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2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers
Division2nd Southeast
Conference10th Eastern
2003–04 record33–37–8–4
Home record18–17–4–2
Road record15–20–4–2
Goals for214
Goals against243
Team information
General managerDon Waddell
CoachBob Hartley
CaptainShawn McEachern
Alternate captainsDany Heatley
Vyacheslav Kozlov
ArenaPhilips Arena
Average attendance15,121
Minor league affiliate(s)Chicago Wolves
Gwinnett Gladiators
Team leaders
GoalsIlya Kovalchuk (41)
AssistsIlya Kovalchuk (46)
PointsIlya Kovalchuk (87)
Penalty minutesFrancis Lessard (181)
Plus/minusShawn McEachern (+5)
WinsPasi Nurminen (25)
Goals against averagePasi Nurminen (2.78)

The 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' fifth season.

Off-season

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Southeast Division[1]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA PTS
1 1 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 22 8 6 245 192 106
2 10 Atlanta Thrashers 82 33 37 8 4 214 243 78
3 11 Carolina Hurricanes 82 28 34 14 6 172 209 76
4 12 Florida Panthers 82 28 35 15 4 188 221 75
5 14 Washington Capitals 82 23 46 10 3 186 253 59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 46 22 8 6 245 192 106
2 Y- Boston Bruins NE 82 41 19 15 7 209 188 104
3 Y- Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 40 21 15 6 209 188 101
4 X- Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 45 24 10 3 242 204 103
5 X- Ottawa Senators NE 82 43 23 10 6 262 189 102
6 X- New Jersey Devils AT 82 43 25 12 2 213 164 100
7 X- Montreal Canadiens NE 82 41 30 7 4 208 192 93
8 X- New York Islanders AT 82 38 29 11 4 237 210 91
8.5
9 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 37 34 7 4 220 221 85
10 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 33 37 8 4 214 243 78
11 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 28 34 14 6 172 209 76
12 Florida Panthers SE 82 28 35 15 4 188 221 75
13 New York Rangers AT 82 27 40 7 8 206 250 69
14 Washington Capitals SE 82 23 46 10 3 186 253 59
15 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 23 47 8 4 190 303 58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results

