2006–07 St. Louis Blues season

2006–07 St. Louis Blues
Division	3rd Central
Conference	10th Western
2006–07 record	34–35–13
Team information
General manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Mike Kitchen (Oct–Dec) Andy Murray (Dec–Apr)
Captain	Dallas Drake
Alternate captains	Bill Guerin (Oct–Feb) Barret Jackman Doug Weight
Arena	Scottrade Center
Average attendance	12,520 (59.6%)
Team leaders
Goals	Lee Stempniak (27)
Assists	Doug Weight (43)
Points	Doug Weight (59)
Wins	Manny Legace (23)
Goals against average	Curtis Sanford (3.18)

The 2006–07 St. Louis Blues season, its 40th in the league, saw the team attempting to improve on the 2005–06 season, in which it had finished with the worst record in the National Hockey League (21–46–15, 57 points).

One major offseason transaction saw the Blues sign Doug Weight back to the roster via free agency, after he had left the team at the trade deadline of the 2005–06 season and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes.

One notable event of the season was the jersey retirement of Brett Hull's number 16 on December 5, 2006. In the ceremony, the Blues announced that a section of nearby Clark Avenue would be renamed Brett Hull Way. In front of a sellout crowd, the Blues then went on to lose a disappointing game 5–1 to the division rival Detroit Red Wings.

The team started the season very poorly, winning only seven of its first 30 games. A dramatic turn-around was made in mid-December, however, and over a 20-game span, the Blues went 13–3–4. By the end of January, St. Louis had pulled its record to near .500 and had climbed into third place in the Central Division standings.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	50	19	13	254	199	113
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
3	10	St. Louis Blues	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
4	11	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
5	13	Chicago Blackhawks	82	31	42	9	201	258	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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 2006	4–5 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2006–07)	0–0–1
2	L	October 7, 2006	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2006–07)	0–1–1
3	L	October 9, 2006	0–2	@ Anaheim Ducks (2006–07)	0–2–1
4	W	October 12, 2006	3–2 SO	Boston Bruins (2006–07)	1–2–1
5	W	October 14, 2006	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	2–2–1
6	L	October 17, 2006	2–5	Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07)	2–3–1
7	L	October 20, 2006	2–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2006–07)	2–3–2
8	W	October 21, 2006	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	3–3–2
9	L	October 28, 2006	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	3–4–2
10	L	October 30, 2006	5–6 SO	Anaheim Ducks (2006–07)	3–4–3
11	L	November 1, 2006	1–4	@ Dallas Stars (2006–07)	3–5–3
12	W	November 2, 2006	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (2006–07)	4–5–3
13	L	November 4, 2006	2–3	Calgary Flames (2006–07)	4–6–3
14	L	November 9, 2006	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	4–7–3
15	L	November 10, 2006	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	4–8–3
16	W	November 12, 2006	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (2006–07)	5–8–3
17	L	November 14, 2006	0–3	@ Calgary Flames (2006–07)	5–9–3
18	L	November 16, 2006	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (2006–07)	5–10–3
19	L	November 17, 2006	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2006–07)	5–11–3
20	W	November 22, 2006	4–3 SO	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	6–11–3
21	W	November 24, 2006	3–2 SO	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	7–11–3
22	L	November 25, 2006	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07)	7–12–3
23	L	November 28, 2006	0–2	San Jose Sharks (2006–07)	7–13–3
24	L	November 30, 2006	4–5	Nashville Predators (2006–07)	7–14–3
25	L	December 1, 2006	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	7–15–3
26	L	December 5, 2006	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	7–16–3
27	L	December 7, 2006	3–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	7–16–4
28	L	December 9, 2006	1–5	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	7–17–4
29	L	December 12, 2006	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	7–18–4
30	L	December 13, 2006	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2006–07)	7–19–4
31	L	December 16, 2006	2–3 SO	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07)	7–19–5
32	L	December 17, 2006	1–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2006–07)	7–19–6
33	W	December 19, 2006	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07)	8–19–6
34	W	December 21, 2006	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (2006–07)	9–19–6
35	W	December 23, 2006	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	10–19–6
36	L	December 26, 2006	2–3 SO	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07)	10–19–7
37	W	December 29, 2006	4–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2006–07)	11–19–7
38	W	December 30, 2006	2–0	Colorado Avalanche (2006–07)	12–19–7
39	L	January 2, 2007	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	12–20–7
40	W	January 4, 2007	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	13–20–7
41	L	January 6, 2007	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07)	13–21–7
42	W	January 9, 2007	4–3 SO	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	14–21–7
43	W	January 10, 2007	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2006–07)	15–21–7
44	W	January 13, 2007	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (2006–07)	16–21–7
45	L	January 15, 2007	4–5 SO	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07)	16–21–8
46	W	January 16, 2007	6–2	@ Anaheim Ducks (2006–07)	17–21–8
47	W	January 18, 2007	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2006–07)	18–21–8
48	W	January 20, 2007	1–0	@ San Jose Sharks (2006–07)	19–21–8
49	W	January 26, 2007	2–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	20–21–8
50	L	January 27, 2007	3–6	Nashville Predators (2006–07)	20–22–8
51	L	January 30, 2007	2–5	Minnesota Wild (2006–07)	20–23–8
52	L	February 2, 2007	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	20–24–8
53	W	February 3, 2007	2–0	Dallas Stars (2006–07)	21–24–8
54	L	February 6, 2007	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	21–25–8
55	W	February 8, 2007	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	22–25–8
56	L	February 10, 2007	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07)	22–25–9
57	L	February 13, 2007	5–6	San Jose Sharks (2006–07)	22–26–9
58	W	February 14, 2007	4–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	23–26–9
59	W	February 16, 2007	1–0	Nashville Predators (2006–07)	24–26–9
60	W	February 18, 2007	5–3	Minnesota Wild (2006–07)	25–26–9
61	W	February 20, 2007	5–4 SO	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	26–26–9
62	L	February 25, 2007	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	26–27–9
63	W	February 27, 2007	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (2006–07)	27–27–9
64	W	March 1, 2007	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2006–07)	28–27–9
65	L	March 3, 2007	2–3 SO	@ New York Rangers (2006–07)	28–27–10
66	L	March 6, 2007	2–4	Calgary Flames (2006–07)	28–28–10
67	W	March 8, 2007	5–3	Dallas Stars (2006–07)	29–28–10
68	L	March 10, 2007	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	29–29–10
69	L	March 12, 2007	4–5 SO	@ Calgary Flames (2006–07)	29–29–11
70	L	March 15, 2007	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2006–07)	29–29–12
71	W	March 17, 2007	3–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2006–07)	30–29–12
72	L	March 20, 2007	2–4	Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	30–30–12
73	L	March 22, 2007	1–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2006–07)	30–31–12
74	W	March 24, 2007	3–2 SO	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	31–31–12
75	L	March 25, 2007	1–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	31–32–12
76	L	March 27, 2007	1–4	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	31–33–12
77	W	March 29, 2007	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (2006–07)	32–33–12
78	L	March 31, 2007	2–3 OT	Anaheim Ducks (2006–07)	32–33–13
79	W	April 2, 2007	4–2	@ Dallas Stars (2006–07)	33–33–13
80	W	April 3, 2007	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07)	34–33–13
81	L	April 5, 2007	1–4	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07)	34–34–13
82	L	April 7, 2007	1–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2006–07)	34–35–13

Playoffs

The Blues missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Doug Weight	C	82	16	43	59	56	10	5	0	3
Lee Stempniak	RW	82	27	25	52	33	-2	8	0	4
Petr Cajanek	RW	77	15	33	48	54	9	1	0	1
Bill Guerin	RW	61	28	19	47	52	8	7	0	6
Keith Tkachuk	LW	61	20	23	43	92	3	8	0	1
Radek Dvorak	RW	82	10	27	37	48	-6	1	1	1
Jay McClement	C	81	8	28	36	55	3	0	0	0
Martin Rucinsky	LW	52	12	21	33	48	-3	4	0	3
Eric Brewer	D	82	6	23	29	69	-10	2	0	1
Barret Jackman	D	70	3	24	27	82	20	1	0	1
David Backes	C	49	10	13	23	37	6	2	0	2
Jamal Mayers	RW	80	8	14	22	89	-19	0	2	0
Dennis Wideman	D	55	5	17	22	44	-7	4	0	1
Christian Backman	D	61	7	11	18	36	13	1	0	0
Dallas Drake	RW	60	6	6	12	38	-14	0	2	2
Brad Boyes	C	19	4	8	12	4	0	0	0	1
Ryan Johnson	C	59	7	4	11	47	-7	0	2	0
Dan Hinote	RW	41	5	5	10	23	-8	0	0	1
Bryce Salvador	D	64	2	5	7	55	-5	0	0	0
Jeff Woywitka	D	34	1	6	7	12	4	0	0	0
Glen Metropolit	C	20	2	3	5	14	0	1	0	0
Matt Walker	D	48	0	5	5	72	7	0	0	0
Peter Sejna	LW	22	3	1	4	4	2	0	0	0
Jamie Rivers	D	31	1	3	4	36	-7	1	0	0
D. J. King	C	27	1	1	2	52	-3	0	0	0
Tomas Mojzis	D	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Glumac	RW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Bacashihua	G	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Manny Legace	G	45	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jay McKee	D	23	0	0	0	12	-9	0	0	0
Ville Nieminen	LW	14	0	0	0	29	-1	0	0	0
Joel Perrault	C	11	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Roman Polak	D	19	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0
Curtis Sanford	G	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marek Schwarz	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Manny Legace	2522	45	23	15	5	109	2.59	5	1177	1068	.907
Curtis Sanford	1492	31	8	12	5	79	3.18	0	707	628	.888
Jason Bacashihua	894	19	3	7	3	47	3.15	0	450	403	.896
Marek Schwarz	60	2	0	1	0	3	3.00	0	25	22	.880
Team:	4968	82	34	35	13	238	2.87	5	2359	2121	.899

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season:

Trades

January 16, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Yan Stastny	To Boston Bruins 5th round pick in 2007
February 25, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Glen Metropolit 1st round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 1st round pick in 2008 if Tkachuk resigns with Atlanta in the offseason.	To Atlanta Thrashers Keith Tkachuk
February 27, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Ville Nieminen Jay Barriball 1st round pick in 2007	To San Jose Sharks Bill Guerin
February 27, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Brad Boyes	To Boston Bruins Dennis Wideman

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
D Jay McKee	Buffalo Sabres
F Doug Weight	Carolina Hurricanes
F Dan Hinote	Colorado Avalanche
F Martin Rucinsky	New York Rangers
G Manny Legace	Detroit Red Wings
D Jamie Rivers	Phoenix Coyotes
F Radek Dvorak	Edmonton Oilers

Free agents lost

Player	New Team
G Patrick Lalime	Chicago Blackhawks
D Kevin Dallman	Los Angeles Kings
F Mark Rycroft	Colorado Avalanche
F Jeff Hoggan	Boston Bruins
F Michael Zigomanis	Phoenix Coyotes
F Jesse Boulerice	Carolina Hurricanes
F Dean McAmmond	Ottawa Senators

Claimed on waivers

Player claimed	Former team
F Joel Perrault	Phoenix Coyotes

Draft picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blues possessed the first overall pick in the draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Erik Johnson (D)	United States	St. Louis Blues	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
1	25	Patrik Berglund (C)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey)	VIK Vasteras HK (Allsvenskan)
2	31	Tomas Kana (C)	Czech Republic	St. Louis Blues	HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga)
3	64	Jonas Junland (D)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Linkopings HC (Elitserien)
4	94	Ryan Turek (C)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
4	106	Reto Berra (G)	Switzerland	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto)	ZSC Lions (NLA)
5	124	Andy Sackrison (C/LW)	United States	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Park (USHS-MN)
6	154	Matthew McCollem (LW)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Belmont Hill (Independent School League)
7	184	Alexander Hellstrom (D)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	IF Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season