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2006 NHL Draft

Blake Geoffrion in the 2006 NHL Draft

Nashville Predators selected Blake Geoffrion 56th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 2.

It was the first of the 5 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 55 games put him 59th in the class.

Overall pick
56
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 26
Drafting team
NSHNashville Predators
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 53–59 in the 2006 draft

  1. 53Mathieu CarleD3 GP · 0 PMTL
  2. 54Artem AnisimovC771 GP · 376 PNYR
  3. 55Denis BodrovDPHI
  4. 56Blake GeoffrionC55 GP · 13 PNSH
  5. 57Mike WeberD351 GP · 53 PBUF
  6. 58Alexander VasyunovL18 GP · 5 PNJD
  7. 59Codey BurkiCCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2006 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2006 class

56th
of 213 players selected
32nd
of 122 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Erik JohnsonD1023 GP · 348 PSTL
  2. 2Jordan StaalC1409 GP · 747 PPIT
  3. 3Jonathan ToewsC1149 GP · 912 PCHI
  4. 4Nicklas BäckströmC1105 GP · 1033 PWSH
  5. 5Phil KesselR1286 GP · 992 PBOS
  6. 6Derick BrassardC1013 GP · 545 PCBJ
  7. 7Kyle OkposoR1051 GP · 614 PNYI
  8. 8Peter MuellerC297 GP · 160 PPHX
  9. 9James SheppardC394 GP · 91 PMIN
  10. 10Michael FrolikR858 GP · 384 PFLA

+ 203 more

The 2006 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Blake Geoffrion made his NHL debut on February 26, 2011, 4 years and 247 days after the draft.

55
Games
8
Goals
5
Assists
13
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Nashville Predators picks in the 2006 draft

  1. 56Blake GeoffrionC55 GP · 13 PNSH
  2. 105Niko SnellmanFNSH
  3. 146Mark DekanichG1 GP · 0 WNSH
  4. 176Ryan FlynnRNSH
  5. 206Viktor SjodinFNSH