2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the sixth National Hockey League season (fifth season of play) in Columbus, Ohio. The team's final position in the standings was hampered by a slow start that resulted from losing a number of key players, including goals leader Rick Nash, to injury. Once these players returned to the roster, the team had one of the strongest second halves in the NHL. Despite the strong finish, the Blue Jackets finished outside of the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. However, the strong finish did lead to raised expectations for the 2006–07 season.

Division3rd Central

Conference13th Western

2005–06 record35–43–4

Home record23–18–0

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2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	3rd Central
Conference	13th Western
2005–06 record	35–43–4
Home record	23–18–0
Road record	12–25–4
Goals for	223
Goals against	279
Team information
General manager	Doug MacLean
Coach	Gerard Gallant
Captain	Luke Richardson (Oct-Nov) Adam Foote (Dec-Apr)
Alternate captains	Sergei Fedorov (Dec-Apr) Adam Foote (Oct-Dec) Rick Nash David Vyborny
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	16,796 (92.6%)
Minor league affiliates	Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Dayton Bombers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Nash (31)
Assists	David Vyborny (43)
Points	David Vyborny (65)
Penalty minutes	Jody Shelley (163)
Plus/minus	Ron Hainsey (+13)
Wins	Marc Denis (21)
Goals against average	Martin Prusek (3.22)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

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Regular season

Prior to the start of the season the team announced Luke Richardson would remain team captain and Adam Foote, Rick Nash, and David Vyborny would serve as alternate captains on a rotating basis.^[1] Richardson resigned the captaincy after being a healthy scratch for Columbus’ November 25 game against the Colorado Avalanche.^[2] Foote was named the team’s new captain on December 6.^[3]

Season standings

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Central Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
3	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
4	14	Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
5	15	St. Louis Blues	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

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^[4] 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.

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Western Conference^[5]
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	Y- Dallas Stars	PA	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
3	Y- Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
4	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
5	X- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
6	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
7	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
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9	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
10	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
11	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	231	215	84
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	39	5	246	271	81
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
14	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
15	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

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Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2005–06 regular season^[6]

October: 4–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–5–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 5	Columbus	3 – 2	Washington		Leclaire	16,325	0–1–0	0	L
2	October 7	Calgary	3 – 1	Columbus		Denis	18,136	0–2–0	0	L
3	October 9	Columbus	3 – 2	Chicago		Denis	11,062	1–2–0	2	W
4	October 12	Columbus	1 – 4	San Jose		Denis	17,496	1–3–0	2	L
5	October 14	Columbus	3 – 4	Anaheim		Leclaire	12,930	1–4–0	2	L
6	October 16	Columbus	1 – 3	Los Angeles		Denis	17,156	1–5–0	2	L
7	October 21	San Jose	1 – 4	Columbus		Denis	15,388	2–5–0	4	W
8	October 22	Detroit	6 – 0	Columbus		Denis	18,136	2–6–0	4	L
9	October 24	Detroit	6 – 2	Columbus		Denis	16,098	2–7–0	4	L
10	October 26	Nashville	2 – 3	Columbus	OT	Prusek	15,110	3–7–0	6	W
11	October 28	Minnesota	1 – 2	Columbus	SO	Prusek	15,669	4–7–0	8	W
12	October 29	Columbus	1 – 3	Minnesota		Prusek	18,568	4–8–0	8	L

November: 3–10–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 2–5–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Columbus	1 – 5	Edmonton		Denis	16,839	4–9–0	8	L
14	November 3	Columbus	1 – 2	Calgary		Denis	19,289	4–10–0	8	L
15	November 4	Columbus	3 – 5	Vancouver		Denis	18,630	4–11–0	8	L
16	November 9	St. Louis	1 – 3	Columbus		Denis	16,058	5–11–0	10	W
17	November 11	Edmonton	3 – 1	Columbus		Denis	18,136	5–12–0	10	L
18	November 13	Los Angeles	8 – 2	Columbus		Prusek	16,174	5–13–0	10	L
19	November 16	St. Louis	2 – 0	Columbus		Denis	15,802	5–14–0	10	L
20	November 18	Columbus	3 – 6	Dallas		Prusek	18,532	5–15–0	10	L
21	November 20	Columbus	1 – 5	Phoenix		Denis	13,953	5–16–0	10	L
22	November 23	Nashville	4 – 2	Columbus		Leclaire	15,833	5–17–0	10	L
23	November 25	Colorado	5 – 0	Columbus		Leclaire	18,136	5–18–0	10	L
24	November 26	Columbus	4 – 3	St. Louis		Prusek	15,002	6–18–0	12	W
25	November 30	Columbus	3 – 2	Minnesota	SO	Leclaire	18,568	7–18–0	14	W