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2003–04 regular season[3]
October: 5–3–2–1 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 2–2–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 W October 9, 2003 2–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 1–0–0–0 Recap
2 W October 11, 2003 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 2–0–0–0 Recap
3 T October 14, 2003 2–2 OT New York Islanders (2003–04) 2–0–1–0 Recap
4 T October 16, 2003 0–0 OT @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 2–0–2–0 Recap
5 W October 18, 2003 7–2 Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 3–0–2–0 Recap
6 OTL October 21, 2003 2–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 3–0–2–1 Recap
7 W October 23, 2003 4–2 Nashville Predators (2003–04) 4–0–2–1 Recap
8 L October 25, 2003 2–3 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 4–1–2–1 Recap
9 W October 27, 2003 3–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 5–1–2–1 Recap
10 L October 30, 2003 2–3 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 5–2–2–1 Recap
11 L October 31, 2003 1–2 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 5–3–2–1 Recap
November: 7–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 3–3–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
12 T November 2, 2003 2–2 OT San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 5–3–3–1 Recap
13 W November 5, 2003 7–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 6–3–3–1 Recap
14 L November 7, 2003 2–4 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 6–4–3–1 Recap
15 W November 8, 2003 4–3 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 7–4–3–1 Recap
16 L November 11, 2003 3–5 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 7–5–3–1 Recap
17 L November 13, 2003 1–5 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 7–6–3–1 Recap
18 L November 15, 2003 0–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 7–7–3–1 Recap
19 W November 16, 2003 5–2 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 8–7–3–1 Recap
20 W November 19, 2003 5–4 OT Boston Bruins (2003–04) 9–7–3–1 Recap
21 W November 21, 2003 6–3 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 10–7–3–1 Recap
22 W November 23, 2003 1–0 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 11–7–3–1 Recap
23 L November 25, 2003 3–6 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 11–8–3–1 Recap
24 L November 27, 2003 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 11–9–3–1 Recap
25 W November 29, 2003 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 12–9–3–1 Recap
December: 7–7–0–1 (home: 5–4–0–0; road: 2–3–0–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
26 L December 1, 2003 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 12–10–3–1 Recap
27 L December 3, 2003 4–6 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 12–11–3–1 Recap
28 W December 5, 2003 6–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 13–11–3–1 Recap
29 W December 6, 2003 4–3 OT @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 14–11–3–1 Recap
30 W December 10, 2003 4–3 OT Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 15–11–3–1 Recap
31 W December 12, 2003 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 16–11–3–1 Recap
32 L December 13, 2003 0–4 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 16–12–3–1 Recap
33 L December 16, 2003 0–5 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 16–13–3–1 Recap
34 L December 18, 2003 0–3 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 16–14–3–1 Recap
35 W December 20, 2003 7–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 17–14–3–1 Recap
36 W December 21, 2003 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 18–14–3–1 Recap
37 W December 26, 2003 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 19–14–3–1 Recap
38 L December 28, 2003 2–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 19–15–3–1 Recap
39 L December 29, 2003 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 19–16–3–1 Recap
40 OTL December 31, 2003 5–6 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 19–16–3–2 Recap
January: 2–9–3–0 (home: 1–4–2–0; road: 1–5–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
41 L January 3, 2004 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 19–17–3–2 Recap
42 L January 8, 2004 1–2 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 19–18–3–2 Recap
43 L January 10, 2004 2–5 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 19–19–3–2 Recap
44 T January 11, 2004 1–1 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 19–19–4–2 Recap
45 L January 14, 2004 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 19–20–4–2 Recap
46 L January 16, 2004 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 19–21–4–2 Recap
47 W January 18, 2004 5–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 20–21–4–2 Recap
48 W January 20, 2004 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 21–21–4–2 Recap
49 T January 22, 2004 1–1 OT Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 21–21–5–2 Recap
