2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season (39th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. This season marked the beginning of a rebuilding phase, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, the former general manager of the San Jose Sharks, Dean Lombardi, as their new GM, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as assistant GM (and GM of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach.[1][2] Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first-round draft pick (Trevor Lewis), from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006.[3]

2006–07 Los Angeles Kings
Division4th Pacific
Conference14th Western
2006–07 record27–41–14
Home record16–16–9
Road record11–25–5
Goals for227
Goals against283
Team information
General managerDean Lombardi
CoachMarc Crawford
CaptainMattias Norstrom (Oct.–Feb.)
Vacant (Feb.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsRob Blake
Craig Conroy (Oct.–Jan.)
Aaron Miller
Scott Thornton
ArenaStaples Center
Average attendance16,859 (91.1%)
Team leaders
GoalsAlexander Frolov (35)
AssistsMichael Cammalleri (46)
PointsMichael Cammalleri (80)
Penalty minutesRaitis Ivanans (140)
Plus/minusDerek Armstrong (+13)
WinsMathieu Garon (13)
Goals against averageMathieu Garon (2.66)

But the biggest move of the off-season for the Kings was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second-round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006.[4] He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a two-year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and goals against average (GAA) amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.

Injuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history.[5] On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000–01 season (Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).

On January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's number 20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.

The Kings missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.[6]

Regular season

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The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing the regular season 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.86%.[7]

Season standings

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Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Anaheim Ducks 82 48 20 14 258 208 110
2 5 San Jose Sharks 82 51 26 5 258 199 107
3 6 Dallas Stars 82 50 25 7 226 197 107
4 14 Los Angeles Kings 82 27 41 14 227 283 68
5 15 Phoenix Coyotes 82 31 46 5 216 284 67

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[8]
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