December: 5–8–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–5–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 1	Columbus	1 – 4	St. Louis		Leclaire	12,307	7–19–0	14	L
27	December 8	NY Islanders	3 – 4	Columbus	SO	Leclaire	15,728	8–19–0	16	W
28	December 9	Columbus	2 – 5	Atlanta		Leclaire	14,260	8–20–0	16	L
29	December 11	New Jersey	2 – 3	Columbus	OT	Denis	17,157	9–20–0	18	W
30	December 13	Philadelphia	3 – 1	Columbus		Denis	16,263	9–21–0	18	L
31	December 15	Columbus	1 – 2	Carolina		Leclaire	11,069	9–22–0	18	L
32	December 17	Columbus	3 – 7	Nashville		Denis	16,020	9–23–0	18	L
33	December 20	Columbus	3 – 4	Detroit	SO	Leclaire	20,066	9–23–1	19	OTL
34	December 21	Dallas	5 – 3	Columbus		Leclaire	16,859	9–24–1	19	L
35	December 23	Nashville	5 – 4	Columbus		Denis	16,330	9–25–1	19	L
36	December 26	Chicago	3 – 4	Columbus	OT	Denis	17,441	10–25–1	21	W
37	December 28	Anaheim	0 – 1	Columbus		Denis	17,387	11–25–1	23	W
38	December 30	Columbus	3 – 2	Chicago		Denis	13,229	12–25–1	25	W
39	December 31	Columbus	2 – 5	Detroit		Denis	20,066	12–26–1	25	L

January: 8–4–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–3–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 5	Columbus	3 – 6	San Jose		Denis	15,275	12–27–1	25	L
41	January 7	Columbus	2 – 3	Colorado	SO	Leclaire	18,007	12–27–2	26	OTL
42	January 8	Columbus	2 – 5	Phoenix		Denis	14,436	13–27–2	28	W
43	January 11	Pittsburgh	1 – 6	Columbus		Leclaire	18,136	14–27–2	30	W
44	January 13	Columbus	2 – 4	Tampa Bay		Denis	20,425	14–28–2	30	L
45	January 14	Columbus	5 – 4	Florida	OT	Leclaire	17,991	15–28–2	32	W
46	January 16	NY Rangers	3 – 4	Columbus		Denis	16,355	16–28–2	34	W
47	January 18	Detroit	4 – 0	Columbus		Leclaire	17,089	16–29–2	34	L
48	January 20	St. Louis	3 – 4	Columbus	SO	Denis	17,268	17–29–2	36	W
49	January 21	Columbus	2 – 7	Nashville		Leclaire	15,416	17–30–2	36	L
50	January 24	Vancouver	5 – 6	Columbus		Denis	16,192	18–30–2	38	W
51	January 27	Minnesota	3 – 4	Columbus		Leclaire	17,153	19–30–2	40	W
52	January 28	Nashville	3 – 4	Columbus		Denis	18,136	20–30–2	42	W

February: 3–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–2–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 1	Columbus	2 – 1	Calgary	SO	Denis	19,289	21–30–2	44	W
54	February 2	Columbus	2 – 1	Edmonton	SO	Denis	16,839	22–30–2	46	W
55	February 6	Columbus	4 – 7	Vancouver		Denis	18,630	22–31–2	46	L
56	February 8	Los Angeles	4 – 7	Columbus		Denis	16,162	23–31–2	48	W
57	February 10	Colorado	4 – 1	Columbus		Denis	18,136	23–32–2	48	L
58	February 11	Columbus	2 – 5	Nashville		Denis	17,113	23–33–2	48	L