50 L January 24, 2004 0–3 New York Islanders (2003–04) 21–22–5–2 Recap
51 L January 25, 2004 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 21–23–5–2 Recap
52 T January 28, 2004 1–1 OT St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 21–23–6–2 Recap
53 L January 30, 2004 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 21–24–6–2 Recap
54 L January 31, 2004 2–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 21–25–6–2 Recap
February: 5–7–0–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 4–5–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
55 L February 3, 2004 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 21–26–6–2 Recap
56 L February 5, 2004 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 21–27–6–2 Recap
57 L February 10, 2004 2–5 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 21–28–6–2 Recap
58 L February 11, 2004 1–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 21–29–6–2 Recap
59 W February 13, 2004 4–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 22–29–6–2 Recap
60 L February 16, 2004 2–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 22–30–6–2 Recap
61 W February 17, 2004 4–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 23–30–6–2 Recap
62 W February 19, 2004 3–2 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 24–30–6–2 Recap
63 L February 21, 2004 4–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 24–31–6–2 Recap
64 L February 25, 2004 2–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 24–32–6–2 Recap
65 W February 27, 2004 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 25–32–6–2 Recap
66 W February 29, 2004 3–2 New York Rangers (2003–04) 26–32–6–2 Recap
March: 6–4–2–2 (home: 4–2–0–2; road: 2–2–2–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
67 W March 2, 2004 4–3 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 27–32–6–2 Recap
68 OTL March 5, 2004 2–3 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 27–32–6–3 Recap
69 T March 6, 2004 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 27–32–7–3 Recap
70 L March 9, 2004 0–2 New York Rangers (2003–04) 27–33–7–3 Recap
71 L March 12, 2004 2–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 27–34–7–3 Recap
72 W March 13, 2004 5–2 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 28–34–7–3 Recap
73 W March 15, 2004 1–0 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 29–34–7–3 Recap
74 OTL March 17, 2004 3–4 OT Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 29–34–7–4 Recap
75 W March 19, 2004 3–2 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 30–34–7–4 Recap
76 T March 20, 2004 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 30–34–8–4 Recap
77 W March 24, 2004 3–2 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 31–34–8–4 Recap
78 L March 26, 2004 0–5 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 31–35–8–4 Recap
79 W March 27, 2004 3–0 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 32–35–8–4 Recap
80 L March 29, 2004 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 32–36–8–4 Recap
April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
81 L April 2, 2004 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 32–37–8–4 Recap
82 W April 3, 2004 2–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 33–37–8–4 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Thrashers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
17 Ilya Kovalchuk LW 81 41 46 87 −10 63
19 Shawn McEachern RW 82 17 38 55 5 76
13 Vyacheslav Kozlov LW 76 20 32 52 −12 74
9 Marc Savard C 45 19 33 52 −8 85
27 Patrik Stefan C 82 14 26 40 −7 26
28 Randy Robitaille C 69 11 26 37 −12 20
26 Ronald Petrovicky RW 78 16 15 31 −9 123
8 Frantisek Kaberle D 67 3 26 29 2 30
15 Dany Heatley LW 31 13 12 25 −8 18
10 Serge Aubin LW 66 10 15 25 0 73
16 Jeff Cowan‡ LW 58 9 15 24 2 68
25 Andy Sutton D 65 8 13 21 0 94
36 Daniel Tjarnqvist D 68 5 15 20 −4 20
11 J. P. Vigier RW 70 10 8 18 −18 22
23 Ivan Majesky D 63 3 7 10 −7 76
38 Yannick Tremblay D 38 2 8 10 −13 13
2 Garnet Exelby D 71 1 9 10 −10 134
4 Chris Tamer D 38 2 5 7 −9 55
39 Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre†‡ D 27 2 2 4 −7 26
6 Shawn Heins D 17 0 4 4 −1 16
49 Zdenek Blatny LW 16 3 0 3 0 6
14 Ben Simon† LW 52 3 0 3 −10 28
24 Tommi Santala C 33 1 2 3 −7 22
20 Francis Lessard RW 62 1 1 2 −5 181
31 Pasi Nurminen G 64 0 2 2 35
41 Daniel Corso† C 7 0 1 1 −2 0
47 Kurtis Foster D 3 0 1 1 0 0
41 Simon Gamache‡ C 2 0 1 1 0 0
21 Derek MacKenzie C 12 0 1 1 0 10
22 Kamil Piros‡ C 14 0 1 1 −3 4
48 Kyle Rossiter† D 2 0 1 1 1 0
42 Karl Stewart LW 5 0 1 1 0 4
29 Brian Swanson C 2 0 1 1 0 0
39 Kip Brennan† LW 5 0 0 0 0 17
34 Byron Dafoe G 18 0 0 0 2
5 Tomas Kloucek† D 37 0 0 0 −8 25
29 Brad Larsen† LW 6 0 0 0 −2 2
32 Kari Lehtonen G 4 0 0 0 0
12 Bill Lindsay RW 24 0 0 0 −6 25
43 Mike Weaver D 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Pasi Nurminen 64 25 30 7 1792 173 2.78 .903 3 3738
34 Byron Dafoe 18 4 11 1 499 51 3.14 .898 0 973
32 Kari Lehtonen 4 4 0 0 106 5 1.25 .953 1 240

