2006–07_Edmonton_Oilers

2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season

2006–07 Edmonton Oilers

Division 5th Northwest

Conference 12th Western

2006–07 record 32–43–7

Home record 19–19–3

Road record 13–24–4

Goals for 195 (30th)

Goals against 248 (16th)

General Manager Kevin Lowe

Coach Craig MacTavish

Captain Jason Smith

Alternate captains Shawn Horcoff (Feb-Apr)
Ethan Moreau
Ryan Smyth (Oct-Feb)
Steve Staios (Feb-Apr)

Arena Rexall Place

Average attendance 16,839 (17th)

Team leaders

Goals Ryan Smyth (31)
(Traded mid-season)

Assists Ales Hemsky (40)

Points Ryan Smyth (53)
Petr Sykora (53)
Ales Hemsky (53)

Penalties in minutes Matt Greene (109)

Plus/Minus Daniel Tjarnqvist (+3)

Wins Dwayne Roloson (27)

Goals against average Dwayne Roloson (2.75)

The 2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Oilers' 34th season, 27th in the NHL. After making it to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, the club had a disappointing season, finishing out of the playoffs.

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 #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 1000th 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 record of 11, however the NHL does not now consider an overtime loss a true loss, thus does 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]

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Vancouver Canucks (3)	82	49	26	7	221	201	105
Minnesota Wild (7)	82	48	26	8	235	191	104
Calgary Flames (8)	82	43	29	10	258	226	96
Colorado Avalanche (9)	82	44	31	7	272	251	95
Edmonton Oilers (12)	82	32	43	7	195	248	71

Game log

October

Record for month 7–4–0 (Home 6–0–0 Away 1–4–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Calgary	1 – 3	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	1–0–0	2
2	October 7	Edmonton	1 – 2	Calgary		Roloson	19,289	1–1–0	2
3	October 12	San Jose	4 – 6	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	2–1–0	4
4	October 14	Edmonton	4 – 3	Colorado		Roloson	18,007	3–1–0	6
5	October 16	Edmonton	1 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	18,630	3–2–0	6
6	October 17	Vancouver	1 – 2	Edmonton		Markkanen	16,839	4–2–0	8
7	October 21	Detroit	1 – 3	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	5–2–0	10
8	October 23	Phoenix	2 – 5	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	6–2–0	12
9	October 25	Edmonton	2 – 6	Anaheim		Roloson	13,537	6–3–0	12
10	October 26	Edmonton	2 – 6	Phoenix		Markkanen	13,021	6–4–0	12
11	October 28	Washington	0 – 4	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	7–4–0	14

November

Record for month 6–5–2 (Home 4–3–1 Away 2–2–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 1	Nashville	5 – 3	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	7–5–0	14
13	November 3	Dallas	3 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	7–6–0	14
14	November 7	Edmonton	2 – 3	Montreal	SO	Roloson	21,273	7–6–1	15
15	November 8	Edmonton	0 – 3	Detroit		Roloson	20,066	7–7–1	15
16	November 10	Edmonton	4 – 1	Columbus		Roloson	16,902	8–7–1	17
17	November 12	Edmonton	3 – 5	St. Louis		Markkanen	9,214	8–8–1	17
18	November 13	Edmonton	2 – 1	Colorado		Roloson	17,725	9–8–1	19
19	November 16	St. Louis	2 – 6	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	10–8–1	21
20	November 18	Detroit	3 – 4	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	11–8–1	23
21	November 21	Calgary	1 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	12–8–1	25
22	November 24	Chicago	1 – 5	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	13–8–1	27
23	November 28	Anaheim	3 – 2	Edmonton	OT	Roloson	16,839	13–8–2	28
24	November 30	Colorado	7 – 3	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	13–9–2	28

December

Record for month 5–9–0 (Home 2–4–0 Away 3–5–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
25	December 2	Columbus	4 – 0	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	13–10–2	28
26	December 4	Edmonton	4 – 0	Vancouver		Roloson	18,630	14–10–2	30
27	December 6	Carolina	1 – 3	Edmonton		Markkanen	16,839	15–10–2	32
28	December 8	Edmonton	2 – 0	Dallas		Roloson	17,182	16–10–2	34
29	December 10	Edmonton	1 – 4	Chicago		Roloson	11,523	16–11–2	34
30	December 12	Edmonton	2 – 3	Nashville		Roloson	12,032	16–12–2	34
31	December 14	Minnesota	1 – 3	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	17–12–2	36
32	December 15	Edmonton	1 – 4	Colorado		Roloson	17,589	17–13–2	36
33	December 19	Colorado	7 – 6	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	17–14–2	36
34	December 21	Edmonton	3 – 2	Phoenix		Markkanen	12,704	18–14–2	38
35	December 23	Edmonton	2 – 3	Dallas		Roloson	18,136	18–15–2	38
36	December 28	Los Angeles	7 – 4	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	18–16–2	38
37	December 30	Vancouver	6 – 2	Edmonton		Markkanen	16,839	18–17–2	38
38	December 31	Edmonton	2 – 4	Calgary		Roloson	19,289	18–18–2	38