March: 7–7–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–3–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
59	March 2	Columbus	0 – 1	Colorado		Leclaire	18,007	23–34–2	48	L
60	March 4	Columbus	2 – 3	Los Angeles		Denis	17,238	23–35–2	48	L
61	March 5	Columbus	3 – 2	Anaheim	SO	Leclaire	16,124	24–35–2	50	W
62	March 7	Chicago	3 – 1	Columbus		Denis	16,137	24–36–2	50	L
63	March 9	Phoenix	4 – 5	Columbus		Leclaire	17,066	25–36–2	52	W
64	March 11	Edmonton	3 – 4	Columbus	OT	Denis	18,136	26–36–2	54	W
65	March 13	Columbus	2 – 3	St. Louis	OT	Leclaire	12,130	26–36–3	55	OTL
66	March 15	Columbus	2 – 3	Chicago		Denis	10,130	26–37–3	55	L
67	March 17	Vancouver	3 – 2	Columbus		Leclaire	16,163	26–38–3	55	L
68	March 19	Anaheim	3 – 4	Columbus		Denis	16,519	26–39–3	55	L
69	March 21	Phoenix	5 – 2	Columbus		Leclaire	15,581	26–40–3	55	L
70	March 24	Calgary	2 – 3	Columbus		Denis	17,041	27–40–3	57	W
71	March 25	Columbus	5 – 4	Detroit	SO	Leclaire	20,066	28–40–3	59	W
72	March 28	San Jose	1 – 4	Columbus		Denis	16,094	29–40–3	61	W
73	March 31	Columbus	4 – 2	St. Louis		Leclaire	14,101	30–40–3	63	W

April: 5–3–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–2–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
74	April 1	Chicago	2 – 5	Columbus		Denis	17,394	31–40–3	65	W
75	April 3	Columbus	3 – 1	Nashville		Leclaire	12,073	32–40–3	67	W
76	April 7	Columbus	5 – 6	Detroit	SO	Denis	20,066	32–40–4	68	OTL
77	April 8	Detroit	4 – 2	Columbus		Leclaire	18,136	32–41–4	68	L
78	April 11	Columbus	2 – 3	Dallas		Denis	18,543	32–42–4	68	L
79	April 13	St. Louis	1 – 4	Columbus		Leclaire	16,262	33–42–4	70	W
80	April 15	Chicago	2 – 5	Columbus		Denis	16,555	34–42–4	72	W
81	April 16	Columbus	3 – 4	Chicago		Leclaire	10,733	34–43–4	72	L
82	April 18	Dallas	4 – 5	Columbus	OT	Denis	17,103	35–43–4	74	W

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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Player statistics

Scoring

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 Blue Jackets only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.

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No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
9	David Vyborny	LW	80	22	43	65	−9	50
61	Rick Nash	LW	54	31	23	54	5	51
13	Nikolay Zherdev	RW	73	27	27	54	−13	50
91	Sergei Fedorov†	C	62	12	31	43	−1	64
38	Jan Hrdina	C	75	10	23	33	−8	78
4	Bryan Berard	D	44	12	20	32	−29	32
27	Manny Malhotra	C	58	10	21	31	1	41
25	Jason Chimera†	LW	80	17	13	30	−10	95
10	Trevor Letowski	RW	81	10	18	28	−2	36
15	Duvie Westcott	D	78	6	22	28	1	133
40	Jaroslav Balastik	LW	66	12	10	22	−1	26
52	Adam Foote	D	65	6	16	22	−16	89
97	Rostislav Klesla	D	51	6	13	19	−4	75
6	Ron Hainsey†	D	55	2	15	17	13	43
49	Dan Fritsche	RW	59	6	7	13	−14	22
42	Mark Hartigan	C	33	9	3	12	−1	22
45	Jody Shelley	LW	80	3	7	10	−4	163
26	Todd Marchant‡	C	18	3	6	9	−1	20
47	Aaron Johnson	D	26	2	6	8	9	23
21	Radoslav Suchy	D	79	1	7	8	−8	30
22	Luke Richardson‡	D	44	1	6	7	−18	30
20	Mike Rupp†	LW	39	4	2	6	−3	58
18	Geoff Platt†	C	15	0	5	5	−4	16
17	Gilbert Brule	C	7	2	2	4	−2	0
28	Tyler Wright‡	C	18	0	4	4	−3	20
5	Jamie Pushor†	D	4	1	2	3	1	0
32	Cale Hulse†‡	D	27	0	3	3	−9	43
24	Francois Beauchemin‡	D	11	0	2	2	−6	11
30	Marc Denis	G	49	0	1	1		2
31	Pascal Leclaire	G	33	0	1	1		2
51	Andy Delmore	D	7	0	0	0	−1	2
39	Steven Goertzen	RW	39	0	0	0	−17	44
50	Joakim Lindstrom	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	Joe Motzko	LW	2	0	0	0	−2	0
19	Alexandre Picard	LW	17	0	0	0	−2	14
35	Martin Prusek	G	9	0	0	0		0
8	Geoff Sanderson‡	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
44	Peter Sarno	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Cam Severson†	LW	4	0	0	0	0	5
41	Ben Simon	C	13	0	0	0	−4	4
55	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	D	5	0	0	0	−2	2

