2006–07 Ottawa Senators season

The 2006–07 Ottawa Senators season (the team's 14th season) saw the team rebound from a disappointing early exit from the 2006 playoffs. The team made it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals before losing to the Anaheim Ducks. After numerous personnel changes at the start of the season, the team had a poor record until December. The poor record sparked numerous trade rumours in the media. The team turned their play around to place second in the division and won three playoff series to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the first in Ottawa in 80 years.
==Off-season==
===Player Changes===
In July 2006, the Senators lost four players to free agency; defencemen Zdeno Chara (who signed a 5–year deal with the Boston Bruins), Brian Pothier (who signed with the Washington Capitals), goalie Dominik Hasek (who signed a 1–year deal with the Detroit Red Wings), and forward Vaclav Varada (who signed with HC Davos of the Swiss Elite League). 
Former Carolina Hurricanes starter Martin Gerber was signed to fill the void left by Hasek, and Ottawa also signed defenceman Joe Corvo, formerly of the Los Angeles Kings. A short time later, they traded star forward Martin Havlat and centre Bryan Smolinski to the Chicago Blackhawks for Tom Preissing, Josh Hennessy, Michal Barinka, and a second-round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. 
The club signed Russian centre Alexei Kaigorodov to a two-year entry level contract. They also signed blueliner Jamie Allison and re-signed Antoine Vermette, Chris Neil, and Peter Schaefer to avoid arbitration proceedings. In addition, Ottawa re-signed Chris Kelly and Jason Spezza to two-year contracts each, as well as Christoph Schubert. Midway through the season, the Senators acquired centre Mike Comrie and left wing Oleg Saprykin from the Phoenix Coyotes. They would also acquire defenceman Lawrence Nycholat from the Washington Capitals.
==Regular season==
The goaltending duty was platooned between Ray Emery and Martin Gerber at first. Gerber struggled and Emery won the starting job.
===Highlights===
After starting with a 21–18–1 record until the end of December, Ottawa played better from January on (27–7–8). 
On January 3, 2007, Ottawa acquired centre Mike Comrie from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for prospect Alexei Kaigorodov. Ottawa was in need of another centre due to injuries and was eager to shed Kaigorodov, who was suspended for refusing an assignment to the Senators' American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, instead opting to play in Russia.
Dany Heatley was the representative for Ottawa at the 2007 All-Star Game for the East, managing a 94.0 Miles per hour slapshot in the skills competition and a goal and two assists in the East's 12–9 loss to the West. For the 'YoungStars' game, sophomore defenceman Andrej Meszaros and forward Patrick Eaves participated.
On February 22, 2007, the Senators were involved in a huge fight with the Buffalo Sabres over an alleged late hit by Neil on Sabres co-captain Chris Drury. Although the referees ruled it was a legal hit (and replays and analysts concurred after the game), a fight ensued after play restarted. Eight players were assessed a total of 100 penalty minutes, and five players, including Senators Ray Emery and Chris Phillips, were ejected. The Senators lost the match, 6–5, in a shootout, one of a record eight overtime games and four shootouts that night. 
The team finished second in the Northeast division, behind the Presidents' Trophy-winning Buffalo Sabres, and third in the conference in points (the team was seeded fourth due to the precedence of divisional winners). Because the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs both narrowly missed the playoffs, the Senators were the only Canadian-based team in the Eastern Conference to qualify for the playoffs.
