2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Oilers' 35th season, 28th in the NHL. After making it to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, the club had a disappointing season, finishing out of the playoffs.

2006–07 Edmonton Oilers
Division5th Northwest
Conference12th Western
2006–07 record32–43–7
Home record19–19–3
Road record13–24–4
Goals for195
Goals against248
Team information
General managerKevin Lowe
CoachCraig MacTavish
CaptainJason Smith
Alternate captainsShawn Horcoff (Feb-Apr)
Ethan Moreau
Ryan Smyth (Oct-Feb)
Steve Staios (Feb-Apr)
ArenaRexall Place
Average attendance16,839 (100%)
Minor league affiliate(s)Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
Stockton Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsRyan Smyth (31)
(Traded mid-season)
AssistsAles Hemsky (40)
PointsRyan Smyth (53)
Petr Sykora (53)
Ales Hemsky (53)
Penalty minutesMatt Greene (109)
Plus/minusDaniel Tjarnqvist (+3)
WinsDwayne Roloson (27)
Goals against averageDwayne Roloson (2.75)

Prior to the season the club experience the stunning loss of star defenceman Chris Pronger. After helping the Oilers to the Stanley Cup final in the 2005–06 season, Pronger requested a trade due to personal reasons. In early July, Pronger was sent to the Anaheim Ducks for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid and various draft picks.[1]

Not only did Pronger leave, but another major acquisition from the previous season, Michael Peca, was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent. Despite the losses in personnel, the Oilers had a very strong start to the season, briefly propelling them to the top of the Northwest Division standings. The Oilers would slowly fall back of the pack however, finding themselves well out of a playoff spot by the trade deadline.

At the deadline, the Oilers again stunned the NHL by trading their leading scorer, and pending Unrestricted free agent, Ryan Smyth to the New York Islanders for two prospects and a first-round draft pick.[2] Reports later indicated that Smyth and the Oilers were only $100,000 apart in contract negotiations when the Oilers chose to make the trade.[3]

On the same night as the Smyth trade, the Oilers retired former captain Mark Messier's number 11 sweater. The celebration of Messier also included having a street named after him in Edmonton. Oilers general manager, and Messier's former teammate, Kevin Lowe was noticeably absent from the retirement ceremony. Messier won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers during his time in Edmonton.[4]

The Oilers set new marks in this season for both success and failure. Edmonton recorded its 1,000th regular season win in the NHL on January 2, 2007,[5] while late in the season, the Oilers lost 12 consecutive games, a mark that surpassed Edmonton's previous record of 11. However, the NHL does not now consider an overtime loss a true loss, thus the feat did not officially break the franchise record for losses.[6][7]

In May 2007, Daryl Katz offered $145 million towards the purchase of the team. Sources close to the Edmonton Journal state that, as part of the deal, the team will remain in Edmonton.[8] No negotiations took place as the owners immediately responded that the Oilers were not for sale.[9]

Regular season

Excluding shootout goals scored, the Oilers had the fewest goals scored of all 30 NHL teams, with just 192.[10][11]

Season standings
Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
13Vancouver Canucks8249267222201105
27Minnesota Wild8248268235191104
38Calgary Flames8243291025822696
49Colorado Avalanche824431727225195
512Edmonton Oilers823243719524871

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.

Schedule and results
2006–07 Game Log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Oilers were eliminated from playoff contention for the third time in their last five seasons. With the Carolina Hurricanes also failing to qualify for the post-season, it marked the first time in NHL history that the previous season's finalists both failed to qualify for the playoffs.[94]

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Ryan Smyth‡5331225338-----
Petr Sykora8222315340-----
Ales Hemsky6413405340-----
Shawn Horcoff8016355156-----
Jarret Stoll5113263948-----
Raffi Torres8215193488-----
Joffrey Lupul8116122845-----
Fernando Pisani7714142840-----
Marc-Andre Bergeron‡558172528-----
Marty Reasoner726142060-----
Steve Staios582151797-----
Patrick Thoresen684121652-----
Toby Petersen6469154-----
Daniel Tjarnqvist373121530-----
Jason Smith822911103-----
Marc-Antoine Pouliot46471118-----
Ladislav Smid77371037-----
Matt Greene781910109-----
Brad Winchester5945986-----
Jan Hejda3918920-----
Tom Gilbert121560-----
Petr Nedved†1914510-----
Dwayne Roloson6803312-----
Mathieu Roy1620230-----
Robert Nilsson41014-----
Kyle Brodziak61012-----
Zack Stortini29101105-----
Danny Syvret160116-----
Rob Schremp10000-----
Sebastien Bisaillon20000-----
Alexei Mikhnov20000-----
Bryan Young1500010-----
Jussi Markkanen220000-----
Jean-Francois Jacques3700033-----

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

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAA
Dwayne Roloson683932273461804.9092.75--------
Jussi Markkanen22992591520.8863.14--------

Awards and records

Records
  • 2:01: New Oilers record for fastest hat trick by Ryan Smyth on October 12, 2006.