Schedule and results

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2006–07 regular season[9]
October: 4–8–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 1–5–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 6 @ Ducks 3 – 4 Cloutier 17,174 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 October 7 Blues 1 – 4 Garon 18,118 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 10 Islanders 2 – 4 Cloutier 14,394 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 October 12 Stars 4 – 1 Cloutier 14,167 2–2–0 4 Recap
5 October 14 Stars 4 – 1 Garon 17,052 2–3–0 4 Recap
6 October 16 Red Wings 3 – 1 Cloutier 17,417 2–4–0 4 Recap
7 October 18 Wild 1 – 2 OT Cloutier 14,617 2–4–1 5 Recap
8 October 19 @ Coyotes 4 – 0 Garon 12,714 3–4–1 7 Recap
9 October 22 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 3–4–2 8 Recap
10 October 23 @ Avalanche 1 – 6 Cloutier 17,284 3–5–2 8 Recap
11 October 25 @ Wild 1 – 3 Cloutier 18,568 3–6–2 8 Recap
12 October 27 @ Blue Jackets 0 – 2 Cloutier 16,087 3–7–2 8 Recap
13 October 28 @ Stars 2 – 3 Garon 17,711 3–8–2 8 Recap
14 October 30 Rangers 1 – 4 Garon 17,236 4–8–2 10 Recap
November: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 1–4–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
15 November 1 Penguins 4 – 3 OT Cloutier 18,118 4–8–3 11 Recap
16 November 4 @ Coyotes 4 – 6 Garon 14,631 4–9–3 11 Recap
17 November 7 @ Avalanche 6 – 5 Cloutier 17,196 5–9–3 13 Recap
18 November 9 Sharks 7 – 3 Garon 16,618 5–10–3 13 Recap
19 November 11 Wild 3 – 2 SO Garon 17,479 5–10–4 14 Recap
20 November 13 Sharks 2 – 4 Cloutier 16,667 6–10–4 16 Recap
21 November 16 Flyers 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,446 6–11–4 16 Recap
22 November 18 Coyotes 3 – 5 Cloutier 14,487 7–11–4 18 Recap
23 November 22 @ Sharks 3 – 6 Cloutier 17,496 7–12–4 18 Recap
24 November 24 @ Stars 3 – 5 Garon 18,532 7–13–4 18 Recap
25 November 25 Flames 1 – 3 Garon 17,043 8–13–4 20 Recap
26 November 27 Devils 2 – 3 SO Garon 16,223 9–13–4 22 Recap
27 November 30 @ Coyotes 4 – 7 Brust 11,526 9–14–4 22 Recap
December: 5–8–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–4–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
28 December 2 Ducks 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,141 9–15–4 22 Recap
29 December 3 @ Ducks 3 – 2 Cloutier 17,174 10–15–4 24 Recap
30 December 7 Predators 4 – 1 Cloutier 15,119 10–16–4 24 Recap
31 December 9 Avalanche 4 – 5 Cloutier 17,079 11–16–4 26 Recap
32 December 12 Sharks 3 – 1 Cloutier 15,204 11–17–4 26 Recap
33 December 14 @ Sharks 4 – 2 Brust 17,496 12–17–4 28 Recap
34 December 16 Stars 4 – 3 SO Brust 15,846 12–17–5 29 Recap
35 December 19 Flames 5 – 3 Cloutier 17,247 12–18–5 29 Recap
36 December 21 @ Blues 2 – 5 Cloutier 10,390 12–19–5 29 Recap
37 December 23 @ Predators 0 – 7 Cloutier 14,739 12–20–5 29 Recap
38 December 26 Coyotes 3 – 4 SO Brust 18,118 13–20–5 31 Recap
39 December 28 @ Oilers 7 – 4 Garon 16,839 14–20–5 33 Recap
40 December 29 @ Flames 4 – 6 Brust 19,289 14–21–5 33 Recap
41 December 31 @ Red Wings 2 – 6 Garon 20,066 14–22–5 33 Recap
January: 3–8–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 1–5–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
42 January 3 Blue Jackets 0 – 3 Garon 16,451 15–22–5 35 Recap
43 January 6 Red Wings 2 – 4 Garon 18,118 16–22–5 37 Recap
44 January 8 Oilers 2 – 1 OT Garon 16,224 16–22–6 38 Recap
45 January 11 Sharks 5 – 2 Garon 17,054 16–23–6 38 Recap
46 January 13 @ Blues 5 – 6 Fukufuji 17,868 16–24–6 38 Recap
47 January 15 @ Stars 1 – 3 Brust 17,992 16–25–6 38 Recap
48 January 16 @ Thrashers 2 – 6 Fukufuji 13,205 16–26–6 38 Recap
49 January 18 Blues 3 – 1 Brust 16,544 16–27–6 38 Recap
50 January 20 Coyotes 3 – 2 Fukufuji 18,346 16–28–6 38 Recap
51 January 26 @ Canucks 3 – 2 OT Burke 18,630 17–28–6 40 Recap
52 January 27 @ Oilers 3 – 4 Burke 16,839 17–29–6 40 Recap
53 January 30 @ Flames 1 – 4 Burke 19,289 17–30–6 40 Recap
February: 4–2–4 (home: 1–1–2; road: 3–1–2)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
54 February 1 Blackhawks 3 – 2 OT Burke 16,958 17–30–7 41 Recap
55 February 3 @ Panthers 7 – 0 Burke 15,108 18–30–7 43 Recap
56 February 6 @ Lightning 2 – 3 SO Burke 18,273 18–30–8 44 Recap
57 February 8 @ Capitals 3 – 4 OT Garon 15,527 18–30–9 45 Recap
58 February 10 @ Predators 4 – 1 Burke 17,113 19–30–9 47 Recap
59 February 13 @ Hurricanes 1 – 2 Burke 15,765 19–31–9 47 Recap
60 February 17 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 19–31–10 48 Recap
61 February 18 @ Ducks 4 – 3 SO Burke 17,363 20–31–10 50 Recap
62 February 22 Canucks 3 – 2 Garon 17,737 20–32–10 50 Recap
63 February 24 Avalanche 5 – 6 SO Burke 18,118 21–32–10 52 Recap
March: 5–6–4 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–3–3)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
64 March 1 Ducks 4 - 3 OT Burke 17,620 22–32–10 54 Recap
65 March 3 Predators 6 – 3 Burke 16,854 22–33–10 54 Recap
66 March 6 @ Blackhawks 0 – 3 Burke 9,118 22–34–10 54 Recap
67 March 7 @ Blue Jackets 2 – 3 OT Garon 15,154 22–34–11 55 Recap
68 March 9 @ Red Wings 2 – 3 OT Burke 20,066 22–34–12 56 Recap
69 March 11 @ Stars 3 – 4 OT Burke 17,478 22–34–13 57 Recap
70 March 12 Oilers 1 – 5 Burke 16,954 23–34–13 59 Recap
71 March 15 Blackhawks 4 – 3 SO Burke 16,110 23–34–14 60 Recap
72 March 17 Blue Jackets 3 – 5 Garon 17,197 24–34–14 62 Recap
73 March 18 @ Ducks 5 – 3 Garon 17,174 25–34–14 64 Recap
74 March 21 Stars 4 – 2 Burke 17,838 25–35–14 64 Recap
75 March 23 @ Blackhawks 2 – 1 Garon 13,133 26–35–14 66 Recap
76 March 24 @ Wild 1 – 4 Garon 18,568 26–36–14 66 Recap
77 March 27 @ Sharks 1 – 3 Burke 17,496 26–37–14 66 Recap
78 March 29 Canucks 4 – 2 Burke 17,916 26–38–14 66 Recap
April: 1–3–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–3–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
79 April 1 @ Sharks 2 – 6 Burke 17,496 26–39–14 66 Recap
80 April 3 @ Canucks 2 – 4 Garon 18,630 26–40–14 66 Recap
81 April 5 @ Coyotes 2 – 3 Burke 15,965 26–41–14 66 Recap
82 April 7 Coyotes 3 – 2 Garon 18,118 27–41–14 68 Recap
Legend:

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

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Kings only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
13 Michael Cammalleri C 81 34 46 80 5 48
24 Alexander Frolov LW 82 35 36 71 −8 34
11 Anze Kopitar C 72 20 41 61 −12 24
17 Lubomir Visnovsky D 69 18 40 58 1 26
23 Dustin Brown LW 81 17 29 46 −21 54
7 Derek Armstrong C 67 11 33 44 13 62
4 Rob Blake D 72 14 20 34 −26 82
19 Sean Avery C 55 10 18 28 −10 116
5 Brent Sopel D 44 4 19 23 2 14
29 Tom Kostopoulos RW 76 7 15 22 −2 73
21 Brian Willsie RW 81 11 10 21 −20 49
12 Patrick O'Sullivan C 44 5 14 19 −6 14
22 Craig Conroy C 52 5 11 16 −13 38
27 Scott Thornton LW 58 7 6 13 −15 85
38 Kevin Dallman D 53 1 9 10 −13 12
15 Jamie Lundmark C 29 7 2 9 −8 25
8 Mike Weaver D 39 3 6 9 −4 16
14 Mattias Norstrom D 62 2 7 9 −20 40
41 Raitis Ivanans LW 66 4 4 8 −12 140
6 Jamie Heward D 19 2 6 8 −2 20
3 Aaron Miller D 82 0 8 8 −14 60
44 Jaroslav Modry D 19 0 8 8 1 22
9 Konstantin Pushkarev RW 16 2 2 4 −2 8
28 Oleg Tverdovsky D 26 0 4 4 −10 10
73 John Zeiler RW 23 1 2 3 −2 22
25 Noah Clarke LW 13 2 0 2 −6 4
15 Jeff Cowan LW 21 0 2 2 −1 32
49 Peter Harrold D 12 0 2 2 0 8
26 Marty Murray C 19 0 2 2 −5 4
10 Alyn McCauley C 10 1 0 1 0 2
1 Sean Burke G 23 0 1 1 4
39 Dan Cloutier G 24 0 1 1 21
31 Mathieu Garon G 32 0 1 1 6
22 Jason Ward†‡ RW 7 0 1 1 −1 4
32 Barry Brust G 11 0 0 0 0
33 Yutaka Fukufuji G 4 0 0 0 0
37 Gabe Gauthier LW 5 0 0 0 −1 2
43 Tim Jackman RW 5 0 0 0 −1 10
33 Jack Johnson D 5 0 0 0 −5 18
22 Joe Piskula D 5 0 0 0 −3 6
22 Shay Stephenson LW 2 0 0 0 0 0
34[a] Lauri Tukonen RW 4 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltending

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  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Mathieu Garon 32 13 10 6 849 79 2.66 .907 2 1779
1 Sean Burke 23 6 10 5 687 68 3.12 .901 1 1310
39 Dan Cloutier 24 6 14 2 608 85 3.98 .860 0 1281
32 Barry Brust 11 2 4 1 245 30 3.70 .878 0 486
33 Yutaka Fukufuji 4 0 3 0 43 7 4.37 .837 0 96

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Lubomir Visnovsky [10]
NHL First Star of the Week Alexander Frolov (November 19) [11]
NHL Second Star of the Week Alexander Frolov (December 31) [11]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Anze Kopitar [12]
Team Ace Bailey Memorial Award Tom Kostopoulos [13]
Bill Libby Memorial Award Michael Cammalleri [13]
Defensive Player Derek Armstrong [13]
Jim Fox Community Service Derek Armstrong [13]
Leading Scorer Michael Cammalleri [13]
Mark Bavis Memorial Award Anze Kopitar [13]
Most Popular Player Anze Kopitar [13]
Outstanding Defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky [13]
Unsung Hero Tom Kostopoulos [13]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Anze Kopitar October 6, 2006 [14]
Patrick O'Sullivan
Peter Harrold November 22, 2006
Barry Brust November 30, 2006
Yutaka Fukufuji January 13, 2007
John Zeiler February 17, 2007
Lauri Tukonen February 22, 2007
Shay Stephenson March 1, 2007
Gabe Gauthier March 11, 2007
Joe Piskula March 23, 2007
Jack Johnson March 29, 2007
1,000th game played Rob Blake November 4, 2006 [15]

Transactions

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The Kings 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.[16]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) To Los Angeles Kings
To Minnesota Wild
[3]
To Los Angeles Kings
  • 4th-round pick in 2006
  • 5th-round pick in 2006
To New York Rangers
  • 4th-round pick in 2006
[17]
To Los Angeles Kings
  • 7th-round pick in 2007
To Columbus Blue Jackets
  • 7th-round pick in 2006
[17]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) To Los Angeles Kings
To Vancouver Canucks
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
  • Conditional draft pick in 2009
[4]
September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29) To Los Angeles Kings
To Carolina Hurricanes
[18]
January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20) To Los Angeles Kings
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
To Tampa Bay Lightning
[19]
January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29) To Los Angeles Kings
To Calgary Flames
[20]
February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05) To Los Angeles Kings
To New York Rangers
[21]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) To Los Angeles Kings
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
To Vancouver Canucks
[22]
To Los Angeles Kings
  • 5th-round pick in 2007
To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Jason Ward
[23]
To Los Angeles Kings
To Washington Capitals
  • Conditional 5th-round pick in 2008
[23]
To Los Angeles Kings
To Dallas Stars
[23]

