2005–06 Boston Bruins season


The 2005–06 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins' 82nd season of operation. The Bruins slipped to 13th in the Eastern Conference and did not qualify for the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

Key dates prior to the start of the season:
After Joe Thornton voiced his unhappiness with his contract in Boston in 2005, many teams reportedly sent offers to the Bruins. However, Thornton re-signed with the team on August 11, 2005, on a three-year contract worth US$20 million. On November 30, 2005, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks in a blockbuster four-player deal which sent forwards Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau and defenseman Brad Stuart to Boston. Thornton was the team's leading scorer at the time by a substantial margin and many felt Bruins general manager Mike O'Connell had traded away one of the few players who was truly showing an exemplary effort. On January 10, 2006, Thornton returned to Boston as a member of the Sharks, but was ejected for checking Bruins' defenseman Hal Gill from behind at 5:13 of the first period. Thornton received a five-minute major and a game misconduct. The misconduct was later rescinded by the NHL.
The Bruins ended up finishing with the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference, but the story of the season for the team was the emergence of goaltender Tim Thomas. Thomas had been in the Bruins organization before and had become a star in Europe before deciding to give the NHL one last try. Injuries to incumbent starter Andrew Raycroft and backup Hannu Toivonen pushed Thomas into the starting role, one that he did not relinquish until after the 2011–12 season.

Final standings

Schedule and results

2006 Winter Olympics

Playoffs

Regular season

;Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIM+/-PPGSHGGWG
C813142732231216
C822643693011803
RW6424295352-8613
LW512320433214506
LW5518193722-3601
C239243360302
D615273236-10400
D5510213138-6602
LW591018284-3121
LW586172346-2100
C8210122279-2021
D325111656-2400
D5441216480001
C50681440-10000
D54571293-7110
D516511543200
RW71461040-10000
C16461028-2100
D801910124-4000
C24191030-4001
RW4344819-2000
RW2826822-12100
C192688-2100
D73167683010
RW1624682000
RW164154-4000
LW5522453-6010
C1713410-2000
D12112100000
D1711210-1000
D2101181000
RW1801110-6000
G3801140000
LW50002-2000
RW100000000
LW200020000
D200071000
RW20000270000
G3000000000
C200000000
G100000000
G2000060000
C600042000

;Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLT/OTGAGAASOSASVSV%
2187381213101012.77112131112.917
116320954512.631590539.914
16193081921003.710824724.879
1100000.00000
Team:4970822937162523.04226272375.904

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2005–06 season.

Trades

Free agents acquired/lost

Draft picks

The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft. As a lockout cancelled the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick. The draft was only seven rounds in length, compared to nine rounds in years past. The labor dispute caused the shortened draft.
Round#PlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club Team
122Matt LashoffKitchener Rangers
239Petr KalusHC Vítkovice
383Mikko LehtonenEspoo Blues Jr.
4100Jonathan SigaletBowling Green State University
4106Vladimir SobotkaHC Slavia Prague Jr.
5154Wacey RabbitSaskatoon Blades
6172Lukas VantuchBílí Tygři Liberec Jr.
7217Brock BradfordOmaha Lancers

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Bruins' American Hockey League affiliate was the Providence Bruins. The Bruins had 43 wins and 92 points and finished in fourth place in their division. The Bruins were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against Portland. Eric Healey and Tim Thomas were selected to the AHL All-Star Game and Healey was the captain for PlanetUSA. Jonathan Sigalet was nominated for the AHL Man of the Year Award.

Roster

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST