2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 37th NHL season.

2006–07 Vancouver Canucks
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	3rd Western
2006–07 record	49–26–7
Home record	26–11–4
Road record	23–15–3
Goals for	222
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Dave Nonis
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Markus Naslund
Alternate captains	Trevor Linden Brendan Morrison
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,630
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Sedin (36)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (71)
Points	Daniel Sedin (84)
Penalty minutes	Kevin Bieksa (134)
Plus/minus	Sami Salo (+21)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (47)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.29)
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Season overview

The season began on the heels of a blockbuster trade involving goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. The acquisition of Luongo combined with the salary increases of the Sedin twins meant that the Canucks were too close to salary cap and as a result, saw names such as Ed Jovanovski, Anson Carter, Nolan Baumgartner, Jarkko Ruutu and Wade Brookbank lost to free agency.

In addition to the departures of high-profile players such as Bertuzzi, Jovanovski and Carter, general manager Dave Nonis had fired Marc Crawford as head coach after the 2005–06 season, and replaced him with Alain Vigneault.^[1] The team also added players such as Jan Bulis, Taylor Pyatt, Marc Chouinard and Willie Mitchell, players who many thought are not as highly skilled as the ones who had recently departed. Despite the arrival of Luongo, many hockey analysts and fans predicted before the season began that the team would either miss the playoffs, or at best battle for the last playoff spots as 7th or 8th seed in the Western Conference. However, a few did foresee that the addition of a high-calibre goaltender in Luongo would propel the Canucks into the top three of the conference.^[2]

Under such skepticism, the team played mediocre hockey from October to the Christmas break, and received criticism due to the team's lack of scoring during this period. However, after the Christmas break, the team had settled down on Vigneault's coaching system, and played stellar hockey from that point on, exceeding the expectations of fans, analysts and critics alike. On April 7, 2007, the Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks by a score of 4–3 in overtime to clinch the Northwest Division title; their second in the past three seasons. Not only did the team win a division title, this season was known for many milestones, such as Taylor Pyatt setting career high in points, and Alain Vigneault setting a new franchise record for wins as a head coach. Also, second-year player Kevin Bieksa had emerged as a top-four defenceman on the team throughout the season.

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Roberto Luongo had been voted by the fans to start in goal in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Aside from Luongo's selection into the All-Star Game, the first half of the season was also noted for the "Vote for Rory" internet campaign. The campaign was aimed at getting defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick voted into the 2007 All-Star Game, while mocking the NHL system of internet voting which encouraged people to vote as many times as they liked.

For the first time in franchise history, the Canucks ended the regular season with the league's best penalty killing record, with an 86.9% efficiency.

With the division title and third seed in the conference, the Canucks faced off against the Dallas Stars in the Western Quarterfinals. The Canucks first game back in the playoffs was a long one. On April 11, 2007, the Canucks set a franchise record with a quadruple OT win in Game 1. The game was the longest in Canucks history and the sixth longest in league history. Also in this game the Canucks set a record for shots against, allowing 76. The Canucks won this seven-game series despite the fact that every Dallas victory was a shutout for goalie Marty Turco.

The goal scoring woes continued in the second round against Brian Burke's Anaheim Ducks and the Canucks could not score more than two goals in a game. Although Trevor Linden experienced a resurgence and tied for the team lead for scoring in the playoffs, the Sedin twins could not escape the Ducks' tight checking. The third period of Game 4 was a pivotal point as the Canucks could not protect a 2–0 third-period at home and lost in overtime. In the deciding Game 5 in Anaheim, call-up rookie Jannik Hansen attempted to move the puck from the Canucks' zone, but was caught by a thunderous hit by Rob Niedermayer. The puck then went to his brother Scott, right at the blue line, who fired a wrist shot on net. Roberto Luongo, engaged with a referee over whether the puck had cleared the zone, failed to track the puck, which ended up in the back of the net and ended the Canucks' season.^[3]

