# 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 81st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

## Regular season

Following twelve losses in a 15 game stretch, head coach Trent Yawney was fired on November 27 and replaced by assistant coach Denis Savard.
The Blackhawks struggled on the power play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored (43) and power-play percentage (11.81%).

### Season 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.
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: 4–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 5Chicago8 – 6NashvilleKhabibulin17,1131–0–02Recap
2October 7Columbus5 – 4ChicagoKhabibulin17,1331–1–02Recap
3October 12Nashville1 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin8,0082–1–04Recap
4October 14Chicago3 – 4St. LouisBoucher11,6062–2–04Recap
5October 16Chicago5 – 3ColoradoKhabibulin17,6813–2–06Recap
6October 18Montreal1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin11,0954–2–08Recap
7October 20Chicago4 – 5DallasBoucher18,1984–3–08Recap
8October 21St. Louis4 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin13,2544–4–08Recap
9October 25Vancouver5 – 0ChicagoBoucher11,6414–5–08Recap
10October 28Anaheim3 – 0ChicagoBoucher13,5804–6–08Recap
11October 30Chicago0 – 3PhiladelphiaBoucher18,8764–7–08Recap
12October 31Chicago2 – 5NY IslandersBoucher8,7394–8–08Recap :
November: 4–4–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–3–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
13November 2Detroit2 – 1ChicagoBoucher15,1744–9–08Recap
14November 9Chicago1 – 2New JerseySOBoucher10,9784–9–19Recap
15November 10St. Louis1 – 3ChicagoCaron14,5685–9–111Recap
16November 12Columbus0 – 1ChicagoBoucher14,0786–9–113Recap
17November 16Chicago2 – 3PhoenixSOBoucher15,9636–9–214Recap
18November 17Chicago4 – 3AnaheimSOKhabibulin16,5267–9–216Recap
19November 19Chicago1 – 2VancouverKhabibulin18,6307–10–216Recap
20November 22Chicago1 – 4CalgaryKhabibulin19,2897–11–216Recap
21November 24Chicago1 – 5EdmontonBoucher16,8397–12–216Recap
22November 29Dallas1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin13,1648–12–218Recap :
December: 8–5–3 (home: 5–3–1; road: 3–2–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
23December 1St. Louis2 – 5ChicagoKhabibulin12,1109–12–220Recap
24December 2Chicago4 – 3NashvilleOTKhabibulin15,53010–12–222Recap
25December 5Chicago2 – 3MinnesotaSOKhabibulin18,56810–12–323Recap
26December 7Phoenix2 – 1ChicagoSOKhabibulin9,07810–12–424Recap
27December 9Chicago4 – 5MinnesotaOTBoucher18,56810–12–525Recap
28December 10Edmonton1 – 4ChicagoKhabibulin11,52311–12–527Recap
29December 12Chicago3 – 2St. LouisKhabibulin10,81212–12–529Recap
30December 14Detroit3 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin15,13012–13–529Recap
31December 16Chicago6 – 4ColumbusKhabibulin17,28813–13–531Recap
32December 17Colorado1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin11,11114–13–533Recap
33December 20Nashville2 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin10,20114–14–533Recap
34December 22Toronto1 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin17,95015–14–535Recap
35December 23Chicago2 – 3ColoradoKhabibulin17,34715–15–535Recap
36December 26Dallas1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin14,27816–15–537Recap
37December 29Boston5 – 3ChicagoBoucher19,31516–16–537Recap
38December 31Chicago1 – 3ColumbusKhabibulin18,13616–17–537Recap :
January: 2–8–2 (home: 1–5–2; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
39January 2Chicago4 – 1St. LouisKhabibulin11,06917–17–539Recap
40January 4Chicago0 – 2St. LouisKhabibulin11,84917–18–539Recap
41January 5Nashville8 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin13,18617–19–539Recap
42January 7Phoenix4 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin11,07917–20–539Recap
43January 10Buffalo2 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin14,04117–21–539Recap
44January 13Chicago3 – 6DetroitKhabibulin20,06617–22–539Recap
45January 14Minnesota4 – 3ChicagoSOKhabibulin11,09117–22–640Recap
46January 16Columbus5 – 4ChicagoOTKhabibulin10,26317–22–741Recap
47January 19Minnesota3 – 0ChicagoBoucher12,33317–23–741Recap
48January 20Chicago3 – 6NashvilleKhabibulin17,11317–24–741Recap
49January 26Nashville3 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin11,16217–25–741Recap
50January 28Calgary3 – 4ChicagoOTKhabibulin11,18218–25–743Recap :
February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 4–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 1Chicago3 – 2Los AngelesOTKhabibulin16,95819–25–745Recap
52February 3Chicago2 – 4San JoseKhabibulin17,49619–26–745Recap
53February 6Chicago3 – 2CalgarySOKhabibulin19,28920–26–747Recap
54February 7Chicago3 – 0VancouverLalime18,63021–26–749Recap
55February 9Chicago1 – 2EdmontonKhabibulin16,83921–27–749Recap
56February 11Chicago5 – 4ColumbusKhabibulin17,05422–27–751Recap
57February 14Chicago4 – 5PittsburghSOKhabibulin17,05122–27–852Recap
58February 16Vancouver2 – 1ChicagoSOLalime14,55222–27–953Recap
59February 18Chicago1 – 2NY RangersLalime18,20022–28–953Recap
60February 21Chicago2 – 4DetroitKhabibulin20,06622–29–953Recap
61February 22San Jose2 – 0ChicagoLalime10,12522–30–953Recap
62February 25St. Louis1 – 5ChicagoKhabibulin14,14423–30–955Recap
63February 27Detroit4 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin15,13123–31–955Recap :
