2006–07 St. Louis Blues season

The 2006–07 St. Louis Blues season, its 39th in the league, saw the team attempting to improve on the 2005–06 season, in which it had finished with the worst record in the National Hockey League (21–46–15, 57 points).
One major offseason transaction saw the Blues sign Doug Weight back to the roster via free agency, after he had left the team at the trade deadline of the 2005–06 season and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes.
One notable event of the season was the jersey retirement of Brett Hull's #16 on December 5, 2006. In the ceremony, the Blues announced that a section of nearby Clark Avenue would be renamed "Brett Hull Way". In front of a sellout crowd, the Blues then went on to lose a disappointing game 5–1 to the division rival Detroit Red Wings. 
The team started the season very poorly, winning only seven of its first thirty games. A dramatic turn-around was made in mid-December, however, and over a twenty-game span the Blues went 13–3–4. By the end of January, St. Louis had pulled its record to near .500 and had climbed into third place in the Central Division standings.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 2006 	4–5 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2006–07) 	0–0–1
2 	L	October 7, 2006 	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) 	0–1–1
3 	L	October 9, 2006 	0–2 	@ Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) 	0–2–1
4 	W	October 12, 2006 	3–2 SO	Boston Bruins (2006–07) 	1–2–1
5 	W	October 14, 2006 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	2–2–1
6 	L	October 17, 2006 	2–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) 	2–3–1
7 	L	October 20, 2006 	2–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) 	2–3–2
8 	W	October 21, 2006 	4–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	3–3–2
9 	L	October 28, 2006 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	3–4–2
10 	L	October 30, 2006 	5–6 SO	Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) 	3–4–3
11 	L	November 1, 2006 	1–4 	@ Dallas Stars (2006–07) 	3–5–3
12 	W	November 2, 2006 	4–1 	Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) 	4–5–3
13 	L	November 4, 2006 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (2006–07) 	4–6–3
14 	L	November 9, 2006 	2–4 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) 	4–7–3
15 	L	November 10, 2006	1–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	4–8–3
16 	W	November 12, 2006	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) 	5–8–3
17 	L	November 14, 2006	0–3 	@ Calgary Flames (2006–07) 	5–9–3
18 	L	November 16, 2006	2–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) 	5–10–3
19 	L	November 17, 2006	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) 	5–11–3
20 	W	November 22, 2006	4–3 SO	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	6–11–3
21 	W	November 24, 2006	3–2 SO	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	7–11–3
22 	L	November 25, 2006	1–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) 	7–12–3
23 	L	November 28, 2006	0–2 	San Jose Sharks (2006–07) 	7–13–3
24 	L	November 30, 2006	4–5 	Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	7–14–3
25 	L	December 1, 2006 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	7–15–3
26 	L	December 5, 2006 	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	7–16–3
27 	L	December 7, 2006 	3–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	7–16–4
28 	L	December 9, 2006 	1–5 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) 	7–17–4
29 	L	December 12, 2006	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	7–18–4
30 	L	December 13, 2006	1–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) 	7–19–4
31 	L	December 16, 2006	2–3 SO	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	7–19–5
32 	L	December 17, 2006	1–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	7–19–6
33 	W	December 19, 2006	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 	8–19–6
34 	W	December 21, 2006	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) 	9–19–6
35 	W	December 23, 2006	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	10–19–6
36 	L	December 26, 2006	2–3 SO	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	10–19–7
37 	W	December 29, 2006	4–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) 	11–19–7
38 	W	December 30, 2006	2–0 	Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) 	12–19–7
39 	L	January 2, 2007 	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	12–20–7
40 	W	January 4, 2007 	2–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	13–20–7
41 	L	January 6, 2007 	2–3 	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	13–21–7
42 	W	January 9, 2007 	4–3 SO	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	14–21–7
43 	W	January 10, 2007 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 	15–21–7
44 	W	January 13, 2007 	6–5 	Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) 	16–21–7
45 	L	January 15, 2007 	4–5 SO	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) 	16–21–8
46 	W	January 16, 2007 	6–2 	@ Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) 	17–21–8
47 	W	January 18, 2007 	3–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2006–07) 	18–21–8
48 	W	January 20, 2007 	1–0 	@ San Jose Sharks (2006–07) 	19–21–8
49 	W	January 26, 2007 	2–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	20–21–8
50 	L	January 27, 2007 	3–6 	Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	20–22–8
51 	L	January 30, 2007 	2–5 	Minnesota Wild (2006–07) 	20–23–8
52 	L	February 2, 2007 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	20–24–8
53 	W	February 3, 2007 	2–0 	Dallas Stars (2006–07) 	21–24–8
54 	L	February 6, 2007 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	21–25–8
55 	W	February 8, 2007 	1–0 	Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	22–25–8
56 	L	February 10, 2007	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 	22–25–9
57 	L	February 13, 2007	5–6 	San Jose Sharks (2006–07) 	22–26–9
58 	W	February 14, 2007	4–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	23–26–9
59 	W	February 16, 2007	1–0 	Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	24–26–9
60 	W	February 18, 2007	5–3 	Minnesota Wild (2006–07) 	25–26–9
61 	W	February 20, 2007	5–4 SO	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) 	26–26–9
