# 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. 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.
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. 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. 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.

## Regular season

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

### Season standings

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 :
| 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 |
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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

## Schedule and results

2006–07 regular season :
October: 4–8–2 (home: 3–3–2; road: 1–5–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 6@ Ducks3 – 4Cloutier17,1740–1–00Recap
2October 7Blues1 – 4Garon18,1181–1–02Recap
3October 10Islanders2 – 4Cloutier14,3942–1–04Recap
4October 12Stars4 – 1Cloutier14,1672–2–04Recap
5October 14Stars4 – 1Garon17,0522–3–04Recap
6October 16Red Wings3 – 1Cloutier17,4172–4–04Recap
7October 18Wild1 – 2OTCloutier14,6172–4–15Recap
8October 19@ Coyotes4 – 0Garon12,7143–4–17Recap
9October 22Ducks3 – 2SOGaron18,1183–4–28Recap
10October 23@ Avalanche1 – 6Cloutier17,2843–5–28Recap
11October 25@ Wild1 – 3Cloutier18,5683–6–28Recap
12October 27@ Blue Jackets0 – 2Cloutier16,0873–7–28Recap
13October 28@ Stars2 – 3Garon17,7113–8–28Recap
14October 30Rangers1 – 4Garon17,2364–8–210Recap :
November: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 1–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
15November 1Penguins4 – 3OTCloutier18,1184–8–311Recap
16November 4@ Coyotes4 – 6Garon14,6314–9–311Recap
17November 7@ Avalanche6 – 5Cloutier17,1965–9–313Recap
18November 9Sharks7 – 3Garon16,6185–10–313Recap
19November 11Wild3 – 2SOGaron17,4795–10–414Recap
20November 13Sharks2 – 4Cloutier16,6676–10–416Recap
21November 16Flyers4 – 3Cloutier16,4466–11–416Recap
22November 18Coyotes3 – 5Cloutier14,4877–11–418Recap
23November 22@ Sharks3 – 6Cloutier17,4967–12–418Recap
24November 24@ Stars3 – 5Garon18,5327–13–418Recap
25November 25Flames1 – 3Garon17,0438–13–420Recap
26November 27Devils2 – 3SOGaron16,2239–13–422Recap
27November 30@ Coyotes4 – 7Brust11,5269–14–422Recap :
December: 5–8–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
28December 2Ducks4 – 3Cloutier16,1419–15–422Recap
29December 3@ Ducks3 – 2Cloutier17,17410–15–424Recap
30December 7Predators4 – 1Cloutier15,11910–16–424Recap
31December 9Avalanche4 – 5Cloutier17,07911–16–426Recap
32December 12Sharks3 – 1Cloutier15,20411–17–426Recap
33December 14@ Sharks4 – 2Brust17,49612–17–428Recap
34December 16Stars4 – 3SOBrust15,84612–17–529Recap
35December 19Flames5 – 3Cloutier17,24712–18–529Recap
36December 21@ Blues2 – 5Cloutier10,39012–19–529Recap
37December 23@ Predators0 – 7Cloutier14,73912–20–529Recap
38December 26Coyotes3 – 4SOBrust18,11813–20–531Recap
39December 28@ Oilers7 – 4Garon16,83914–20–533Recap
40December 29@ Flames4 – 6Brust19,28914–21–533Recap
41December 31@ Red Wings2 – 6Garon20,06614–22–533Recap :
January: 3–8–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 1–5–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
42January 3Blue Jackets0 – 3Garon16,45115–22–535Recap
43January 6Red Wings2 – 4Garon18,11816–22–537Recap
44January 8Oilers2 – 1OTGaron16,22416–22–638Recap
45January 11Sharks5 – 2Garon17,05416–23–638Recap
46January 13@ Blues5 – 6Fukufuji17,86816–24–638Recap
47January 15@ Stars1 – 3Brust17,99216–25–638Recap
48January 16@ Thrashers2 – 6Fukufuji13,20516–26–638Recap
49January 18Blues3 – 1Brust16,54416–27–638Recap
50January 20Coyotes3 – 2Fukufuji18,34616–28–638Recap
51January 26@ Canucks3 – 2OTBurke18,63017–28–640Recap
52January 27@ Oilers3 – 4Burke16,83917–29–640Recap
53January 30@ Flames1 – 4Burke19,28917–30–640Recap :
February: 4–2–4 (home: 1–1–2; road: 3–1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
54February 1Blackhawks3 – 2OTBurke16,95817–30–741Recap
55February 3@ Panthers7 – 0Burke15,10818–30–743Recap
56February 6@ Lightning2 – 3SOBurke18,27318–30–844Recap
57February 8@ Capitals3 – 4OTGaron15,52718–30–945Recap
58February 10@ Predators4 – 1Burke17,11319–30–947Recap
59February 13@ Hurricanes1 – 2Burke15,76519–31–947Recap
60February 17Ducks3 – 2SOGaron18,11819–31–1048Recap
61February 18@ Ducks4 – 3SOBurke17,36320–31–1050Recap
62February 22Canucks3 – 2Garon17,73720–32–1050Recap
63February 24Avalanche5 – 6SOBurke18,11821–32–1052Recap :
March: 5–6–4 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–3–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 1Ducks4 - 3OTBurke17,62022–32–1054Recap
65March 3Predators6 – 3Burke16,85422–33–1054Recap
66March 6@ Blackhawks0 – 3Burke9,11822–34–1054Recap
67March 7@ Blue Jackets2 – 3OTGaron15,15422–34–1155Recap
68March 9@ Red Wings2 – 3OTBurke20,06622–34–1256Recap
69March 11@ Stars3 – 4OTBurke17,47822–34–1357Recap
70March 12Oilers1 – 5Burke16,95423–34–1359Recap
71March 15Blackhawks4 – 3SOBurke16,11023–34–1460Recap
72March 17Blue Jackets3 – 5Garon17,19724–34–1462Recap
73March 18@ Ducks5 – 3Garon17,17425–34–1464Recap
74March 21Stars4 – 2Burke17,83825–35–1464Recap
75March 23@ Blackhawks2 – 1Garon13,13326–35–1466Recap
76March 24@ Wild1 – 4Garon18,56826–36–1466Recap
77March 27@ Sharks1 – 3Burke17,49626–37–1466Recap
78March 29Canucks4 – 2Burke17,91626–38–1466Recap :
April: 1–3–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 1@ Sharks2 – 6Burke17,49626–39–1466Recap
80April 3@ Canucks2 – 4Garon18,63026–40–1466Recap
81April 5@ Coyotes2 – 3Burke15,96526–41–1466Recap
82April 7Coyotes3 – 2Garon18,11827–41–1468Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* 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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | 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 | Lauri Tukonen | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | 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
### Awards