March: 5–9–0 (home: 3–5–0; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 1Colorado6 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin10,52223–32–955Recap
65March 2Chicago2 – 6DetroitLalime20,06623–33–955Recap
66March 4Ottawa3 – 4ChicagoSOLalime13,91724–33–957Recap
67March 6Los Angeles0 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin9,11825–33–959Recap
68March 10Chicago7 – 5PhoenixKhabibulin17,08626–33–961Recap
69March 13Chicago1 – 7San JoseLalime17,49626–34–961Recap
70March 15Chicago4 – 3Los AngelesSOKhabibulin16,11027–34–963Recap
71March 16Chicago2 – 5AnaheimKhabibulin17,17427–35–963Recap
72March 20Chicago2 – 5ColumbusKhabibulin15,19527–36–963Recap
73March 21San Jose4 – 1ChicagoLalime10,37427–37–963Recap
74March 23Los Angeles2 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin13,13327–38–963Recap
75March 25Calgary3 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin10,17827–39–963Recap
76March 28Anaheim3 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin11,29527–40–963Recap
77March 30Columbus1 – 3ChicagoLalime14,11128–40–965Recap :
April: 3–2–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
78April 1Edmonton1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin12,19329–40–967Recap
79April 3Chicago3 – 2NashvilleSOLalime14,66330–40–969Recap
80April 5Detroit2 – 3ChicagoSOKhabibulin16,28831–40–971Recap
81April 7Chicago2 – 7DetroitLalime20,06631–41–971Recap
82April 8Chicago2 – 3DallasKhabibulin17,93231–42–971Recap :
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 Blackhawks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 24 | Martin Havlat | RW | 56 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 15 | 28 |
| 16 | Radim Vrbata | RW | 77 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −4 | 26 |
| 51 | Jeff Hamilton | C | 70 | 18 | 21 | 39 | −4 | 22 |
| 15 | Tuomo Ruutu | C | 71 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 95 |
| 11 | Bryan Smolinski‡ | C | 62 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 29 |
| 10 | Patrick Sharp | C | 80 | 20 | 15 | 35 | −15 | 74 |
| 2 | Duncan Keith | D | 82 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 76 |
| 19 | Denis Arkhipov | C | 79 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −13 | 54 |
| 22 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 82 | 13 | 11 | 24 | −14 | 98 |
| 7 | Brent Seabrook | D | 81 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −6 | 104 |
| 14 | Rene Bourque | LW | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −4 | 38 |
| 8 | Tony Salmelainen | LW | 57 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −3 | 26 |
| 33 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 59 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −22 | 50 |
| 12 | Peter Bondra† | RW | 37 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Lasse Kukkonen‡ | D | 54 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 17 | Michael Holmqvist | C | 63 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −5 | 31 |
| 43 | James Wisniewski | D | 50 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 39 |
| 26 | Michal Handzus | C | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | Cam Barker | D | 35 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −12 | 44 |
| 5 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 65 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −6 | 64 |
| 23 | Jim Vandermeer | D | 46 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −3 | 53 |
| 29 | Jason Williams† | C | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −6 | 20 |
| 27 | Craig MacDonald | LW | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 14 |
| 57 | Karl Stewart†‡ | LW | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 43 |
| 47 | Martin St. Pierre | C | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 8 |
| 52 | Dustin Byfuglien | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 10 |
| 34 | Nikita Alexeev† | RW | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
| 38 | Bryan Bickell | LW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Brandon Bochenski‡ | RW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| 32 | Jonas Nordqvist | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Danny Richmond | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 48 |
| 49 | Carl Corazzini | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 | P. A. Parenteau† | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 28 | Michael Blunden | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 10 |
| 36 | Dave Bolland | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 31 | Brian Boucher‡ | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | Troy Brouwer | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 7 |
| 37 | Adam Burish | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| 30 | Sebastien Caron‡ | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 46 | Colin Fraser | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 12 | Matt Keith‡ | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 39 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 8 |
| 48 | David Koci | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 88 |
| 40 | Patrick Lalime | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 34 | Reed Low | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 31 |