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Goaltending

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No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Marc Denis	49	21	25	1	1505	151	3.25	.900	1	2786
31	Pascal Leclaire	33	11	15	3	1084	97	3.23	.911	0	1804
35	Martin Prusek	9	3	3	0	165	20	3.21	.879	0	373

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	David Vyborny (January 30)	^[7]
Team	Foundation Community Service Award	Manny Malhotra	^[8]
Team	Three Stars Award	Rick Nash	^[8]

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Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jaroslav Balastik	October 5, 2005	^[9]
	Gilbert Brule	October 5, 2005
	Steven Goertzen	October 21, 2005
	Alexandre Picard	November 18, 2005
	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	November 23, 2005
	Geoff Platt	December 1, 2005
	Joakim Lindstrom	February 8, 2006
1,000th game played	Sergei Fedorov	November 30, 2005	^[10]
600th assist	Sergei Fedorov	January 8, 2006	^[11]

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Transactions

The Blue Jackets were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.^[12]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Toronto’s 4th-round pick in 2005	To Carolina Hurricanes Rights to Derrick Walser 4th-round pick in 2006	^[13]
October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jason Chimera Cale Hulse Mike Rupp	To Phoenix Coyotes Tim Jackman Geoff Sanderson	^[14]
November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Fedorov 5th-round pick in 2006	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Francois Beauchemin Tyler Wright	^[15]
February 28, 2006 (2006-02-28)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Severson	To Calgary Flames Cale Hulse	^[16]
March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional draft pick^[a]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Luke Richardson	^[17]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Adam Foote	Colorado Avalanche	3-year	Free agency	^[18]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Bryan Berard	Chicago Blackhawks	2-year	Free agency	^[19]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Martin Prusek	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	^[20]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Jan Hrdina	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	^[21]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Ben Simon	Atlanta Thrashers	1-year	Free agency	^[22]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Jeff MacMillan	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[23]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Mark Flood	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	3-year	Free agency	^[24]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Peter Sarno	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	^[24]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	Andy Delmore	Detroit Red Wings		Waivers	^[25]
October 7, 2005 (2005-10-07)	Jamie Pushor	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)		Free agency	^[26]
November 25, 2005 (2005-11-25)	Geoff Platt	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	multi-year	Free agency	^[27]
November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)	Ron Hainsey	Montreal Canadiens		Waivers	^[28]
December 30, 2005 (2005-12-30)	Darcy Verot	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[29]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[b]	Ref
N/A	Arturs Irbe	HK Riga 2000 (BHL)	Free agency (III)	^[31]
N/A	Matthias Trattnig	EC Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
May 5, 2005 (2005-05-05)	Andre Lakos	EC Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27)	Brad Moran	SCL Tigers (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	^[34]
May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27)	Alexander Svitov	Avangard Omsk (RSL)	Free agency (II)^[c]	^[36]
June 30, 2005 (2005-06-30)	Darrel Scoville	EC VSV (EBEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[37]
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Scott Lachance	Kloten Flyers (NLA)^[d]	Compliance buyout	^[39]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Andrew Cassels	Washington Capitals^[e]	Compliance buyout	^[39]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Scott Heffernan^[f]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[30]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Jaroslav Spacek	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (III)	^[42]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Ben Knopp	Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[43]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Zenith Komarniski	Calgary Flames	Free agency (VI)	^[44]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Kent McDonell	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (VI)	^[45]
