2006 NHL Entry Draft Coverage
06/24/06
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Follow along here on canucks.com for full coverage of the first round of the entry draft.
Not only will we have every Canucks pick, but we will track the entire first round as well.
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| Pick | Team | Player | 2005-06 Team |
| 1 | St. Louis | D - Eric Johnson | US National |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | C - Jordan Staal | Peterborough (OHL) |
| 3 | Chicago | F - Jonathan Toews | North Dakota (WCHA) |
| 4 | Washington | C - Nicklas Backstrom | Brynas (SWE) |
| 5 | Boston | C - Phil Kessel | Minnesota (WCHA) |
| 6 | Columbus | C - Derick Brassard | Drummondville (QMJHL) |
| 7 | NY Islanders | RW - Kyle Okposo | Des Moines (USHL) |
| 8 | Phoenix | C - Peter Mueller | Everett (WHL) |
| 9 | Minnesota | C - James Sheppard | Cape Breton (QMJHL) |
| 10 | Florida | C - Michael Frolik | Kladno (CZE) |
| 11 | Los Angeles | G - Jonathan Bernier | Lewiston (QMJHL) |
| 12 | Atlanta | C - Bryan Little | Barrie (OHL) |
| 13 | Toronto | F - Jiri Tlusty | Kladno (CZE) |
| 14 | Vancouver | RW - Michael Grabner | Spokane (WHL) |
| 15 | Tampa Bay | G - Riku Helenius | Ilves Jr. (FIN) |
| 16 | San Jose (MTL) | D - Ty Wishart | Prince George (WHL) |
| 17 | Los Angeles (MIN-EDM) | C - Trevor Lewis | Des Moines (USHL) |
| 18 | Colorado | RW - Chris Stewart | Kingston (OHL) |
| 19 | Anaheim | D - Mark Mitera | Michigan (CCHA) |
| 20 | Montreal (SJS) | D - David Fischer | Apple Valley (High) |
| 21 | NY Rangers | D - Bob Sanguinetti | Owen Sound (OHL) |
| 22 | Philadelphia | RW - Claude Giroux | Gatineau (QMJHL) |
| 23 | Washington (NSH) | G - Semen Varlamov | Yaroslavl (RUS) |
| 24 | Buffalo | D - Dennis Persson | Vasteras Jr. (SWE) |
| 25 | St. Louis(NJD) | C - Patrik Berglund | Vasteras Jr. (SWE) |
| 26 | Calgary | G - Leland Irving | Everett (WHL) |
| 27 | Dallas | D - Ivan Vishnevski | Rouyn Noranda (QMJHL) |
| 28 | Ottawa | LW - Nick Foligno | Sudbury (OHL) |
| 29 | Phoenix (DET) | D - Chris Summers | US National |
| 30 | New Jersey(STL-CAR) | D - Matthew Corrente | Saginaw (OHL) |
| Round | Number | Player | 2005-06 Team | Audio |
| 1 | 14 | RW - Michael Grabner | Spokane (WHL) | Grabner Nonis |
| 3 | 82 | D - Daniel Rahimi | Bjorkloven (SWE) | Nonis Delorme |
| 6 | 163 | F - Sergei Shirokov | CSKA - Moscow (RUS) | Delorme |
| 6 | 167 | F - Juraj Simek | Kloten Jr. (SUI) | Delorme |
| 7 | 197 | F - Evan Fuller | Prince George (WHL) | Nonis Delorme |

















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