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 4 	Ottawa 	4 – 1	Toronto 	 	Gerber 	19,520 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 5 	Toronto 	6 – 0	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	19,237 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 7 	Buffalo 	4 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	19,202 	1–2–0 	2
4 	October 12	Calgary 	1 – 0	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	18,404 	1–3–0 	2
5 	October 14	Ottawa 	3 – 2	Montreal	SO	Emery 	21,273 	2–3–0 	4
6 	October 19	Colorado 	2 – 1	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	17,728 	2–4–0 	4
7 	October 21	New Jersey	1 – 8	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,166 	3–4–0 	6
8 	October 24	Ottawa 	6 – 2	Toronto 	 	Gerber 	19,485 	4–4–0 	8
9 	October 26	Toronto 	2 – 7	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,178 	5–4–0 	10
10	October 28	Ottawa 	1 – 2	Boston 	 	Gerber 	13,281 	5–5–0 	10
11	October 31	Ottawa 	2 – 4	Montreal	 	Emery 	21,273 	5–6–0 	10
====November====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
12	November 4 	Carolina 	4 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	19,548 	5–7–0 	10
13	November 6 	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Washington 	OT	Gerber 	10,485 	5–7–1 	11
14	November 8 	Ottawa 	4 – 5	Atlanta 	 	Gerber 	16,253 	5–8–1 	11
15	November 10	Ottawa 	6 – 3	Pittsburgh 	 	Gerber 	17,052 	6–8–1 	13
16	November 11	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Boston 	 	Gerber 	15,772 	6–9–1 	13
17	November 13	Montreal 	6 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	20,051 	6–10–1 	13
18	November 15	Ottawa 	4 – 2	Buffalo 	 	Emery 	18,690 	7–10–1 	15
19	November 17	Ottawa 	2 – 3	New Jersey 	 	Emery 	15,133 	7–11–1 	15
20	November 18	Buffalo 	1 – 4	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,770 	8–11–1 	17
21	November 20	Minnesota	3 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	18,094 	9–11–1 	19
22	November 22	Ottawa 	3 – 2	Philadelphia	OT	Emery 	18,990 	10–11–1	21
23	November 24	Ottawa 	6 – 4	Florida 	 	Emery 	16,544 	11–11–1	23
24	November 26	Ottawa 	1 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Emery 	19,819 	11–12–1	23
25	November 28	Ottawa 	4 – 1	Carolina 	 	Gerber 	14,393 	12–12–1	25
26	November 30	Florida 	0 – 6	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	17,814 	13–12–1	27
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
27	December 2 	Tampa Bay 	2 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	18,618 	14–12–1	29
28	December 5 	Ottawa 	4 – 2	NY Islanders	 	Gerber 	8,741 	15–12–1	31
29	December 6 	Ottawa 	2 – 6	Washington 	 	Emery 	10,926 	15–13–1	31
30	December 9 	NY Rangers 	3 – 1	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,192 	15–14–1	31
31	December 10	Ottawa 	2 – 6	Columbus 	 	Gerber 	15,797 	15–15–1	31
32	December 12	Ottawa 	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	Emery 	20,066 	16–15–1	33
33	December 14	Ottawa 	0 – 6	Nashville 	 	Emery 	12,718 	16–16–1	33
34	December 16	Ottawa 	3 – 1	Buffalo 	 	Emery 	18,690 	17–16–1	35
35	December 19	Boston 	7 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,153 	17–17–1	35
36	December 21	Tampa Bay 	4 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	18,603 	17–18–1	35
37	December 23	Ottawa 	6 – 3	Philadelphia	 	Gerber 	19,268 	18–18–1	37
38	December 27	NY Islanders	0 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,192 	19–18–1	39
39	December 29	NY Rangers 	0 – 1	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,214 	20–18–1	41
40	December 30	Ottawa 	3 – 2	Toronto 	OT	Emery 	19,483 	21–18–1	43
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
41	January 1 	Atlanta 	3 – 2	Ottawa 	OT	Emery 	19,707 	21–18–2	44
42	January 3 	Buffalo 	3 – 6	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,777 	22–18–2	46
43	January 6 	New Jersey 	3 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,548 	22–19–2	46
44	January 7 	Philadelphia	1 – 6	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	18,509 	23–19–2	48
45	January 9 	Boston 	2 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	18,292 	24–19–2	50
46	January 11	Ottawa 	6 – 4	NY Rangers	 	Emery 	18,200 	25–19–2	52
47	January 13	Montreal 	3 – 8	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,038 	26–19–2	54
48	January 16	Washington 	2 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	18,810 	27–19–2	56