Regular season

The Canucks finished the regular season with the League's best penalty-kill percentage, at 86.93%.^[4]

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Vancouver Canucks	82	49	26	7	222	201	105
2	7	Minnesota Wild	82	48	26	8	235	191	104
3	8	Calgary Flames	82	43	29	10	258	226	96
4	9	Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	272	251	95
5	12	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	43	7	195	248	71

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^[5]

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

Playoffs

The Vancouver Canucks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's third seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[6]
October: 7–5–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 5–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 5 Vancouver 3 – 1 Detroit Luongo 20,066 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 6 Vancouver 3 – 2 Columbus OT Luongo 18,136 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 8 Vancouver 2 – 3 Colorado Luongo 18,007 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 10 Vancouver 1 – 2 Minnesota SO Luongo 18,064 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 13 San Jose 6 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 16 Edmonton 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 17 Vancouver 1 – 2 Edmonton Sabourin 16,839 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 20 Vancouver 3 – 2 St. Louis OT Luongo 9,049 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 21 Vancouver 4 – 3 Nashville OT Luongo 16,073 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 23 Vancouver 1 – 2 Dallas Luongo 16,639 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 25 Vancouver 5 – 0 Chicago Luongo 11,641 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 27 Washington 2 – 3 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 7–4–1 15 Recap 13 October 31 Nashville 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 7–5–1 15 Recap
November: 5–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 14 November 2 Vancouver 2 – 5 Minnesota Luongo 18,568 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 November 4 Vancouver 2 – 3 Colorado Luongo 18,007 7–7–1 15 Recap 16 November 6 Dallas 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 November 9 Anaheim 6 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 November 11 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 November 14 Detroit 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–10–1 17 Recap 20 November 17 St. Louis 2 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 9–10–1 19 Recap 21 November 19 Chicago 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 10–10–1 21 Recap 22 November 22 Vancouver 4 – 3 Detroit OT Luongo 20,066 11–10–1 23 Recap 23 November 23 Vancouver 0 – 6 Nashville Sabourin 15,396 11–11–1 23 Recap 24 November 25 Vancouver 1 – 4 Colorado Luongo 17,825 11–12–1 23 Recap 25 November 28 Columbus 0 – 1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 12–12–1 25 Recap 26 November 30 Anaheim 2 – 1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 12–13–1 25 Recap
December: 8–5–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 27 December 2 Colorado 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 13–13–1 27 Recap 28 December 4 Edmonton 4 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 13–14–1 27 Recap 29 December 8 Carolina 3 – 4 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 14–14–1 29 Recap 30 December 9 Vancouver 3 – 5 Calgary Luongo 19,289 14–15–1 29 Recap 31 December 12 Phoenix 2 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 15–15–1 31 Recap 32 December 14 Calgary 1 – 3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 16–15–1 33 Recap 33 December 16 Minnesota 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 17–15–1 35 Recap 34 December 19 Vancouver 2 – 5 Minnesota Luongo 18,568 17–16–1 35 Recap 35 December 21 Vancouver 0 – 2 Boston Sabourin 12,348 17–17–1 35 Recap 36 December 22 Vancouver 2 – 3 Columbus Luongo 15,861 17–18–1 35 Recap 37 December 26 Vancouver 3 – 1 Calgary Luongo 19,289 18–18–1 37 Recap 38 December 27 Calgary 5 – 6 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 19–18–1 39 Recap 39 December 30 Vancouver 6 – 2 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 20–18–1 41 Recap
