# 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning hoped to rebound from their disappointing first round exit in 2005–06. After head coach John Tortorella ripped his goaltenders during the 2006 playoffs, the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.
Two Lightning players represented the Eastern Conference at the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Dallas: Martin St. Louis scored a goal in the game, while Vincent Lecavalier recorded an assist.

## Off-season

Tim Taylor was named the eighth captain in franchise history on September 6, 2006.

## Regular season
### Season standings

Southeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
| 2 | 7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
| 3 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
| 4 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
| 5 | 14 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
 Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | P - Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 308 | 242 | 113 |
| 2 | Y - New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 216 | 201 | 107 |
| 3 | Y - Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
| 4 | X - Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 288 | 222 | 105 |
| 5 | X - Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 277 | 246 | 105 |
| 6 | X - New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 242 | 216 | 94 |
| 7 | X - Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
| 8 | X - New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 248 | 240 | 92 |
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| 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 258 | 269 | 91 |
| 10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 245 | 256 | 90 |
| 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
| 12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
| 13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 219 | 289 | 76 |
| 14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
| 15 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 214 | 303 | 56 |
* Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Playoffs

Tampa Bay ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2006–07 regular season :
October: 5–6–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 5Tampa Bay3–2AtlantaSODenis17,2691–0–02Recap
2October 7Boston3–2Tampa BayDenis21,2341–1–02Recap
3October 9Atlanta1–0Tampa BayDenis19,8171–2–02Recap
4October 13Tampa Bay2–3FloridaHolmqvist15,2081–3–02Recap
5October 14Florida1–4Tampa BayDenis19,9262–3–04Recap
6October 16Carolina5–1Tampa BayDenis19,8152–4–04Recap
7October 19Philadelphia1–4Tampa BayDenis19,9203–4–06Recap
8October 21Tampa Bay6–4WashingtonDenis13,3274–4–08Recap
9October 26Carolina1–5Tampa BayDenis18,8265–4–010Recap
10October 28Tampa Bay4–6CarolinaDenis18,6395–5–010Recap
11October 29San Jose4–2Tampa BayDenis19,9045–6–010Recap :
November: 8–5–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 4–2–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 1Toronto4–2Tampa BayDenis19,9775–7–010Recap
13November 2Tampa Bay5–2PhiladelphiaHolmqvist18,6336–7–012Recap
14November 4Tampa Bay5–6BostonOTDenis14,1696–7–113Recap
15November 6Tampa Bay5–1NY IslandersHolmqvist9,6937–7–115Recap
16November 8Tampa Bay4–3PittsburghOTHolmqvist14,4838–7–117Recap
17November 11Atlanta3–5Tampa BayHolmqvist20,0349–7–119Recap
18November 15Montreal3–1Tampa BayDenis19,9209–8–119Recap
19November 17NY Islanders2–3Tampa BaySOHolmqvist19,91910–8–121Recap
20November 19Tampa Bay1–4NY RangersHolmqvist18,20010–9–121Recap
21November 20Tampa Bay2–7BuffaloDenis18,69010–10–121Recap
22November 22Tampa Bay6–4FloridaHolmqvist14,51611–10–123Recap
23November 24Atlanta2–3Tampa BayOTHolmqvist19,81912–10–125Recap
24November 26Ottawa1–3Tampa BayHolmqvist19,81913–10–127Recap
25November 28Washington5–2Tampa BayHolmqvist18,87413–11–127Recap
26November 30Tampa Bay3–4BostonSODenis11,15013–11–228Recap :
December: 5–8–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 2Tampa Bay2–5OttawaHolmqvist18,61813–12–228Recap
28December 5Buffalo4–1Tampa BayDenis20,02513–13–228Recap
29December 7Atlanta0–8Tampa BayDenis17,70414–13–230Recap
30December 9Anaheim4–3Tampa BayDenis18,71914–14–230Recap
31December 12Tampa Bay4–5TorontoHolmqvist19,46214–15–230Recap
32December 14Tampa Bay2–4MontrealDenis21,27314–16–230Recap
33December 16Carolina3–2Tampa BayDenis18,63414–17–230Recap
34December 19Tampa Bay5–4WashingtonDenis10,41715–17–232Recap
35December 21Tampa Bay4–2OttawaDenis18,60316–17–234Recap
36December 23NY Rangers3–4Tampa BayHolmqvist20,12217–17–236Recap
37December 26Tampa Bay1–2AtlantaHolmqvist16,35617–18–236Recap
38December 28Philadelphia4–3Tampa BayHolmqvist21,17117–19–236Recap
39December 30Montreal1–3Tampa BayHolmqvist21,12018–19–238Recap :
January: 9–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 7–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 2Tampa Bay2–5MontrealHolmqvist21,27318–20–238Recap
41January 4Tampa Bay3–2MinnesotaDenis18,56819–20–240Recap
42January 5Tampa Bay2–4ColoradoDenis18,00719–21–240Recap
43January 7Tampa Bay3–2PittsburghSOHolmqvist17,13220–21–242Recap
44January 9Pittsburgh2–3Tampa BayHolmqvist19,22621–21–244Recap
45January 11Washington4–5Tampa BayHolmqvist18,80422–21–246Recap
46January 13Tampa Bay3–2BuffaloDenis18,69023–21–248Recap
47January 15Tampa Bay4–3NY IslandersHolmqvist15,42624–21–250Recap
48January 16Toronto4–2Tampa BayDenis19,83024–22–250Recap
49January 18Tampa Bay3–2New JerseySOHolmqvist12,69825–22–252Recap
50January 20Tampa Bay6–5CarolinaSODenis18,19626–22–254Recap
51January 26New Jersey2–0Tampa BayHolmqvist21,40426–23–254Recap
52January 30Tampa Bay4–3PhiladelphiaSOHolmqvist19,31327–23–256Recap :
February: 9–2–2 (home: 6–1–1; road: 3–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
53February 1Tampa Bay4–0CarolinaHolmqvist16,63528–23–258Recap
54February 3NY Rangers2–3Tampa BayHolmqvist21,35429–23–260Recap
55February 6Los Angeles2–3Tampa BaySOHolmqvist18,27330–23–262Recap
56February 9Tampa Bay0–5NY RangersHolmqvist18,20030–24–262Recap
57February 11Tampa Bay4–1New JerseyHolmqvist18,02231–24–264Recap