49	January 18	Vancouver 	2 – 1	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,161 	27–20–2	56
50	January 20	Ottawa 	3 – 0	Boston 	 	Emery 	17,565 	28–20–2	58
51	January 27	Boston 	1 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,846 	29–20–2	60
52	January 29	Ottawa 	1 – 3	Montreal 	 	Emery 	21,273 	29–21–2	60
53	January 30	Washington 	2 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	19,178 	30–21–2	62
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
54	February 3 	Toronto 	3 – 2	Ottawa 	SO	Emery 	20,112 	30–21–3	63
55	February 7 	Ottawa 	2 – 3	Buffalo 	 	Emery 	18,690 	30–22–3	63
56	February 8 	Montreal	1 – 4	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,915 	31–22–3	65
57	February 10	Ottawa 	5 – 3	Montreal	 	Emery 	21,273 	32–22–3	67
58	February 14	Florida 	0 – 4	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	18,561 	33–22–3	69
59	February 17	Atlanta 	3 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Gerber 	19,881 	34–22–3	71
60	February 20	Edmonton	3 – 4	Ottawa 	SO	Gerber 	19,716 	35–22–3	73
61	February 22	Ottawa 	5 – 6	Buffalo 	SO	Gerber 	18,690 	35–22–4	74
62	February 24	Buffalo 	5 – 6	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,040 	36–22–4	76
63	February 27	Ottawa 	4 – 2	Carolina	 	Gerber 	17,812 	37–22–4	78
64	February 28	Carolina	0 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,261 	38–22–4	80
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
65	March 2 	Ottawa 	2 – 4	Atlanta 	 	Emery 	16,190 	38–23–4	80
66	March 4 	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Chicago 	SO	Gerber 	13,917 	38–23–5	81
67	March 6 	Pittsburgh 	5 – 4	Ottawa 	SO	Emery 	20,074 	38–23–6	82
68	March 8 	Toronto 	1 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,018 	39–23–6	84
69	March 10	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Toronto 	OT	Emery 	19,527 	39–23–7	85
70	March 13	Ottawa 	3 – 2	NY Rangers 	 	Emery 	18,200 	40–23–7	87
71	March 15	NY Islanders	2 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,989 	41–23–7	89
72	March 17	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,639 	42–23–7	91
73	March 18	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Pittsburgh 	SO	Emery 	17,132 	42–23–8	92
74	March 20	Ottawa 	4 – 2	St. Louis 	 	Gerber 	13,188 	43–23–8	94
75	March 22	Ottawa 	4 – 2	Florida 	 	Emery 	14,202 	44–23–8	96
76	March 24	Ottawa 	7 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Emery 	20,342 	45–23–8	98
77	March 27	Boston 	3 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,786 	45–24–8	98
78	March 30	Montreal 	2 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,185 	46–24–8	100
79	March 31	Ottawa 	5 – 2	NY Islanders	 	Gerber 	15,598 	47–24–8	102
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
80	April 3	Ottawa 	1 – 2	New Jersey	SO	Emery 	11,642 	47–24–9	103
81	April 5	Pittsburgh	3 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,064 	47–25–9	103
82	April 7	Ottawa 	6 – 3	Boston 	 	Emery 	17,565 	48–25–9	105
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
==Playoffs==
The Ottawa Senators ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fourth seed. 
The Senators started the playoffs against the fifth-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins, whom they defeated four games to one. The second-seeded New Jersey Devils were their next opponent, with the same four-games-to-one result, again in favor of the Senators. In the Eastern Conference Final, the Senators faced the top-seeded Buffalo Sabres. Once again, Ottawa won in five games, which gave the Senators their first ever trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. This was also the Sens' first series win against the Sabres.
;Finals
The Anaheim Ducks were their opponent in the finals and the four-games-to-one result stayed the same for the Senators, the only difference being this time it was in the opposing team's favor. The Ducks were successful in shutting down the Senators's top line to the point where it was broken up in game five. All games were close except for game five which the Senators lost 6–2, when two goals went in off Senators defencemen and Phillips caused an own-goal, which turned out to be the game-winning and Cup-winning goal attributed to Travis Moen, and possibly the only such goal in Finals history. Alfredsson was the Senators' top forward in the series as he had been all playoffs, scoring four goals. Heatley and Spezza were held to one goal and two assists in total.