January: 8–1–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 4–0–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 40 January 2 Vancouver 3 – 2 Calgary Luongo 19,289 21–18–1 43 Recap 41 January 3 Dallas 1 – 2 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 22–18–1 45 Recap 42 January 5 Edmonton 2 – 3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 23–18–1 47 Recap 43 January 7 Florida 3 – 4 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 24–18–1 49 Recap 44 January 11 Minnesota 5 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 24–19–1 49 Recap 45 January 13 Vancouver 6 – 1 Toronto Luongo 19,608 25–19–1 51 Recap 46 January 16 Vancouver 4 – 0 Montreal Luongo 21,273 26–19–1 53 Recap 47 January 18 Vancouver 2 – 1 Ottawa Luongo 19,161 27–19–1 55 Recap 48 January 19 Vancouver 3 – 4 Buffalo SO Sabourin 18,690 27–19–2 56 Recap 49 January 26 Los Angeles 3 – 2 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 27–19–3 57 Recap 50 January 28 San Jose 1 – 3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 28–19–3 59 Recap 51 January 30 Columbus 3 – 2 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 28–19–4 60 Recap
February: 8–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 5–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 1 Edmonton 3 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 29–19–4 62 Recap 53 February 3 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary Luongo 19,289 29–20–4 62 Recap 54 February 6 Vancouver 5 – 2 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 30–20–4 64 Recap 55 February 7 Chicago 3 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 30–21–4 64 Recap 56 February 10 Atlanta 2 – 3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 31–21–4 66 Recap 57 February 14 Vancouver 3 – 2 Minnesota OT Luongo 18,568 32–21–4 68 Recap 58 February 16 Vancouver 2 – 1 Chicago SO Luongo 14,552 33–21–4 70 Recap 59 February 18 Colorado 4 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 34–21–4 72 Recap 60 February 20 Vancouver 3 – 2 Anaheim OT Sabourin 17,467 35–21–4 74 Recap 61 February 22 Vancouver 3 – 2 Los Angeles Luongo 17,737 36–21–4 76 Recap 62 February 25 Vancouver 1 – 2 Dallas OT Luongo 17,712 36–21–5 77 Recap 63 February 27 Vancouver 1 – 3 St. Louis Luongo 10,411 36–22–5 77 Recap
March: 11–2–2 (home: 6–1–2; road: 5–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 1 Phoenix 3 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 37–22–5 79 Recap 65 March 4 Minnesota 3 – 4 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 38–22–5 81 Recap 66 March 6 Tampa Bay 1 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 39–22–5 83 Recap 67 March 8 Vancouver 4 – 2 Phoenix Sabourin 13,841 40–22–5 85 Recap 68 March 9 Vancouver 2 – 1 San Jose OT Luongo 17,496 41–22–5 87 Recap 69 March 11 Vancouver 2 – 4 Anaheim Luongo 17,174 41–23–5 87 Recap 70 March 13 Minnesota 3 – 2 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 41–23–6 88 Recap 71 March 15 St. Louis 2 – 3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 42–23–6 90 Recap 72 March 17 Detroit 1 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 43–23–6 92 Recap 73 March 19 Vancouver 2 – 1 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 44–23–6 94 Recap 74 March 21 Nashville 0 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 45–23–6 96 Recap 75 March 25 Colorado 5 – 4 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 45–23–7 97 Recap 76 March 27 Vancouver 3 – 0 Colorado Luongo 17,437 46–23–7 99 Recap 77 March 29 Vancouver 4 – 2 Los Angeles Luongo 17,916 47–23–7 101 Recap 78 March 31 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 47–24–7 101 Recap
