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2006 Draft Choices Round 1
 
Year: Team: Position: Round:  
Austria
Round Pick Overall Team Player Pos Country Ht Wt Amateur League Amateur Team
1 14 14 VAN
 Michael Grabner R AUT 6' 0" 170 WHL Spokane
Canada
Round Pick Overall Team Player Pos Country Ht Wt Amateur League Amateur Team
1 2 2 PIT
 Jordan Staal C CAN 6' 4" 220 OHL Peterborough
1 3 3 CHI
 Jonathan Toews F CAN 6' 2" 210 WCHA U. of North Dakota
1 6 6 CBJ
 Derick Brassard C CAN 6' 1" 199 QMJHL Drummondville
1 9 9 MIN
 James Sheppard C CAN 6' 2" 210 QMJHL Cape Breton
1 11 11 LAK
 Jonathan Bernier G CAN 5' 11" 186 QMJHL Lewiston
1 12 12 ATL
 Bryan Little C CAN 5' 11" 185 OHL Barrie
1 16 16 SJS
(From MTL) 		Ty Wishart D CAN 6' 4" 222 WHL Prince George
1 18 18 COL
 Chris Stewart R CAN 6' 2" 228 OHL Kingston
1 22 22 PHI
 Claude Giroux R CAN 5' 11" 172 QMJHL Gatineau
1 26 26 CGY
 Leland Irving G CAN 6' 0" 177 WHL Everett
1 30 30 NJD
(From CAR) 		Matthew Corrente D CAN 6' 0" 205 OHL Saginaw
Czech Republic
Round Pick Overall Team Player Pos Country Ht Wt Amateur League Amateur Team
1 10 10 FLA
 Michael Frolik F CZE 6' 1" 185 CZE Kladno
1 13 13 TOR
 Jiri Tlusty F CZE 6' 0" 209 CZE Kladno
Finland
Round Pick Overall Team Player Pos Country Ht Wt Amateur League Amateur Team
1 15 15 TBL
 Riku Helenius G FIN 6' 3" 211 FIN Ilves
Russia
Round Pick Overall Team Player Pos Country Ht Wt Amateur League Amateur Team
1 23 23 WSH
(From NSH) 		Semyon Varlamov G RUS 6' 2" 209 RPL Yaroslavl 2
1 27 27 DAL
 Ivan Vishnevskiy D RUS 6' 0" 193 QMJHL Rouyn Noranda
Sweden
Round Pick Overall Team Player Pos Country Ht Wt Amateur League Amateur Team
1 4 4 WSH
 Nicklas Backstrom C SWE 6' 1" 210 SWE Brynas
1 24 24 BUF
 Dennis Persson D SWE 6' 1" 192 SWE Vasteras
1 25 25 STL
(From NJD) 		Patrik Berglund C SWE 6' 4" 218 SWE Vasteras
United States
Round Pick Overall Team Player Pos Country Ht Wt Amateur League Amateur Team
1 1 1 STL
 Erik Johnson D USA 6' 4" 232 USA US Nat'l U-18
1 5 5 BOS
 Phil Kessel C USA 6' 0" 202 WCHA U. of Minnesota
1 7 7 NYI
 Kyle Okposo R USA 6' 0" 210 USHL Des Moines
1 8 8 PHX
 Peter Mueller C USA 6' 2" 204 WHL Everett
1 17 17 LAK
(From EDM) 		Trevor Lewis C USA 6' 1" 195 USHL Des Moines
1 19 19 ANA
 Mark Mitera D USA 6' 3" 202 CCHA U. of Michigan
1 20 20 MTL
(From SJS) 		David Fischer D USA 6' 3" 185 USHSW Apple Valley
1 21 21 NYR
 Bobby Sanguinetti D USA 6' 3" 190 OHL Owen Sound
1 28 28 OTT
 Nick Foligno L USA 6' 0" 208 OHL Sudbury
1 29 29 PHX
(From DET) 		Chris Summers D USA 6' 2" 180 USA US Nat'l U-18