===Key Contributors===
After a poor start to the season, several players picked up their play and the Senators played well from December to the Stanley Cup Finals. The defence pairing of Chris Phillips and Anton Volchenkov won praise from the media for their "shutdown effectiveness" against opposing top lines. The 'CASH line' of Spezza, Heatley, and Alfredsson was outstanding offensively, scoring nearly half of the Senators' goals in the post-season, appearing on The Hockey News cover for their play. The line tied for the NHL and team scoring lead with 22 points in 20 playoff games. Goaltender Ray Emery played all 20 games and posted 13 wins.
===Eastern Conference Quarter-final: vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 11	Pittsburgh	3 – 6	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,611 	1 – 0
2	April 14	Pittsburgh	4 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,133 	1 – 1
3	April 15	Ottawa 	4 – 2	Pittsburgh	 	Emery 	17,132 	2 – 1
4	April 17	Ottawa 	2 – 1	Pittsburgh	 	Emery 	17,132 	3 – 1
5	April 19	Pittsburgh	0 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,179 	4 – 1
Ottawa wins series 4–1
===Eastern Conference Semi-final: vs. (2) New Jersey Devils===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 26	Ottawa 	5 – 4	New Jersey	 	Emery 	15,512 	1 – 0
2	April 28	Ottawa 	2 – 3	New Jersey	2OT	Emery 	19,040 	1 – 1
3	April 30	New Jersey	0 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	19,636 	2 – 1
4	May 2 	New Jersey	2 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,248 	3 – 1
5	May 5 	Ottawa 	3 – 2	New Jersey	 	Emery 	19,040 	4 – 1
Ottawa wins series 4–1
===Eastern Conference Final: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres===
#	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 10	Ottawa 	5 – 2	Buffalo	 	Emery 	18,690 	1 – 0
2	May 12	Ottawa 	4 – 3	Buffalo	2OT	Emery 	18,690 	2 – 0
3	May 14	Buffalo	0 – 1	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,171 	3 – 0
4	May 16	Buffalo	3 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,294 	3 – 1
5	May 19	Ottawa 	3 – 2	Buffalo	OT 	Emery 	18,690 	4 – 1
 
Ottawa wins series 4–1
===Stanley Cup Final: vs. (W2) Anaheim Ducks===
#	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 28	Ottawa 	2 – 3	Anaheim	 	Emery 	17,274 	0 – 1
2	May 30	Ottawa 	0 – 1	Anaheim	 	Emery 	17,258 	0 – 2
3	June 2	Anaheim	3 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,500 	1 – 2
4	June 4	Anaheim	3 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Emery 	20,500 	1 – 3
5	June 6	Ottawa 	2 – 6	Anaheim	 	Emery 	17,372 	1 – 4
Anaheim wins series 4–1
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates loss.
