All eyes in the hockey world were on the 2006 NHL entry draft, where teams find their future superstars. Here is the complete list of NHL first-round draft picks.
(Also be sure to see details about the top NHL draft picks.)
- 1 - St. Louis Blues - Eric Johnson (defenseman)
- 2 - Pittsburg - Jordan Staal (center)
- 3 - Chicago - Jonathan Toews (center)
- 4 - Washington - Nicklas Backstrum (center)
- 5 - Boston - Phil Kessel (center)
- 6 - Columbus - Derick Brassard (center)
- 7 - New York Islanders - Kyle Okposo (right wing)
- 8 - Phoenix -Peter Mueller (center)
- 9 - Minnesota - James Sheppard (left wing)
- 10 - Florida - Michael Frolik (right wing)
- 11 - Los Angeles - Jonathan Bernier (goaltender)
- 12 - Atlanta - Bryan Little (center)
- 13 - Toronto - Jiri Tlusty (left wing)
- 14 - Vancouver - Michael Grabner (right wing)
- 15 - Tampa Bay - Riku Helenius (goaltender)
- 16 - San Jose (from Montreal) - Ty Wishart (defenseman)
- 17 - Los Angeles (from Minnesota from Edmonton) - Trevor Lewis (center)
- 18 - Colorado - Chris Stewart (right wing)
- 19 - Anaheim - Mark Mitera (defenseman)
- 20 - Montreal (from San Jose) - David Fischer (defensman)
- 21 - New York Rangers - Bobby Sanguinetti (defensman)
- 22 - Philadelphia - Claude Giroux (right wing)
- 23 - Washington (from Nashville) Semen Varlamov (goaltender)
- 24 - Buffalo - Dennis Persson (defenseman)
- 25 - St. Louis (from New Jersey) - Patrick Berglund (center)
- 26 - Calgary - Leland Irving (goaltender)
- 27 - Dallas - Ivan Vishnevski (defensman)
- 28 - Ottawa - Nick Foligno (left wing)
- 29 - Phoenix (from Detroit) - Chris Summers (defensman)
- 30 - New Jersey (from Carolina) Matthew Corrente
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