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Rob Blake Colorado Avalanche 2-year Free agency [24]
Scott Thornton San Jose Sharks 2-year Free agency [25]
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) Alyn McCauley San Jose Sharks 3-year Free agency [26]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) Brian Willsie Washington Capitals 2-year Free agency [27]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) Gabe Gauthier University of Denver (WCHA) 2-year Free agency [28]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) Brendan Buckley St. Louis Blues 2-year Free agency [29]
Kevin Dallman St. Louis Blues 2-year Free agency [29]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) Raitis Ivanans Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency [30]
September 1, 2006 (2006-09-01) Matt Moulson Cornell University (ECAC) multi-year Free agency [31]
November 11, 2006 (2006-11-11) Marty Murray Philadelphia Flyers Waivers [32]
January 18, 2007 (2007-01-18) Sean Burke Tampa Bay Lightning Waivers [33]
February 17, 2007 (2007-02-17) John Zeiler Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 1-year Free agency [34]
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16) Kevin Westgarth Princeton University (ECAC) 3-year Free agency [35]
March 21, 2007 (2007-03-21) Joe Piskula University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA) 3-year Free agency [36]
April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27) Teddy Purcell University of Maine (HE) 3-year Free agency [37]
May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31) Vladimir Dravecky HC Kosice (SVK) 3-year Free agency [38]
Erik Ersberg HV71 (SHL) 1-year Free agency [38]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Via[b] Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Valeri Bure[c] Contract expiration (III) [39]
Joe Corvo Ottawa Senators Free agency (III) [24]
Mark Parrish Minnesota Wild Free agency (III) [41]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) Jeremy Roenick Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (III) [42]
July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09) Adam Hauser Kolner Haie (DEL) Free agency (UFA) [43]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) Marty Wilford Iowa Stars (AHL) Free agency (III) [44]
August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07) Nathan Dempsey Boston Bruins Free agency (III) [45]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09) Connor James Pittsburgh Penguins Free agency (UFA) [46]
August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16) Brad Fast SCL Tigers (NLA) Free agency (UFA) [47]
August 21, 2006 (2006-08-21) Ryan Flinn San Antonio Rampage (AHL) Free agency (VI) [48]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) George Parros Colorado Avalanche Waivers [49]
December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30) Jeff Cowan Vancouver Canucks Waivers [50]
May 27, 2007 (2007-05-27) Marty Murray HC Lugano (NLA) Free agency [51]

Signings

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Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) Jeff Cowan 1-year Option exercised [52]
July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07) Mike Weaver 1-year Re-signing [53]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) Trevor Lewis 3-year Entry-level [54]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) Mathieu Garon 1-year Re-signing [55]
Tim Jackman 1-year Re-signing [55]
July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19) Eric Belanger 1-year Re-signing [56]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) Sean Avery 1-year Re-signing [57]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) Michael Cammalleri 1-year Re-signing [58]
September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17) Dustin Brown 2-year Re-signing [59]
Tim Gleason 2-year Re-signing [59]
September 27, 2006 (2006-09-27) Dan Cloutier 2-year Extension [60]
October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13) Jonathan Bernier 3-year Entry-level [61]
February 14, 2007 (2007-02-14) Derek Armstrong 2-year Extension [62]
March 18, 2007 (2007-03-18) Raitis Ivanans 1-year Extension [63]
March 26, 2007 (2007-03-26) Jack Johnson 3-year Entry-level [64]
March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30) Jonathan Quick multi-year Entry-level [65]
April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09) Marc-Andre Cliche 3-year Entry-level [66]
April 16, 2007 (2007-04-16) Brian Boyle 2-year Entry-level [67]
May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08) Brady Murray multi-year Entry-level [68]
May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22) Patrik Hersley multi-year Entry-level [69]

Draft picks

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Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[70] The Kings had the 11th overall draft pick by lottery for the third consecutive year.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 11 Jonathan Bernier (G)   Canada Los Angeles Kings Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
1 17 Trevor Lewis (C)   United States Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton, via Minnesota) Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
2 48 Joey Ryan (D)   United States Los Angeles Kings Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3 74 Jeff Zatkoff (G)   United States Los Angeles Kings Miami University
3 86 Bud Holloway (C/RW)   Canada Los Angeles Kings (from Nashville) Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4 114 Niclas Andersen (D)   Sweden Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers) Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
5 134 David Meckler (C)   United States Los Angeles Kings Yale University (ECAC)
5 144 Martin Nolet (D)   Canada Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers) Champlain (QAAAJHL)
6 164 Constantin Braun (LW)   Denmark Los Angeles Kings Eisbaren Berlin (Germany)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Tukonen wore number 44 in his first game.
  2. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[39]
  3. ^ Bure retired.[40]

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