62 	L	February 25, 2007	1–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	26–27–9
63 	W	February 27, 2007	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) 	27–27–9
64 	W	March 1, 2007 	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2006–07) 	28–27–9
65 	L	March 3, 2007 	2–3 SO	@ New York Rangers (2006–07) 	28–27–10
66 	L	March 6, 2007 	2–4 	Calgary Flames (2006–07) 	28–28–10
67 	W	March 8, 2007 	5–3 	Dallas Stars (2006–07) 	29–28–10
68 	L	March 10, 2007 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	29–29–10
69 	L	March 12, 2007 	4–5 SO	@ Calgary Flames (2006–07) 	29–29–11
70 	L	March 15, 2007 	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) 	29–29–12
71 	W	March 17, 2007 	3–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) 	30–29–12
72 	L	March 20, 2007 	2–4 	Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	30–30–12
73 	L	March 22, 2007 	1–5 	@ Minnesota Wild (2006–07) 	30–31–12
74 	W	March 24, 2007 	3–2 SO	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	31–31–12
75 	L	March 25, 2007 	1–4 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	31–32–12
76 	L	March 27, 2007 	1–4 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) 	31–33–12
77 	W	March 29, 2007 	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) 	32–33–12
78 	L	March 31, 2007 	2–3 OT	Anaheim Ducks (2006–07) 	32–33–13
79 	W	April 2, 2007 	4–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2006–07) 	33–33–13
80 	W	April 3, 2007 	5–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2006–07) 	34–33–13
81 	L	April 5, 2007 	1–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	34–34–13
82 	L	April 7, 2007 	1–5 	@ Minnesota Wild (2006–07) 	34–35–13
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	16	43	59 	56 	10 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	82	27	25	52 	33 	-2 	8 	0 	4
 	RW 	77	15	33	48 	54 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	61	28	19	47 	52 	8 	7 	0 	6
 	LW 	61	20	23	43 	92 	3 	8 	0 	1
 	RW 	82	10	27	37 	48 	-6 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	81	8 	28	36 	55 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	52	12	21	33 	48 	-3 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	82	6 	23	29 	69 	-10	2 	0 	1
 	D 	70	3 	24	27 	82 	20 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	49	10	13	23 	37 	6 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	80	8 	14	22 	89 	-19	0 	2 	0
 	D 	55	5 	17	22 	44 	-7 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	61	7 	11	18 	36 	13 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	60	6 	6 	12 	38 	-14	0 	2 	2
 	C 	19	4 	8 	12 	4 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	59	7 	4 	11 	47 	-7 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	41	5 	5 	10 	23 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	64	2 	5 	7 	55 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	1 	6 	7 	12 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	2 	3 	5 	14 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	48	0 	5 	5 	72 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	3 	1 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	31	1 	3 	4 	36 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	27	1 	1 	2 	52 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	0 	0 	12 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	0 	0 	29 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	0 	0 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2522	45	23	15	5 	109	2.59	5 	1177	1068	.907
 	1492	31	8 	12	5 	79 	3.18	0 	707 	628 	.888
 	894 	19	3 	7 	3 	47 	3.15	0 	450 	403 	.896
 	60 	2 	0 	1 	0 	3 	3.00	0 	25 	22 	.880
Team: 	4968	82	34	35	13 	238	2.87	5 	2359	2121	.899
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; 
==Transactions==
The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season:
====Trades====
January 16, 2007 	To St. Louis BluesYan Stastny 	To Boston Bruins5th round pick in 2007
February 25, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Glen Metropolit 1st round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 1st round pick in 2008 if Tkachuk resigns with Atlanta in the offseason.	To Atlanta Thrashers Keith Tkachuk
February 27, 2007	To St. Louis BluesVille NieminenJay Barriball1st round pick in 2007 	To San Jose SharksBill Guerin
February 27, 2007	To St. Louis BluesBrad Boyes 	To Boston BruinsDennis Wideman
====Free agents acquired====
Player 	Former Team
D Jay McKee 	Buffalo Sabres
F Doug Weight 	Carolina Hurricanes
F Dan Hinote 	Colorado Avalanche
F Martin Rucinsky	New York Rangers
G Manny Legace 	Detroit Red Wings
D Jamie Rivers 	Phoenix Coyotes
F Radek Dvorak 	Edmonton Oilers
====Free agents lost====
Player 	New Team
G Patrick Lalime 	Chicago Blackhawks
D Kevin Dallman 	Los Angeles Kings
F Mark Rycroft 	Colorado Avalanche
F Jeff Hoggan 	Boston Bruins
F Mike Zigomanis 	Phoenix Coyotes
F Jesse Boulerice	Carolina Hurricanes
F Dean McAmmond 	Ottawa Senators
===Claimed on waivers===
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Player claimed 	Former team
F Joel Perrault	Phoenix Coyotes
==Draft picks==
St. Louis' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blues possessed the first overall pick in the draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	1 	Erik Johnson (D) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
1 	25 	Patrik Berglund (C) 	 	St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey)	Västerås SK Hockey (Allsvenskan)
2 	31 	Tomas Kana (C) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga)
3 	64 	Jonas Junland (D) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Linköpings HC (Elitserien)
4 	94 	Ryan Turek (C) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
4 	106	Reto Berra (G) 	 	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto) 	Zurich/Kusnacht
5 	124	Andy Sackrison (C/LW) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	St. Louis Park (USHS-MN)
6 	154	Matthew McCollem (LW) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Belmont Hill (Independent School League)
7 	184	Alexander Hellstrom (D)	 	St. Louis Blues 	IF Björklöven (Allsvenskan)
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
==External links==
*Official website of the St. Louis Blues
*Player stats: St. Louis Blues player stats on espn.com
*Game log: St. Louis Blues game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
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