2006–07 Nashville Predators season
2006–07 Nashville Predators | |
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Division | 2nd Central |
Conference | 4th Western |
2006–07 record | 51–23–8 |
Home record | 28–8–5 |
Road record | 23–15–3 |
Goals for | 272 |
Goals against | 212 |
Team information | |
General manager | David Poile |
Coach | Barry Trotz |
Captain | Kimmo Timonen |
Alternate captains | Paul Kariya Steve Sullivan |
Arena | Nashville Arena |
Average attendance | 15,259 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jason Arnott and Jean-Pierre Dumont (27) |
Assists | Paul Kariya (52) |
Points | Paul Kariya (76) |
Penalty minutes | Jordin Tootoo (104) |
Plus/minus | David Legwand (+23) |
Wins | Tomas Vokoun (27) |
Goals against average | Chris Mason(2.38) |
The 2006–07 Nashville Predators season was the ninth National Hockey League season in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Predators, looking to get past the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history, bulked up their roster by signing star forward Jason Arnott, whose 76 points in 2005–06 was second on the Dallas Stars. With returning forwards Paul Kariya and Steve Sullivan, and the acquisition of Arnott and Jean-Pierre Dumont, the Predators were predicted to challenge the Detroit Red Wings for top spot in the Central Division.[1]
Although the Predators were leading the Central when the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played in Dallas, Texas, only one Predator player was named to the Western Conference team, defenseman and team captain Kimmo Timonen, who played in his second All-Star Game. Head Coach Barry Trotz served as an assistant coach for the Western Conference.[2]
The attendance in Nashville had been a topic of much media debate all season long, with the Predators' attendance being in the bottom third of the league despite the team leading its division for most of the season. There had been much speculation in February about a clause in the Predators lease with the city that could force the city of Nashville to buy $2 million worth of tickets for the Predators in the 2007–08 season if the team failed to reach a paid average attendance of 14,000. After 21 home games, the Predators were only averaging 12,766 in paid attendance.[3] Team owner Craig Leipold had also announced that he was looking to sell up to 40% of the team to local interests; however, he found no immediate takers.[4]
In February, the Predators acquired forward Peter Forsberg from the Philadelphia Flyers for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent and two draft picks.[5] The deal paid immediate dividends at the gate: the Predators announced they had sold 3,500 tickets for their games in the first day after the trade was announced.[6]
The Predators finished the season with a franchise-record 110 points, with 51 wins, and earned a fourth place seed in the Western Conference quarterfinals in the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They then lost to the San Jose Sharks in five games in the quarterfinals.
On May 23, 2007, Craig Leipold was reported to have reached a tentative agreement to sell the team to Research In Motion Chairman and Co-CEO Jim Balsillie.[7] According to Leipold, the team were likely to play the 2007–08 season in Nashville, but the future of the team after that had not been clear.[8] Balsillie had been rumored to be interested in placing another team in Southern Ontario.[7] The sale was later not approved, and the Predators stayed in their city.
Regular season
[edit]The Predators finished the regular season having allowed the fewest shorthanded goals, with two.[9]
Season standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
[edit]The Nashville Predators ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's fourth seed.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 7–3–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 5–2–0)
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November: 10–2–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 6–2–0)
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December: 9–5–1 (home: 6–1–1; road: 3–4–0)
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January: 10–3–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 4–2–0)
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February: 7–5–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 2–3–0)
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March: 6–5–3 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–2–3)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (5) San Jose Sharks — Sharks win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 Predators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
9 | Paul Kariya | LW | 82 | 24 | 52 | 76 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
71 | Jean-Pierre Dumont | RW | 82 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
11 | David Legwand | C | 78 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 23 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
26 | Steve Sullivan | RW | 57 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 16 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Martin Erat | RW | 68 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 13 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
44 | Kimmo Timonen | D | 80 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 20 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
19 | Jason Arnott | C | 68 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 15 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Shea Weber | D | 79 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 64 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 19 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 28 |
47 | Alexander Radulov | RW | 64 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
3 | Marek Zidlicky | D | 79 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
38 | Vernon Fiddler | C | 72 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
20 | Ryan Suter | D | 82 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Dan Hamhuis | D | 81 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
21 | Peter Forsberg† | C | 17 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