August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)	Prestin Ryan	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (UFA)	^[46]
September 7, 2005 (2005-09-07)	Jeremy Reich	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	^[47]
September 16, 2005 (2005-09-16)	Karl Goehring	HIFK (Liiga)	Free agency (VI)	^[48]
October 10, 2005 (2005-10-10)	Jeff Panzer	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	^[49]
October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)	Mike Pandolfo	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[50]
November 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)	Todd Marchant	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Waivers	^[51]
May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06)	Martin Prusek	SKA Saint Petersburg (RSL)	Free agency	^[52]
May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)	Peter Sarno	HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA)	Free agency	^[53]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Philippe Dupuis	3-year	Entry-level	^[54]
	Marc Methot	3-year	Entry-level	^[54]
	Joe Motzko	2-year	Re-signing	^[55]
	Radoslav Suchy	1-year	Option exercised	^[54]
	Duvie Westcott	2-year	Re-signing	^[55]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Francois Beauchemin	2-year	Re-signing	^[56]
August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)	Rick Nash	5-year	Re-signing	^[57]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Tim Jackman	1-year	Re-signing	^[58]
	Rostislav Klesla	1-year	Re-signing	^[58]
	Pascal Leclaire	1-year	Re-signing	^[58]
	Brandon Sugden	1-year	Re-signing	^[58]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Andrew Murray		Entry-level	^[59]
August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)	Jaroslav Balastik	1-year	Entry-level	^[60]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Mark Hartigan	2-year	Re-signing	^[24]
August 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)	Alexandre Picard	3-year	Entry-level	^[61]
August 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)	Tomas Popperle	3-year	Entry-level	^[61]
September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)	Adam Pineault		Entry-level	^[62]
October 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)	Gilbert Brule	3-year	Entry-level	^[63]
February 3, 2006 (2006-02-03)	Joakim Lindstrom	3-year	Entry-level	^[64]
April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)	Rostislav Klesla	4-year	Re-signing	^[65]
May 5, 2006 (2006-05-05)	David Vyborny	2-year	Re-signing	^[66]
June 1, 2006 (2006-06-01)	Dan LaCosta	3-year	Entry-level	^[67]
	Petr Pohl	3-year	Entry-level	^[67]
	Kyle Wharton	3-year	Entry-level	^[67]
June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15)	Jody Shelley	2-year	Re-signing	^[68]

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Draft picks

Columbus' picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.^[69] The Blue Jackets picked sixth in odd rounds, 25th in even rounds.

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	Gilbert Brule (C)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
2	55	Adam McQuaid (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	67	Kris Russell (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4	101	Jared Boll (RW)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs)	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	131	Tomas Popperle (G)	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
6	177	Derek Reinhart (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Phoenix)	Regina Pats (WHL)
6	189	Kirill Starkov (LW)	Russia	Columbus Blue Jackets	Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
7	201	Trevor Hendrikx (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

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Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch

The Syracuse Crunch are the Blue Jackets American Hockey League affiliate for the sixth season.

Dayton Bombers

The Dayton Bombers of the ECHL are also entering their sixth season as an affiliate of the Blue Jackets.

Notes

[a]
Columbus would receive either a 5th-round pick in 2006 or a 4th-round pick in 2007. Columbus received the 2006 pick.^[12]
[b]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[30]
[c]
Columbus retained Svitov’s NHL rights and re-signed him on July 1, 2006.^[35]
[d]
Lachance signed with Kloten on October 5.^[38]
[e]
Cassels signed with Washington on August 9.^[40]
[f]
Heffernan suffered what turned out to be a career ending head injury during the 2002–03 season.^[41]

2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets season

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch

Dayton Bombers

See also

Notes

References

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