowski	[36]
	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nolan Schaefer	[36]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03)	Mark Eaton	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency	[37]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Jarkko Ruutu	Vancouver Canucks		Free agency	[38]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Wade Skolney	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	[39]
July 23, 2006 (2006-07-23)	Matt Carkner	San Jose Sharks	1-year	Free agency	[40]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Ronald Petrovicky	Atlanta Thrashers		Free agency	[41]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	Mark Recchi	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	[42]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Connor James	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	[43]
August 18, 2006 (2006-08-18)	Andrew Penner	Columbus Blue Jackets		Free agency	[44]
September 27, 2006 (2006-09-27)	Karl Stewart	Anaheim Ducks		Waivers	[45]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	Chris Thorburn	Buffalo Sabres		Waivers	[46]
March 22, 2007 (2007-03-22)	Mark Letestu	Western Michigan University (CCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[47]
April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23)	Aaron Boogaard	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	3-year	Free agency	[48]
May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25)	Jonathan D'Aversa	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)	3-year	Free agency	[49]
May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29)	Tim Wallace	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[50]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	Sebastien Caron	Chicago Blackhawks[c]	Buyout	[53]
	Shane Endicott	Nashville Predators[d]	Buyout
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Ben Eaves[e]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[51]
	Lyle Odelein[f]		Contract expiration (III)	[51]
	Andy Schneider[g]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[51]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Andy Hilbert	New York Islanders	Free agency (UFA)	[58]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12)	Matt Murley	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (VI)	[59]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Matt Hussey	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (VI)	[60]
July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15)	Krys Kolanos	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (UFA)	[61]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)	David Koci	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (VI)	[62]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Andy Chiodo	Oulun Karpat (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	[63]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Petr Taticek	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[64]
August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16)	Tomas Surovy	Lulea HF (SHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[65]
August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17)	Konstantin Koltsov	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	[66]
August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)	Eric Boguniecki	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (III)	[67]
September 2006 (2006-09)	Alexandre Rouleau	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[68]
September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)	Ryan Vandenbussche	Jokerit (Liiga)	Free agency (III)	[69]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	Guillaume Lefebvre	Saint–Jean Chiefs (LNAH)	Free agency (VI)	[70]
October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)	Dany Sabourin	Vancouver Canucks	Waivers	[71]
October 2006 (2006-10)	Drew Fata	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[72]
	Cam Paddock	Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[73][74]
October 26, 2006 (2006-10-26)	Karl Stewart	Chicago Blackhawks	Waivers	[75]
December 2, 2006 (2006-12-02)	Andre Roy	Tampa Bay Lightning	Waivers	[76]
December 14, 2006 (2006-12-14)	John LeClair		Release	[77]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)	Joe Jensen		Entry-level	[78]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Colby Armstrong	1-year	Re-signing	[79]
July 23, 2006 (2006-07-23)	Brooks Orpik	2-year	Re-signing	[80]
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28)	Ryan Malone	2-year	Arbitration award	[81]
August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)	Dominic Moore	2-year	Re-signing	[82]
August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02)	Alain Nasreddine	1-year	Re-signing	[83]
	Libor Pivko	1-year	Re-signing	[84]
August 5, 2006 (2006-08-05)	Marc-Andre Fleury	2-year	Re-signing	[85]
September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05)	Evgeni Malkin	3-year	Entry-level	[86]
October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)	Kris Letang	3-year	Entry-level	[87]
	Jordan Staal	3-year	Entry-level	[87]

Other

Player	Date	Details
Andre Savard[88]	July 3, 2006	Hired as assistant coach
Chuck Fletcher	July 14, 2006	Hired as assistant GM
Eddie Johnston	July 14, 2006	Hired as senior adviser of hockey operations
Gilles Meloche[89]	July 26, 2006	Hired as goaltending coach
Bill O'Flaherty[90]	August 24, 2006	Hired as pro scout
Chris Stewart[91]	August 24, 2006	Hired as athletic trainer
Dan MacKinnon[90]	August 24, 2006	Hired as pro scout
Jay Heinbuck[90]	August 24, 2006	Hired as director of amateur scouting
Jim Madigan[90]	August 24, 2006	Hired as amateur scout
Patrik Allvin[90]	August 24, 2006	Hired as European scout
Scott Adams[91]	August 24, 2006	Hired as assistant athletic trainer
Travis Ramsay[91]	August 24, 2006	Hired as video coordinator
Jim Balsillie[92]	October 5, 2006	Signed a purchase agreement to buy the team
David Morehouse	April 4, 2007	Hired as president
Ron Porter	June 4, 2007	Hired as senior consultant

Draft picks

Pittsburgh's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver.^[93] The Penguins had the second overall draft pick, making the fourth consecutive draft the team had a pick in the top two: they had the first overall pick in the 2003 NHL entry draft (Marc-Andre Fleury), the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL entry draft (Evgeni Malkin) and the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL entry draft (Sidney Crosby).

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Jordan Staal	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	32	Carl Sneep	Defence	United States	Brainerd High School (USHS-MN)
3	65	Brian Strait	Defence	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
5	125	Chad Johnson	Goaltender	Canada	University of Alaska Fairbanks (WCHA)
7	185	Timo Seppanen	Defence	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)

Draft notes^[94]

• The Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of an August 10, 2005 trade that sent Jocelyn Thibault to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.^[95]
• The Pittsburgh Penguins' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a January 18, 2006 trade that sent Eric Cairns to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.^[96]

Farm teams

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are Pittsburgh's top affiliate in the AHL for the 2006–07 season.

Wheeling Nailers

The Wheeling Nailers are Pittsburgh's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

Notes

1. Crosby was voted to the starting lineup, earning more votes than any other player.^[17]
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[51]
3. Caron signed with Chicago on August 8.^[52]
4. Endicott signed with Nashville on July 17.^[54]
5. Eaves was inactive during the 2006–07 season.^[55]
6. Odelein retired.^[56]
7. Schneider was inactive during the 2006–07 season.^[57]

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External links

• NHL Team Salaries - Pittsburgh Penguins from nhlnumbers.com