== Player stats ==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	82	50	55	105	74 	31 	17 	3 	10
 	C 	67	34	53	87 	45 	19 	13 	1 	5
 	RW 	77	29	58	87 	42 	42 	7 	2 	7
 	C 	68	22	26	48 	41 	15 	7 	2 	3
 	LW 	77	12	34	46 	32 	7 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	77	19	20	39 	52 	-2 	2 	3 	2
 	C/LW	82	15	23	38 	40 	28 	1 	2 	0
 	D 	80	7 	31	38 	18 	40 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	76	8 	29	37 	42 	8 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	64	7 	29	36 	50 	1 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	82	7 	28	35 	102	-15	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	73	14	18	32 	36 	1 	3 	1 	1
 	C 	81	14	15	29 	28 	11 	0 	2 	1
 	RW 	82	12	16	28 	177	6 	3 	0 	3
 	D 	82	8 	18	26 	80 	36 	0 	1 	3
 	C 	41	13	12	25 	24 	-1 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	80	8 	17	25 	56 	30 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	78	1 	18	19 	67 	37 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	43	4 	3 	7 	10 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	1 	1 	2 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	45	0 	2 	2 	100	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	0 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	58	0 	1 	1 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3351	58	33	16	6 	138	2.47	5 	1691	1553	.918
 	1599	29	15	9 	3 	74 	2.78	1 	784 	710 	.906
Team: 	4950	82	48	25	9 	212	2.57	6 	2475	2263	.914
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	20	14	8 	22 	10 	4 	6 	1 	4
 	LW 	20	7 	15	22 	14 	4 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	20	7 	15	22 	10 	5 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	20	5 	5 	10 	24 	-2 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	20	3 	7 	10 	10 	6 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	20	2 	7 	9 	6 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	18	5 	3 	8 	11 	5 	0 	1 	1
 	C/LW	20	3 	4 	7 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	2 	5 	7 	10 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	20	1 	6 	7 	12 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	2 	4 	6 	17 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	2 	4 	6 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	20	1 	5 	6 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	2 	3 	5 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	2 	2 	4 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1 	1 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	1 	1 	22 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	0 	0 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1249	20	13	7	47	2.26	3 	505	458	.907
Team: 	1249	20	13	7	47	2.26	3 	505	458	.907
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Awards and records==
* Molson Cup - Ray Emery
* Prince of Wales Trophy
* First NHL All-Star Team - Dany Heatley
==Transactions==
===Trades===
July 10, 2006 	To Chicago Blackhawks Martin Havlat Bryan Smolinski 	To Ottawa Senators Tom Preissing Josh Hennessy Michal Barinka Chicago's second-round pick in 2008 Draft (Patrick Wiercioch)
January 3, 2007 	To Phoenix Coyotes Alexei Kaigorodov 	To Ottawa Senators Mike Comrie
January 5, 2007 	To New York Islanders Tomas Malec 	To Ottawa Senators Matt Koalska
February 26, 2007	To Washington Capitals Andy Hedlund Ottawa's sixth-round pick in 2007 Draft (Justin Taylor)	To Ottawa Senators Lawrence Nycholat
February 27, 2007	To Phoenix Coyotes Ottawa's second-round pick in 2008 Draft (Jared Staal) 	To Ottawa SenatorsOleg SaprykinPhoenix's seventh-round pick in 2007 Draft (pick traded to Tampa)
===Free Agents Acquired===
Player 	Former Team
D Joe Corvo 	Los Angeles Kings
G Martin Gerber	Carolina Hurricanes
F Serge Payer 	Florida Panthers
F Dean McAmmond	St. Louis Blues
===Free Agents Lost===
Player 	New Team
D Zdeno Chara 	Boston Bruins
D Brian Pothier	Washington Capitals
F Tyler Arnason	Colorado Avalanche
G Mike Morrison	Phoenix Coyotes
G Dominik Hasek	Detroit Red Wings
D Filip Novak 	Columbus Blue Jackets
===Lost on Waivers===
Player 	New Team
F Denis Hamel	Atlanta Thrashers
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==Draft picks==
===2006===
Ottawa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed December 9, 2006
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	28 	Nick Foligno (LW) 	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3 	68 	Eric Gryba (D) 	 	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3 	91 	Kaspars Daugavins (LW)	 	HK Riga 2000 (Latvian Hockey League)
4 	121	Pierre-Luc Lessard (D)	 	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
5 	151	Ryan Daniels (G) 	 	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6 	181	Kevin Koopman (D) 	 	Beaver Valley Nitehawks (KIJHL)
7 	211	Erik Condra (RW) 	 	Notre Dame (NCAA)
Notes:
* The 3rd-round pick used to select Eric Gryba was acquired in a trade from the Boston Bruins.
==Farm teams==
* Binghamton Senators (American Hockey League)
* Charlotte Checkers (East Coast Hockey League)
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
*Game log: Ottawa Senators game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
==External links==
*Official website of the Ottawa Senators
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