April: 2–2–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 3 Los Angeles 2 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 48–24–7 103 Recap 80 April 5 Colorado 3 – 1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 48–25–7 103 Recap 81 April 7 Vancouver 4 – 3 San Jose OT Luongo 17,496 49–25–7 105 Recap 82 April 8 Vancouver 1 – 3 Phoenix Sabourin 17,406 49–26–7 105 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[6]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Dallas Stars: Vancouver won 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Dallas 4 – 5 Vancouver 4OT Luongo 18,630 1 – 0 Recap 2 April 13 Dallas 2 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1 – 1 Recap 3 April 15 Vancouver 2 – 1 Dallas 1OT Luongo 18,532 2 – 1 Recap 4 April 17 Vancouver 2 – 1 Dallas Luongo 18,532 3 – 1 Recap 5 April 19 Dallas 1 – 0 Vancouver 1OT Luongo 18,630 3 – 2 Recap 6 April 21 Vancouver 0 – 2 Dallas Luongo 18,600 3 – 3 Recap 7 April 23 Dallas 1 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4 – 3 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks: Anaheim won 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 25 Vancouver 1 – 5 Anaheim Luongo 17,250 0 – 1 Recap 2 April 27 Vancouver 2 – 1 Anaheim 2OT Luongo 17,392 1 – 1 Recap 3 April 29 Anaheim 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1 – 2 Recap 4 May 1 Anaheim 3 – 2 Vancouver 1OT Luongo 18,630 1 – 3 Recap 5 May 3 Vancouver 1 – 2 Anaheim 2OT Luongo 17,407 1 – 4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
22	Daniel Sedin	LW	81	36	48	84	19	36	12	2	3	5	−5	4
33	Henrik Sedin	C	82	10	71	81	19	66	12	2	2	4	−8	14
19	Markus Naslund	RW	82	24	36	60	3	54	12	4	1	5	−1	16
7	Brendan Morrison	C	82	20	31	51	−9	60	12	1	3	4	4	6
3	Kevin Bieksa	D	81	12	30	42	1	134	9	0	0	0	−1	20
9	Taylor Pyatt	LW	76	23	14	37	5	42	12	2	4	6	−2	6
6	Sami Salo	D	67	14	23	37	21	26	10	0	1	1	0	4
2	Mattias Ohlund	D	77	11	20	31	−3	80	12	2	5	7	3	12
24	Matt Cooke	LW	81	10	20	30	0	64	1	0	0	0	0	2
16	Trevor Linden	C	80	12	13	25	−6	34	12	2	5	7	4	6
38	Jan Bulis	C	79	12	11	23	−8	70	12	1	1	2	0	2
17	Ryan Kesler	C	48	6	10	16	1	40	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Lukas Krajicek	D	78	3	13	16	−4	64	12	0	2	2	−2	12
8	Willie Mitchell	D	62	1	10	11	1	45	12	0	1	1	−2	12
20	Jeff Cowan†	LW	42	7	3	10	4	93	10	2	0	2	1	22
14	Alexandre Burrows	LW	81	3	6	9	−7	93	11	1	0	1	0	14
21	Bryan Smolinski†	C	20	4	3	7	−3	8	12	2	2	4	2	8
25	Josh Green	C	57	2	5	7	0	25	9	0	1	1	1	12
18	Rory Fitzpatrick	D	58	1	6	7	12	46	3	0	0	0	−1	6
26	Tommi Santala	C	30	1	5	6	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	Brent Sopel†	D	20	1	4	5	0	10	11	0	0	0	1	2
32	Marc Chouinard	C	42	2	2	4	−2	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Alexander Edler	D	22	1	2	3	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	2
28	Yannick Tremblay	D	12	1	2	3	−6	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Roberto Luongo	G	76	0	2	2		10	12	0	0	0		0
29	Patrick Coulombe†	D	7	0	1	1	−6	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Brad Moran	C	3	0	1	1	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Tyler Bouck	LW	6	0	0	0	−1	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Luc Bourdon	D	9	0	0	0	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Lee Goren	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Nathan McIver	D	1	0	0	0	−3	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Brandon Reid	C	3	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
15	Rick Rypien	C	2	0	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Dany Sabourin	G	9	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
20	Jesse Schultz	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Nathan Smith	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
36	Jannik Hansen	LW	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	0	1	1	0	4