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

### Milestones

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

## Transactions

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.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To Los Angeles KingsPatrick O'Sullivan1st-round pick in 2006 | To Minnesota WildPavol Demitra |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To Los Angeles Kings4th-round pick in 20065th-round pick in 2006 | To New York Rangers4th-round pick in 2006 |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To Los Angeles Kings7th-round pick in 2007 | To Columbus Blue Jackets7th-round pick in 2006 |
| July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) | To Los Angeles KingsDan Cloutier | To Vancouver Canucks2nd-round pick in 2007Conditional draft pick in 2009 |
| September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29) | To Los Angeles KingsOleg TverdovskyRights to Jack Johnson | To Carolina HurricanesEric BelangerTim Gleason |
| January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20) | To Los Angeles Kings4th-round pick in 2008 | To Tampa Bay LightningRyan Munce |
| January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29) | To Los Angeles KingsJamie Lundmark4th-round pick in 20072nd-round pick in 2008 | To Calgary FlamesCraig Conroy |
| February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05) | To Los Angeles KingsJason WardRights to Marc-Andre ClicheRights to Jan Marek | To New York RangersSean AveryRights to John Seymour |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Los Angeles Kings2nd-round pick in 20074th-round pick in 2008 | To Vancouver CanucksBrent Sopel |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Los Angeles Kings5th-round pick in 2007 | To Tampa Bay LightningJason Ward |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Los Angeles KingsJamie Heward | To Washington CapitalsConditional 5th-round pick in 2008 |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Los Angeles KingsJaroslav ModryRights to Johan Fransson2nd-round pick in 20073rd-round pick in 20071st-round pick in 2008 | To Dallas StarsMattias NorstromKonstantin Pushkaryov3rd-round pick in 20074th-round pick in 2007 |

### Players acquired

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

### Players lost

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

### Signings

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

## Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. 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) |