January

Record for month 7–4–2 (Home 4–3–1 Away 3–1–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 2	Florida	1 – 4	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	19–18–2	40
40	January 4	Dallas	6 – 5	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	19–18–3	41
41	January 5	Edmonton	2 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Roloson	18,630	19–18–4	42
42	January 8	Edmonton	2 – 1	Los Angeles	OT	Roloson	16,224	20–18–4	44
43	January 10	Edmonton	3 – 2	San Jose		Roloson	17,496	21–18–4	46
44	January 12	Minnesota	4 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	21–19–4	46
45	January 13	Edmonton	1 – 3	Calgary		Roloson	19,289	21–20–4	46
46	January 16	Edmonton	2 – 1	Minnesota		Roloson	18,568	22–20–4	48
47	January 18	Anaheim	1 – 4	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	23–20–4	50
48	January 20	Calgary	4 – 0	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	23–21–4	50
49	January 26	San Jose	5 – 1	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	23–22–4	50
50	January 27	Los Angeles	3 – 4	Edmonton		Markkanen	16,839	24–22–4	52
51	January 31	Columbus	2 – 5	Edmonton		Markkanen	16,839	25–22–4	54

February

Record for month 5–4–2 (Home 2–1–0 Away 3–3–2)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
52	February 1	Edmonton	3 – 5	Vancouver		Roloson	18,630	25–23–4	54
53	February 3	Edmonton	3 – 2	Colorado		Roloson	17,645	26–23–4	56
54	February 6	Vancouver	5 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	26–24–4	56
55	February 9	Chicago	1 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	27–24–4	58
56	February 11	Atlanta	1 – 5	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	28–24–4	60
57	February 13	Edmonton	0 – 3	Boston		Roloson	16,449	28–25–4	60
58	February 15	Edmonton	1 – 2	Buffalo	OT	Roloson	18,690	28–25–5	61
59	February 17	Edmonton	3 – 4	Toronto		Roloson	19,599	28–26–5	61
60	February 20	Edmonton	3 – 4	Ottawa	SO	Markkanen	19,716	28–26–6	62
61	February 22	Edmonton	4 – 0	Columbus		Roloson	15,541	29–26–6	64
62	February 23	Edmonton	4 – 3	Detroit	SO	Roloson	20,066	30–26–6	66
63	February 25	Edmonton	1 – 4	Minnesota		Roloson	18,568	30–27–6	66
64	February 27	Phoenix	3 – 0	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	30–28–6	66

March

Record: 1–12–1; Home: 1–7–1; Road: 0–5–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Minnesota	5 – 0	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	30–29–6	66
66	March 3	Calgary	4 – 2	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	30–30–6	66
67	March 7	Tampa Bay	3 – 1	Edmonton		Markkanen	16,839	30–31–6	66
68	March 9	Edmonton	1 – 5	Anaheim		Roloson	17,174	30–32–6	66
69	March 11	Edmonton	0 – 3	San Jose		Roloson	17,496	30–33–6	66
70	March 12	Edmonton	1 – 5	Los Angeles		Markkanen	16,954	30–34–6	66
71	March 15	Minnesota	2 – 1	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	30–35–6	66
72	March 17	St. Louis	3 – 2	Edmonton	OT	Roloson	16,839	30–35–7	67
73	March 19	Vancouver	2 – 1	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	30–36–7	67
74	March 21	Colorado	5 – 1	Edmonton		Roloson	16,839	30–37–7	67
75	March 23	Colorado	3 – 4	Edmonton	SO	Roloson	16,839	31–37–7	69
76	March 24	Nashville	4 – 0	Edmonton		Markkanen	16,839	31–38–7	69
77	March 27	Edmonton	3 – 4	Nashville		Roloson	16,382	31–39–7	69
78	March 29	Edmonton	2 – 5	St. Louis		Markkanen	13,745	31–40–7	69

April

Record: 1–3–0; Home: 0–0–0; Road: 1–3–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
79	April 1	Edmonton	1 – 2	Chicago		Roloson	12,193	31–41–7	69
80	April 3	Edmonton	0 – 3	Minnesota		Markkanen	18,568	31–42–7	69
81	April 5	Edmonton	0 – 3	Minnesota		Markannen	18,568	31–43–7	69
82	April 7	Edmonton	3 – 2	Calgary		Roloson	19,289	32–43–7	71