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Roberto Luongo	76	47	22	6	2169	171	2.28	.921	5	4490	12	5	7	427	25	1.77	.941	0	847
35	Dany Sabourin	9	2	4	1	224	21	2.63	.906	0	480	2	0	0	11	1	4.14	.909	0	14

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Jack Adams Award	Alain Vigneault	[7]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Roberto Luongo (Goaltender)	[8]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Roberto Luongo[a]	[10]
	NHL First Star of the Week	Roberto Luongo (January 7)	[11]
	NHL Third Star of the Month	Roberto Luongo (January)	[12]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Daniel Sedin (December 31)	[11]
Team	Babe Pratt Trophy	Kevin Bieksa	[13]
	Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Roberto Luongo	[13]
	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Daniel Sedin	[13]
	Fred J. Hume Award	Kevin Bieksa	[14]
	Molson Cup	Roberto Luongo	[15]
	Most Exciting Player Award	Roberto Luongo	[14]

Milestones

Roberto Luongo

• Was voted in by the fans to represent the Western Conference at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, as the starting goaltender on January 9, 2007. In addition, Luongo won the goaltenders' competition at the All-Star Skills Competition by allowing the fewest goals-against for the In The Zone and Shootout events on January 23, 2007.
• Earned his 39th victory on March 9, 2007, at San Jose. With the win, Luongo broke the franchise single-season win record of 38, which was set by Kirk McLean in the 1991–92 NHL season.
• Played in his 73rd game this season on March 31, 2007, vs. Calgary. By playing that game Luongo broke the franchise single-season games played record, which was held by Gary Smith in the 1974–75 NHL season.
• Named on the NHL Second All-Star Team on June 14, 2007.
• Was the Monthly Award winner of the Mark Messier Leadership Award on March 21, 2007.
• Nominated for the Vezina Trophy, but lost to Martin Brodeur on June 14, 2007.
• Nominated for the Lester B. Pearson Award, but lost to Sidney Crosby on June 14, 2007.
• Nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy, but lost to Sidney Crosby on June 14, 2007.

Daniel Sedin

• Played in his 400th career NHL and Canuck game on October 8, 2006, at Colorado.
• Registered his 100th career NHL and Canuck goal on January 13, 2007, at Toronto. With the goal, Sedin became the sixth most prolific scoring left winger in Canucks history with 237 points.
• Scored the OT game-winner on March 15, 2007, vs. St. Louis, tying an NHL record with his fourth this season.
• Got a goal and an assist on March 27, 2007, at Colorado, to register his 300th career NHL and Canuck point.

Henrik Sedin

• Recorded one assist on February 1, 2007, vs. Edmonton. With the assist, Sedin recorded his 200th career NHL and Canuck assist.
• Recorded three assists on March 25, 2007, vs. Colorado, to break the franchise single-season assists record with 63. The previous record was 62, set by Andre Boudrias in the 1974–75 NHL season.
• Recorded two assists on April 3, 2007, vs. Los Angeles, to earn his 300th and 301st career NHL and Canuck points.
• Scored the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs. Dallas ending the longest overtime game in team history and the 6th longest in NHL history on April 11, 2007. He was set up by his brother Daniel and Mattias Ohlund.

Trevor Linden

• Scored his 300th career goal as a Canuck on October 6, 2006, at Detroit.
• Got an assist, to earn his 400th career assist and his 700th career point as a Canuck on November 14, 2006, vs. Detroit.
• Played his 1,300th career NHL game on February 18, 2007, at Colorado.
• Scored his 12th goal on March 19, 2007, at Edmonton to record his 367th career NHL goal to surpass Jacques Lemaire (366) as the 97th all-time goal scorer in league history.

Markus Naslund

• Became the all-time franchise goal scoring leader with 301 goals on October 17, 2006, at Edmonton.
• Played his 900th career NHL game on December 8, 2006, vs. Carolina.
• Registered his 103rd power play goal as a Canuck to become the all-time franchise leader in power play goals on February 14, 2007, at Minnesota.

Brendan Morrison

• Earned his 400th career NHL point with an assist on October 13, 2006, vs. San Jose.
• On November 22, 2006, at Detroit, Morrison scored the overtime winner to become the franchise leader in overtime goals.
• Played his 600th career NHL game on January 18, 2007, at Ottawa.
• Sets a new franchise "Ironman" record playing his 483rd consecutive game on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles, breaking the record that was previously held by Trevor Linden. On February 25, he became the NHL's active leader with 492 games. Finished the season with 512 consecutive games.