12 | Scott Nichol | C | 59 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
63 | Josef Vasicek‡ | C | 38 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Jerred Smithson | C | 64 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −8 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 17 |
22 | Jordin Tootoo | RW | 65 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −11 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 21 |
5 | Greg Zanon | D | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
14 | Ramzi Abid | LW | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
16 | Darcy Hordichuk | LW | 53 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Scottie Upshall‡ | LW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
42 | Mikko Lehtonen‡ | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Tomas Vokoun | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
8 | Kevin Klein | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Sheldon Brookbank | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Chris Mason | G | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
37 | Rich Peverley† | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Vitaly Vishnevski† | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Patrick Leahy | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Michael Leighton†‡ | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
29 | Tomas Vokoun | 44 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 1299 | 104 | 2.40 | .920 | 5 | 2601 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 163 | 16 | 2.97 | .902 | 0 | 324 |
30 | Chris Mason | 40 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1244 | 93 | 2.38 | .925 | 5 | 2342 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Michael Leighton†‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6.07 | .800 | 0 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Kimmo Timonen | [12] |
Barry Trotz (coach) | |||
NHL First Star of the Week | David Legwand (January 21) | [13] | |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Chris Mason (December 17) | [13] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Alexander Radulov | [14] | |
Shea Weber |
Transactions
[edit]The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[15][16]
Trades
[edit]July 18, 2006 | To Nashville Predators Josef Vasicek |
To Carolina Hurricanes Scott Walker |
July 19, 2006 | To Nashville Predators Dominic Moore |
To New York Rangers Adam Hall |
July 19, 2006 | To Nashville Predators 3rd round pick in 2007 (Ryan Thang) |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Dominic Moore Libor Pivko |
February 9, 2007 | To Nashville Predators Eric Belanger |
To Carolina Hurricanes Josef Vasicek |
February 10, 2007 | To Nashville Predators Vitaly Vishnevski |
To Atlanta Thrashers Eric Belanger |
February 15, 2007 | To Nashville Predators Peter Forsberg |
To Philadelphia Flyers Scottie Upshall Ryan Parent 1st round pick in 2007 (Jonathon Blum) 3rd round pick in 2007 (Phil DeSimone) |
February 27, 2007 | To Nashville Predators 4th round pick in 2007 (Mark Santorelli) |
To Buffalo Sabres Mikko Lehtonen |
Free agents acquired
[edit]Player signed | Former team |
F Jason Arnott | Dallas Stars |
F Ramzi Abid | Atlanta Thrashers |
D Alex Henry | Minnesota Wild |
F Jean-Pierre Dumont | Buffalo Sabres |
Free agents lost
[edit]Player lost | New team |
F Mike Sillinger | New York Islanders |
D Mark Eaton | Pittsburgh Penguins |
D Brendan Witt | New York Islanders |
F Denis Arkhipov | Chicago Blackhawks |
D Danny Markov | Detroit Red Wings |
F Greg Johnson | Detroit Red Wings |
F Yanic Perreault | Phoenix Coyotes |
Claimed on waivers
[edit]Player claimed | Former team |
G Michael Leighton | Anaheim Ducks |
Placed on waivers
[edit]Player lost | New team |
G Michael Leighton | Philadelphia Flyers |
Draft picks
[edit]Nashville's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[17] The Predators traded their first round pick, thus their first selection was in the 2nd round, 56th overall.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team (League) |
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2 | 56 | Blake Geoffrion (LW) | United States | Nashville Predators | U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
4 | 105 | Niko Snellman (W) | Finland | Nashville Predators (from Atlanta) | Ilves (SM-liiga) |
5 | 146 | Mark Dekanich (G) | Canada | Nashville Predators | Colgate University (ECAC) |
6 | 176 | Ryan Flynn (RW) | United States | Nashville Predators | U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
7 | 206 | Viktor Sjodin (W) | Sweden | Nashville Predators | VIK Västerås HK Jr. (Sweden) |
Minor league affiliates
[edit]The Milwaukee Admirals were Nashville's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2006–07, and the New Mexico Scorpions were the Central Hockey League affiliate.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Nashville Predators 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- "2006-07 Nashville Predators Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ burnside, Scott, Nashville Predators season preview, espn.com, October 2, 2006, accessed February 17, 2007
- ^ 2007 NHL Allstar Game rosters[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed February 17, 2007
- ^ Mullen, Bryan, Empty Preds seats could cost city $2M, The Tennessean, February 10, 2007, accessed February 17, 2007
- ^ Glennon, John, Leipold: No bites on buyers, the Tennessean, January 24, 2007, accessed February 17, 2007
- ^ Flyers deal Forsberg to Predators, tsn.ca, February 15, 2007
- ^ Kuharsky, Paul, Forsberg scores early for Predators in ticket sales, The Tennessean, February 17, 2007
- ^ a b Balsillie attempting to buy Predators Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, tsn.ca, May 23, 2007
- ^ Nashville Predators Being Sold Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, newschannel5.com, May 23, 2007
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "2006-07 Nashville Predators Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ NHL Insider - Offseason Trades[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006
- ^ NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006,
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.