Player Stats

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^‡	53	31	22	53	38	-	-	-	-	-
Petr Sykora	82	22	31	53	40	-	-	-	-	-
Ales Hemsky	64	13	40	53	40	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Horcoff	80	16	35	51	56	-	-	-	-	-
Jarret Stoll	51	13	26	39	48	-	-	-	-	-
Raffi Torres	82	15	19	34	88	-	-	-	-	-
Joffrey Lupul	81	16	12	28	45	-	-	-	-	-
Fernando Pisani	77	14	14	28	40	-	-	-	-	-
Marc-Andre Bergeron^‡	55	8	17	25	28	-	-	-	-	-
Marty Reasoner	72	6	14	20	60	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Staios	58	2	15	17	97	-	-	-	-	-
Patrick Thoresen	68	4	12	16	52	-	-	-	-	-
Toby Petersen	64	6	9	15	4	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Tjarnqvist	37	3	12	15	30	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Smith	82	2	9	11	103	-	-	-	-	-
Marc-Antoine Pouliot	46	4	7	11	18	-	-	-	-	-
Ladislav Smid	77	3	7	10	37	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Greene	78	1	9	10	109	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Winchester	59	4	5	9	86	-	-	-	-	-
Jan Hejda	39	1	8	9	20	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gilbert	12	1	5	6	0	-	-	-	-	-
Petr Nedved^†	19	1	4	5	10	-	-	-	-	-
Dwayne Roloson	68	0	3	3	12	-	-	-	-	-
Mathieu Roy	16	2	0	2	30	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Nilsson	4	1	0	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Brodziak	6	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Zack Stortini	29	1	0	1	105	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Syvret	16	0	1	1	6	-	-	-	-	-
Rob Schremp	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Sebastien Bisaillon	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Alexei Mikhnov	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bryan Young	15	0	0	0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Jussi Markkanen	22	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Jean-Francois Jacques	37	0	0	0	33	-	-	-	-	-

^†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; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); 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	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Dwayne Roloson	68	3932	27	34	6	180	4	.909	2.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jussi Markkanen	22	992	5	9	1	52	0	.886	3.14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.^[10]

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th round pick in 2006 - Michael Forney 7th round pick in 2006 - Arturs Kulda	To Edmonton Oilers 3rd round pick in 2006 - Theo Peckham
July 3, 2006	To Anaheim Ducks Chris Pronger	To Edmonton Oilers Joffrey Lupul Ladislav Smid 1st round pick in 2007 - Nick Ross 1st round pick in 2008 - Jordan Eberle *2nd round pick in 2008 - Travis Hamonic
July 10, 2006	To Buffalo Sabres 7th round pick in 2007 - Nick Eno	To Edmonton Oilers Jan Hejda
February 18, 2007	To New York Islanders Marc-Andre Bergeron **3rd round pick in 2008 - Kirill Petrov	To Edmonton Oilers Denis Grebeshkov
February 27, 2007	To New York Islanders Ryan Smyth	To Edmonton Oilers Robert Nilsson Ryan O'Marra 1st round pick in 2007 - Alex Plante

* Later traded to the Phoenix Coyotes
** Later traded to the New York Islanders

Free agents

Player	Former Team	Contract Terms
F Marty Reasoner	Boston Bruins	2 years, $1.9 million
D Daniel Tjarnqvist	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $1.625 million
F Petr Sykora	New York Rangers	1 year, $2.9 million

Player	New Team
D Jaroslav Spacek	Buffalo Sabres
F Georges Laraque	Phoenix Coyotes
G Ty Conklin	Columbus Blue Jackets
F Sergei Samsonov	Montreal Canadiens
D Dan Smith	Detroit Red Wings
F Michael Peca	Toronto Maple Leafs
F Radek Dvorak	St. Louis Blues

From Waivers

Player	From
F Petr Nedved	Philadelphia Flyers

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	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)

References

Game log: Edmonton Oilers game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
Player Stats: Edmonton Oilers 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
Draft Picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft

^ Edmonton deals Pronger to Anaheim, tsn.ca, July 3, 2006, accessed March 11, 2007
^ Oilers trade forward Smyth to Islanders, tsn.ca, February 28,2007, accessed March 11, 2007
^ Ryan Smyth: $100,000 Difference Led to Deal to Isles, yahoo.com, March 2, 2007, accessed March 11, 2007
^ Messier has No. 11 sweater retired by Oilers, ctv.ca, February 27, 2007, accessed March 11, 2007
^ Ciampa, Marc, Oilers beat Panthers to reach franchise's 1,000th victory, CBSSportsline.com, January 3, 2007, accessed June 02, 2007
^ Oilers snap 12-game winless streak, globesports.com, accessed March 28, 2007
^ Jones, Terry, The losing streak ends at nine!, edmontonsun.com, March 19, 2007, accessed March 28, 2007
^ Katz bids to buy Oilers
^ SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NHL Hockey stats, scores, standings, blogs and fantasy news from NHL Hockey columnists
^ Staples, David, http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story?id=4d85fb30-c635-4b49-834f-7c08867b1b02&k=21912 Cup finals one year, miss playoffs the next], Edmonton Journal, April 6, 2007

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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v • d • e 2006–07 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston • Buffalo • Montreal • Ottawa • Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta • Carolina • Florida • Tampa Bay • Washington

Central	Chicago • Columbus • Detroit • Nashville • St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim • Dallas • Los Angeles • Phoenix • San Jose

See also	2006 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Finals • Transactions