### Goaltending

* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks 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 |
| 39 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 60 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1668 | 163 | 2.86 | .902 | 1 | 3425 |
| 40 | Patrick Lalime | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 317 | 33 | 3.07 | .896 | 1 | 645 |
| 31 | Brian Boucher‡ | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 389 | 45 | 3.27 | .884 | 1 | 827 |
| 30 | Sebastien Caron‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1.00 | .960 | 0 | 60 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin Havlat |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Martin Havlat (October 15) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Nikolai Khabibulin (December 3) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Martin Havlat (February 11) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Jeff Hamilton (March 11) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Brent Seabrook |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Adam Burish | October 14, 2006 |
| First game | Mike Blunden | October 25, 2006 |
| First game | Dave Bolland | October 25, 2006 |
| First game | Troy Brouwer | December 23, 2006 |
| First game | Colin Fraser | January 7, 2007 |
| First game | P. A. Parenteau | February 7, 2007 |
| First game | David Koci | March 10, 2007 |
| First game | Bryan Bickell | April 5, 2007 |
| First game | Jonas Nordquist | April 5, 2007 |

## Transactions

The Blackhawks 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 Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2008 | To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2006 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2006Colorado's 4th-round pick in 2006 |
| July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09) | To Chicago Blackhawks Josh HennessyTom Preissing | To San Jose Sharks Mark Bell |
| July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09) | To Chicago Blackhawks Martin HavlatBryan Smolinski | To Ottawa Senators Michal BarinkaJosh HennessyTom Preissing3rd-round pick in 2008 |
| August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02) | To Chicago Blackhawks Vaclav Pletka | To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Meloche |
| August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04) | To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus | To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle Calder |
| December 28, 2006 (2006-12-28) | To Chicago Blackhawks P. A. ParenteauBruno St. Jacques | To Anaheim Ducks Sebastien CaronChris DurnoMatt Keith |
| February 3, 2007 (2007-02-03) | To Chicago Blackhawks Kris VersteegConditional 5th-round pick in 2008 | To Boston Bruins Brandon Bochenski |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 2nd-round pick | To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder | To Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen3rd-round pick in 2007 |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Williams | To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Calder |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev | To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Stewart6th-round pick in 2007 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Patrick Lalime | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) | Denis Arkhipov | Khimik Moscow Oblast (RSL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | Carl Corazzini | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | Jordan Hendry | Norfolk Admrials (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | David Koci | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27) | Reed Low | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01) | Craig MacDonald | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 8, 2006 (2006-08-08) | Sebastien Caron | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23) | Brian Boucher | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25) | Chris Durno | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | | Free agency |
| September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29) | Jeff Hamilton | New York Islanders | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 26, 2006 (2006-10-26) | Karl Stewart | Pittsburgh Penguins | | Waivers |
| December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10) | Peter Bondra | Atlanta Thrashers | 1-year | Free agency |