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		NHL Second All-Star Team Ilya Kovalchuk (Left wing) [4]
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy Ilya Kovalchuk[a] [5]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Ilya Kovalchuk[b] [7]
NHL Offensive Player of the Month Ilya Kovalchuk (October) [8]
NHL Offensive Player of the Week Ilya Kovalchuk (October 20) [9]
Ilya Kovalchuk (October 27) [10]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Garnet Exelby[c] [12]
Team Community Service Award Andy Sutton [13]
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy Garnet Exelby [14]
Players' Player Award Pasi Nurminen [15]
Team MVP Ilya Kovalchuk [16]
Three Stars of the Game Award Ilya Kovalchuk [15]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Tommi Santala October 9, 2003 [17]
Karl Stewart November 7, 2003
Kari Lehtonen March 19, 2004

Transactions

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The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.[18]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21) To Florida Panthers
  • 2nd-round pick in 2003
 To Atlanta Thrashers
[19]
September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15) To Los Angeles Kings
To Atlanta Thrashers
  • Future considerations
 [20]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) To Carolina Hurricanes
  • 4th-round pick in 2004
 To Atlanta Thrashers
[21]
December 2, 2003 (2003-12-02) To Nashville Predators
To Atlanta Thrashers
[22]
December 31, 2003 (2003-12-31) To Columbus Blue Jackets
  • Future considerations
 To Atlanta Thrashers
[23]
January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06) To Ottawa Senators
To Atlanta Thrashers
[24]
March 8, 2004 (2004-03-08) To Florida Panthers
To Atlanta Thrashers
[25]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) To Los Angeles Kings
To Atlanta Thrashers
[26]

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) Brian Swanson Edmonton Oilers Free agency [27]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12) Eric Healey Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Free agency [28]
Randy Robitaille New York Islanders Free agency [28]
August 25, 2003 (2003-08-25) Bill Lindsay Montreal Canadiens Free agency [29]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10) Shawn Heins Pittsburgh Penguins Free agency [30]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) Serge Aubin Colorado Avalanche Waiver draft [21]
Shawn Heins New York Rangers Waiver draft [21]
Ronald Petrovicky New York Rangers Waiver draft [21]
February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25) Brad Larsen Colorado Avalanche Waivers [31]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Via[d] Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) Yuri Butsayev HC CSKA Moscow (RSL) Free agency (II)[e] [34]
Mark Hartigan Columbus Blue Jackets[f] Buyout [36]
Damian Rhodes[g] Contract expiration (III) [32]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) Ben Simon Nashville Predators Free agency (VI) [38]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18) Andreas Karlsson EHC Basel (NLA) Free agency (UFA) [39]
July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21) Per Svartvadet Modo Hockey (SHL) Free agency (UFA) [40]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28) Jeff Farkas Retirement (VI) [41]
August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06) Dallas Eakins Vancouver Canucks Free agency (UFA) [42]
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) Jeff Odgers Retirement (III) [43]
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30) Shawn Heins New York Rangers Waivers [44]
November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02) Lubos Bartecko HC Sparta Praha (ELH) Free agency (UFA) [45]
November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04) Tony Hrkac Nashville Predators Free agency (III) [46]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre Washington Capitals Waivers [26]
Bill Lindsay Washington Capitals Waivers[h] [26]
April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20) Brian Swanson Kassel Huskies (DEL) Free agency [49]
April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26) Randy Robitaille ZSC Lions (NLA) Free agency [50]

Signings

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Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 18, 2003 (2003-06-18) Byron Dafoe 1-year Option exercised [51]
July 11, 2003 (2003-07-11) Tommi Santala Entry-level [52]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) Ivan Majesky Re-signing [53]
Andy Sutton Re-signing [53]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) Kamil Piros Re-signing [27]
July 26, 2003 (2003-07-26) Vyacheslav Kozlov Re-signing [54]
August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11) Pasi Nurminen 1-year[i] Re-signing [55][56]
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13) Marc Savard 1-year Re-signing [57][56]
August 20, 2003 (2003-08-20) Stephen Baby Entry-level [58]
September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15) Joe DiPenta Re-signing [59]
June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02) Lane Manson Entry-level [60]
Brad Schell Entry-level [60]
Brian Sipotz Entry-level [60]

Draft picks

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Atlanta's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[61]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 8 Braydon Coburn  Canada Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4 110 Jim Sharrow  United States Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
4 116 Guillaume Desbiens  Canada Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
4 136 Michael Vannelli  United States Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
5 145 Brett Sterling  United States Colorado College (NCAA)
6 175 Mike Hamilton  Canada Merritt Centennials (BCHL)
7 203 Denis Loginov  Russia Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
8 239 Tobias Enstrom  Sweden Modo Hockey (Sweden)
9 269 Rylan Kaip  Canada Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)

Notes

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  1. ^ Shared with Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames and Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets
  2. ^ Kovalchuk was voted to the starting lineup, receiving more votes than any other player.[6]
  3. ^ Exelby did not play and was replaced by Matt Stajan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[11]
  4. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[32]
  5. ^ The Thrashers retained Butsayev’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[33]
  6. ^ Hartigan signed with Columbus on July 15.[35]
  7. ^ Rhodes retired.[37]
  8. ^ Claim rescinded due to the severity of the throat injury Lindsay suffered during a January 3 game.[47][48]
  9. ^ Club option for a second year.

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