58February 13Phoenix3–5Tampa BayHolmqvist18,01932–24–266Recap
59February 15Washington2–3Tampa BaySODenis18,74433–24–268Recap
60February 17Tampa Bay4–5FloridaOTHolmqvist17,81333–24–369Recap
61February 20Florida2–3Tampa BaySODenis19,31934–24–371Recap
62February 22Tampa Bay5–4AtlantaOTDenis16,03235–24–373Recap
63February 23Boston6–2Tampa BayHolmqvist21,20135–25–373Recap
64February 25Pittsburgh1–5Tampa BayHolmqvist21,11936–25–375Recap
65February 27Dallas2–1Tampa BayOTHolmqvist19,25536–25–476Recap :
March: 7–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
66March 1Tampa Bay5–4WashingtonSOHolmqvist10,46237–25–478Recap
67March 3Tampa Bay2–6FloridaDenis17,29937–26–478Recap
68March 6Tampa Bay1–5VancouverHolmqvist18,63037–27–478Recap
69March 7Tampa Bay3–1EdmontonDenis16,83938–27–480Recap
70March 10Tampa Bay3–2CalgaryOTDenis19,28939–27–482Recap
71March 13Tampa Bay2–3TorontoDenis19,53039–28–482Recap
72March 16Buffalo3–2Tampa BayDenis21,26439–29–482Recap
73March 18Tampa Bay1–7WashingtonHolmqvist14,27439–30–482Recap
74March 20NY Islanders3–4Tampa BayOTHolmqvist19,91640–30–484Recap
75March 22New Jersey1–3Tampa BayDenis20,32641–30–486Recap
76March 24Ottawa7–2Tampa BayDenis20,34241–31–486Recap
77March 27Florida5–2Tampa BayDenis18,85641–32–486Recap
78March 30Tampa Bay4–2CarolinaHolmqvist18,63942–32–488Recap
79March 31Washington2–5Tampa BayHolmqvist20,06443–32–490Recap :
April: 1–1–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
80April 3Carolina2–5Tampa BayHolmqvist20,22444–32–492Recap
81April 6Florida7–2Tampa BayHolmqvist21,00244–33–492Recap
82April 7Tampa Bay2–3AtlantaSOHolmqvist18,75644–33–593Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 12Tampa Bay3–5New JerseyHolmqvist14,4950–1Recap
2April 14Tampa Bay3–2New JerseyHolmqvist18,2311–1Recap
3April 16New Jersey2–3Tampa BayHolmqvist20,2192–1Recap
4April 18New Jersey4–3Tampa BayOTHolmqvist20,9402–2Recap
5April 20Tampa Bay0–3New JerseyHolmqvist18,0962–3Recap
6April 22New Jersey3–2Tampa BayHolmqvist20,0192–4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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 Lightning only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 4 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 82 | 52 | 56 | 108 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 26 | Martin St. Louis | RW | 82 | 43 | 59 | 102 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| 19 | Brad Richards | C | 82 | 25 | 45 | 70 | −19 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −4 | 6 |
| 22 | Dan Boyle | D | 82 | 20 | 43 | 63 | −5 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Vaclav Prospal | C | 82 | 14 | 41 | 55 | −24 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 71 | Filip Kuba | D | 81 | 15 | 22 | 37 | −9 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 9 | Eric Perrin | C | 82 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
| 17 | Ruslan Fedotenko | LW | 80 | 12 | 20 | 32 | −3 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
| 54 | Paul Ranger | D | 72 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | Ryan Craig | C | 72 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −11 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 12 |
| 15 | Nikita Alexeev‡ | RW | 63 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Cory Sarich | D | 82 | 0 | 15 | 15 | −6 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Doug Janik | D | 75 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −11 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Nick Tarnasky | C | 77 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −6 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10 |
| 24 | Andreas Karlsson | C | 53 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 16 | Jason Ward† | RW | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 6 |
| 44 | Nolan Pratt | D | 81 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |
| 29 | Dmitry Afanasenkov‡ | LW | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Tim Taylor | C | 71 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Blair Jones | C | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Andre Roy† | RW | 51 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 40 | Johan Holmqvist | G | 48 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 7 | Luke Richardson | D | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55 | Shane O'Brien† | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −8 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 12 |
| 30 | Marc Denis | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Karri Ramo | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 61 | Karl Stewart† | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | Kyle Wanvig† | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 40 | Johan Holmqvist | 48 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1134 | 121 | 2.85 | .893 | 1 | 2548 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 168 | 18 | 2.92 | .893 | 0 | 370 |
| 30 | Marc Denis | 44 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 1068 | 125 | 3.19 | .883 | 1 | 2353 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Karri Ramo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3.45 | .826 | 0 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Vincent Lecavalier |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Dan Boyle (Defense) |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Vincent Lecavalier (Center) |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Martin St. Louis (Right Wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Vincent Lecavalier |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin St. Louis |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Martin St. Louis (November 26) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Vincent Lecavalier (December 10) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Month | Vincent Lecavalier (March) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Vincent Lecavalier (December 24) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Brad Richards (February 25) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Paul Ranger |