| June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04) | Magnus Johansson | Linkopings HC (SHL) | | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 26, 2006 (2006-06-26) | Matthew Barnaby | Dallas Stars | Buyout |
| June 26, 2006 (2006-06-26) | Curtis Brown | San Jose Sharks | Buyout |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Mike Brown | | Contract expiration (VI) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Eric Daze | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) | Vladimir Gusev | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) | Mark Cullen | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (VI) |
| July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07) | Nick Kuiper | Manitoba Moose (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07) | Adam Munro | HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA) | Free agency |
| July 16, 2006 (2006-07-16) | Shawn Thornton | Anaheim Ducks | Free agency (VI) |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | Jason Morgan | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (III) |
| July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) | Quintin Laing | Washington Capitals | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) | Pavel Vorobyev | Khimik Moscow Oblast (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04) | Ajay Baines | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| August 31, 2006 (2006-08-31) | Milan Bartovic | Malmo Redhawks (SHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | Brian Boucher | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers |
| May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16) | Jonas Nordqvist | Frolunda HC (SHL) | Free agency |
| June 5, 2007 (2007-06-05) | Denis Arkhipov | Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09) | Martin Havlat | 3-year | Re-signing |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | Lasse Kukkonen | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | Tony Salmelainen | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | Patrick Sharp | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) | Rene Bourque | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) | Michael Holmqvist | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) | Duncan Keith | 4-year | Re-signing |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | Radim Vrbata | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27) | Kyle Calder | 1-year | Arbitration award |
| August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01) | Brandon Bochenski | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01) | Matt Keith | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01) | Jim Vandermeer | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13) | Tuomo Ruutu | 2-year | Re-signing |
| March 22, 2007 (2007-03-22) | Jack Skille | 3-year | Entry-level |
| April 18, 2007 (2007-04-18) | Patrick Lalime | 1-year | Extension |
| May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15) | Evan Brophey | 3-year | Entry-level |
| May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16) | Jonathan Toews | 3-year | Entry-level |
| May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31) | Niklas Hjalmarsson | 3-year | Entry-level |
| June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04) | Adam Hobson | 3-year | Entry-level |
| June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04) | Petri Kontiola | 3-year | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Chicago's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 3 | Jonathan Toews (C/W) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks | University of North Dakota (NCHC) |
| 2 | 33 | Igor Makarov (RW) | Russia | Chicago Blackhawks | Krylya Sovetov (Russia Pro Hockey League) |
| 2 | 61 | Simon Danis-Pepin (D) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa) | University of Maine (Hockey East) |
| 3 | 76 | Tony Lagerstrom (C) | Sweden | Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto) | Södertälje SK (Elitserien) |
| 4 | 95 | Ben Shutron (D) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks (from Pittsburgh) | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 4 | 96 | Joe Palmer (G) | United States | Chicago Blackhawks | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
| 6 | 156 | Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C) | Finland | Chicago Blackhawks | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
| 6 | 169 | Chris Auger (C) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks (from Montreal) | Wellington Dukes (OPJHL) |
| 7 | 186 | Peter LeBlanc (C/LW) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks | Hamilton Red Wings (OPJHL) |