Milestones
Regular season
PlayerMilestoneReached
Fernando Pisani100th NHL PIMOctober 5, 2006
Ladislav Smid1st NHL Game
Patrick Thoresen
Ales Hemsky100th NHL PIMOctober 12, 2006
Ladislav Smid1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point
Ryan Smyth500th NHL Point
5th NHL Hat-trick
3rd NHL Natural Hat-trick
Patrick Thoresen1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point
Dwayne Roloson100th NHL WinOctober 14, 2006
Daniel Tjarnqvist100th NHL PIMOctober 17, 2006
Patrick Thoresen1st NHL AssistOctober 21, 2006
Raffi Torres200th NHL Game
Alexei Mikhnov1st NHL GameOctober 23, 2006
Fernando Pisani200th NHL GameOctober 25, 2006
Jarret Stoll100th NHL PointOctober 28, 2006
Jan Hejda1st NHL GameNovember 3, 2006
Dwayne Roloson300th NHL Game
Jason Smith800th NHL GameNovember 7, 2006
Brad Winchester1st NHL Goal
Steve Staios900th NHL PIMNovember 8, 2006
Jan Hejda1st NHL AssistNovember 10, 2006
Petr Sykora300th NHL PIMNovember 12, 2006
Petr Sykora700th NHL GameNovember 13, 2006
Toby Petersen200th NHL GameNovember 16, 2006
Joffrey Lupul100th NHL GameNovember 30, 2006
Petr Sykora300th NHL Assist
Daniel Tjarnqvist300th NHL GameDecember 2, 2006
Dwayne Roloson20th NHL ShutoutDecember 4, 2006
Matt Greene1st NHL GoalDecember 14, 2006
Ales Hemsky300th NHL GameDecember 15, 2006
Shawn Horcoff200th NHL PointDecember 21, 2006
Raffi Torres100th NHL Point
Joffrey Lupul100th NHL PIMDecember 28, 2006
Jan Hejda1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		January 8, 2007
Tom Gilbert1st NHL GameJanuary 10, 2007
Matt Greene100th NHL PIM
Mathieu Roy1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point
Jason Smith900th NHL PIM
Joffrey Lupul200th NHL GameJanuary 12, 2007
Petr Nedved700th NHL PIMJanuary 13, 2007
Ryan Smyth600th NHL PIMJanuary 16, 2007
Jarret Stoll200th NHL Game
Dwayne Roloson50th NHL PIMJanuary 18, 2007
Zack Stortini1st NHL GameJanuary 20, 2007
Marty Reasoner200th NHL PIMJanuary 26, 2007
Fernando Pisani100th NHL PointJanuary 31, 2007
Shawn Horcoff400th NHL GameFebruary 6, 2007
Marc-Andre Bergeron100th NHL PIMFebruary 15, 2007
Zack Stortini1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		February 20, 2007
Tom Gilbert1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point
Ladislav Smid1st NHL GoalFebruary 22, 2007
Raffi Torres200th NHL PIMMarch 1, 2007
Bryan Young1st NHL GameMarch 9, 2007
Brad Winchester100th NHL PIMMarch 12, 2007
Kyle Brodziak1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		March 17, 2007
Sebastien Bisaillon1st NHL GameMarch 19, 2007
Tom Gilbert1st NHL AssistMarch 23, 2007
Matt Greene100th NHL GameMarch 27, 2007
Dwyane Roloson10th NHL Assist
Rob Schremp1st NHL GameApril 5, 2007
Zack Stortini100th NHL PIMApril 7, 2007
Danny Syvret1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point

Transactions

Draft picks

Edmonton's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver. The Oilers did not draft a player until the 45th pick.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
2 45 Jeff Petry (D)  United States Edmonton Oilers Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
3 75 Theo Peckham (D)  Canada Edmonton Oilers (from Atlanta Thrashers) Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
5 133 Bryan Pitton (G)  Canada Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers) Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5 140 Cody Wild (D)  United States Edmonton Oilers Providence College (NCAA)
6 170 Alexander Bumagin (LW)  Russia Edmonton Oilers Lada Togliatti (RSL)

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2006–07 Edmonton Oilers Roster

Goaltenders:

30 – Markkanen • 35 – Roloson 

Defensemen

2 – Greene • 5 – Smid • 21 – Smith • 24 – Staios • 25 – Hejda • 29 – Tjarnqvist • 36 – Roy • 40 – Syvret • 60 – Bisaillon • 76 – Young • 77 – Gilbert 

Forwards

10 – Horcoff • 12 – Nilsson • 14 – Torres • 15 – Lupul • 16 – Stoll • 18 – Moreau • 19 – Reasoner • 20 – Petersen • 22 – Jacques • 26 – Winchester • 28 – Thoresen • 33 – Schremp • 34 – Pisani • 46 – Stortini • 78 – Pouliot • 83 – Hemsky • 93 – Nedved 

General Manager: Kevin Lowe •  Coach: Craig MacTavish

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