### Records

Vincent Lecavalier reached 50 goals in a single season and becomes the highest, single-season goal scorer in Lightning history, surpassing Brian Bradley's previous record of 42 goals in a single season.

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
| First game | Blair Jones | November 20, 2006 | |
| First game | Karri Ramo | December 2, 2006 | |

## Transactions

The Lightning 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 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Marc Denis | To Columbus Blue Jackets Fredrik ModinFredrik Norrena |
| July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) | To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2008 | To Dallas Stars Darryl Sydor |
| November 9, 2006 (2006-11-09) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Daniel Corso | To Philadelphia Flyers Darren Reid |
| January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Munce | To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2008 |
| February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Stephen BabyKyle Wanvig | To Atlanta Thrashers Andy DelmoreAndre Deveaux |
| February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Shane O'Brien3rd-round pick in 2007 | To Anaheim Ducks Gerald Coleman1st-round pick in 2007 |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Stewart6th-round pick in 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Jason Ward | To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2007 |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Joe Rullier | To Anaheim Ducks Doug O'Brien |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Andy Delmore | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Andreas Karlsson | HV71 (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) | Filip Kuba | Minnesota Wild | 3-year | Free agency |
| July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) | Doug Janik | Buffalo Sabres | | Free agency |
| July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11) | Luke Richardson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Eric Healey | Boston Bruins | 2-year | Free agency |
| December 2, 2006 (2006-12-02) | Andre Roy | Pittsburgh Penguins | | Waivers |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Gerard Dicaire | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | John Grahame | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Pavel Kubina | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Steve McLaren | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Todd Rohloff | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | Dennis Packard | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) | Jason Jaspers | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency (VI) |
| August 5, 2006 (2006-08-05) | Evgeny Artyukhin | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09) | Timo Helbling | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Release (II) |
| August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16) | Martin Cibak | Frolunda HC (SHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22) | Zdenek Blatny | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05) | Jean-Francois Soucy | Elmira Jackals (UHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) | Chris Dingman | Sodertalje SK (SWE-2) | Free agency (III) |
| December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30) | Dmitri Afanasenkov | Philadelphia Flyers | Waivers |
| January 18, 2007 (2007-01-18) | Sean Burke | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Nikita Alexeev | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) | Marc Denis | 3-year | Re-signing |
| July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) | Norm Milley | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) | Ruslan Fedotenko | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) | Dmitri Afanasenkov | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Mitch Fritz | | Re-signing |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Blair Jones | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Ryan Craig | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27) | Cory Sarich | 1-year | Re-signing |
| April 6, 2007 (2007-04-06) | Vladimir Mihalik | 3-year | Entry-level |
| May 9, 2007 (2007-05-09) | Jason Ward | 2-year | Extension |
| May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16) | Andreas Karlsson | 1-year | Extension |
| May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19) | Johan Holmqvist | 1-year | Extension |
| May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31) | Riku Helenius | 3-year | Entry-level |
| May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31) | Chris Lawrence | 3-year | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Tampa's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lightning picked 15th overall. Through a series of trades, Tampa had only four picks at this draft.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 15 | Riku Helenius (G) | Finland | Ilves (SM-liiga) |
| 3 | 78 | Kevin Quick (D) | United States | Salisbury (USHS-CN) |
| 6 | 168 | Dane Crowley (D) | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 7 | 198 | Denis Kazionov (LW) | Russia | HC MVD Tver (Russian Superleague) |

## Farm teams
### Springfield Falcons

The Falcons are the Lightning's top affiliate in the American Hockey League for the third year.

### Johnstown Chiefs

The Chiefs are Tampa Bay's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.