Alain Vigneault

• Recorded 36 wins as head coach of the Canucks on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles. With the win, Vigneault recorded the most wins by a Vancouver Canucks head coach during his first year behind the bench.
• On March 29, 2007, set a new franchise record for wins in a season with his 47th victory at Los Angeles. The record was previously held by coach Pat Quinn and was set in the 1992–93 NHL season.
• Won the Jack Adams Award for Coach of the Year on June 14, 2007.

Others

• Luc Bourdon played in his first NHL game on October 10, 2006, at Minnesota.^[16]
• Taylor Pyatt earned his 100th career NHL point on an even-strength goal on October 16, 2006, vs. Edmonton.
• Lukas Krajicek played in his 100th career NHL game on October 23, 2006, at Dallas.
• Alexander Edler played in his first NHL game on November 4, 2006, at Colorado.^[16]
• Patrick Coulombe and Nathan McIver played in their first NHL game on November 9, 2006, vs. Anaheim.^[16]
• Sami Salo recorded his 100th career NHL point on November 11, 2006, vs. Calgary.
• Jesse Schultz played in his first NHL game on November 28, 2006, vs. Columbus.^[16]
• Mattias Ohlund played in his 600th career NHL game as a Canuck game on January 5, 2007, vs. Edmonton.
• Matt Cooke earned his 100th career NHL point as a Canuck on an assist on February 14, 2007, at Minnesota.
• Jannik Hansen played in his first NHL game on April 13, 2007, vs. Dallas.^[17]

Transactions

The Canucks 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.^[18]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To Vancouver Canucks Lukas Krajicek Roberto Luongo 6th-round pick in 2006	To Florida Panthers Bryan Allen Alex Auld Todd Bertuzzi	[19]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2007 Conditional draft pick in 2009	To Los Angeles Kings Dan Cloutier	[20]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	To Vancouver Canucks Taylor Pyatt	To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2007	[21]
September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)	To Vancouver Canucks Drew MacIntyre	To Detroit Red Wings Conditional draft pick in 2007	[22]
January 24, 2007 (2007-01-24)	To Vancouver Canucks Colby Genoway	To Anaheim Ducks Joe Rullier	[23]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26)	To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2007	[24]
	To Vancouver Canucks Brent Sopel	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick in 2007 or 2008 4th-round pick in 2008	[25]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Willie Mitchell	Dallas Stars	4-year	Free agency	[26]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)	Marc Chouinard	Minnesota Wild	2-year	Free agency	[27]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Shaun Heshka	Everett Silvertips (WHL)		Free agency	[28]
	Joe Rullier	New York Rangers		Free agency	[29]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	Jan Bulis	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	[30]
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28)	Yannick Tremblay	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	[31]
August 18, 2006 (2006-08-18)	Rory Fitzpatrick	Buffalo Sabres		Free agency	[32]
October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)	Dany Sabourin	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	[33]
November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03)	Patrick Coulombe	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	3-year	Free agency	[34]
December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30)	Jeff Cowan	Los Angeles Kings		Waivers	[35]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Nolan Baumgartner	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (III)	[37]
	Keith Carney	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (III)	[38]
	Ed Jovanovski	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	[39]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Jarkko Ruutu	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (III)	[40]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Wade Brookbank	Boston Bruins	Free agency (UFA)	[41]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Jozef Balej	HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA)	Free agency (II)[c]	[43]
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28)	Sean Brown	DEG Metro Stars (DEL)	Free agency (III)	[44]
July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29)	Craig Darby	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency (III)	[45]
August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04)	Mika Noronen	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency (II)[d]	[47]
August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07)	Eric Weinrich		Retirement (III)[e]	[49]
September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13)	Anson Carter	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (III)	[50]
	Jason King	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)	Free agency (II)[f]	[52]
October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)	Richard Park	New York Islanders	Free agency (III)	[53]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	Rob McVicar	Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[54]
November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15)	Jason Doig	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)	Free agency (III)	[55]
February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01)	Maxime Ouellet	Kassel Huskies (ESBG)	Free agency (VI)	[56]
May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29)	Brandon Reid	DEG Metro Stars (DEL)	Free agency	[57]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 29, 2006 (2006-06-29)	Roberto Luongo	4-year	Re-signing	[58]
June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30)	Daniel Sedin	3-year	Re-signing	[59]
	Henrik Sedin	3-year	Re-signing	[59]
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03)	Wade Flaherty	1-year	Re-signing	[60]
July 16, 2006 (2006-07-16)	Daniel Rahimi		Entry-level	[61]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Alexander Edler		Entry-level	[28]
	Lee Goren		Re-signing	[62]
	Jannik Hansen		Entry-level	[28]
August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17)	Kevin Bieksa		Re-signing	[63]
	Tyler Bouck		Re-signing	[64]
August 19, 2006 (2006-08-19)	Prestin Ryan		Re-signing	[65]
	Jesse Schultz		Re-signing	[66]
September 8, 2006 (2006-09-08)	Alex Burrows	3-year	Re-signing	[67]
	Lukas Krajicek	1-year	Re-signing	[68]
September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11)	Trevor Linden	1-year	Re-signing	[69]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14)	Ryan Kesler	1-year	Re-signing	[70]
September 16, 2006 (2006-09-16)	Josh Green	1-year	Re-signing	[71]
March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27)	Mason Raymond		Entry-level	[72]
March 29, 2007 (2007-03-29)	Sami Salo	4-year	Extension	[73]
May 24, 2007 (2007-05-24)	Ryan Kesler	3-year	Extension	[74]
May 30, 2007 (2007-05-30)	Mario Bliznak		Entry-level	[75]
June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04)	Taylor Pyatt	2-year	Extension	[76]

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[77]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	14	Michael Grabner (RW)	Austria	Vancouver Canucks	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	82	Daniel Rahimi (D)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim)	IF Björklöven (Swe Jr.)
6	163	Sergei Shirokov (W)	Russia	Vancouver Canucks (from Florida)	HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Superleague)
6	167	Juraj Simek (LW)	Slovakia	Vancouver Canucks	Kloten Flyers (Nationalliga A)
7	197	Evan Fuller (RW)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Prince George Cougars (WHL)

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 the 2000–01 AHL season. In the 2006–07 AHL season, Manitoba finished in 1st place in the North Division, it was the franchises first regular season divisional championship in history. In addition, Mike Keane won the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for Sportsmanship, Perseverance and overall dedication to hockey. In the playoffs, the Manitoba Moose defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins, 4 games to 3, in the first round. However, Manitoba would eventually be eliminated by the Hamilton Bulldogs, 4 games to 2, in the second round of the playoffs.

Victoria Salmon Kings

ECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. This is the first year that the franchise has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks in its three-year existence. In the 2006–07 ECHL season, the Salmon Kings established their first winning record by going on a nine-game winning streak to end the regular season. The Salmon Kings finished 7th overall in the National Conference and made their first playoff appearance against the Alaska Aces in the National Quarterfinal. The Salmon Kings would win Game 1 by a score of 3–2, however, the Aces would win 4 of the next 5 games to win the series 4–2, eliminating Salmon Kings from the playoffs.

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

Notes

1. Luongo was voted to the starting lineup.^[9]
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[36]
3. Vancouver retained Balej's NHL rights and re-signed him on August 1, 2007.^[42]
4. Vancouver retained Noronen's NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[46]
5. Weinrich was hired as an assistant coach for the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League. On January 25, 2007, he came out of retirement to play for Portland.^[48]
6. Vancouver retained King's NHL rights until trading them to the Anaheim Ducks on June 23, 2007.^[51]