2006 NHL Draft
Semyon Varlamov in the 2006 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Semyon Varlamov 23rd overall in the 2006 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 15 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 625 games put him 23rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 23
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 23
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 20–26 in the 2006 draft
- 20David FischerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 21Bobby SanguinettiD45 GP · 6 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 22Claude GirouxR1362 GP · 1175 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 23Semyon VarlamovG625 GP · 290 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 24Dennis PerssonDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 25Patrik BerglundC717 GP · 326 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 26Leland IrvingG13 GP · 3 WCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2006 class
1st
of 15 Russians selected
3rd
of 26 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 23Semyon VarlamovG625 GP · 290 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 27Ivan VishnevskiyD5 GP · 2 PDALDallas Stars
- 33Igor MakarovRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 37Yury AlexandrovDBOSBoston Bruins
- 44Nikolay KuleminL669 GP · 274 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 54Artem AnisimovC771 GP · 376 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 55Denis BodrovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 58Alexander VasyunovL18 GP · 5 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Kirill TulupovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 77Vladimir ZharkovR82 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Semyon Varlamov made his NHL debut on December 13, 2008, 2 years and 172 days after the draft.
625
Games
290
Wins
41
Shutouts
.916
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2006 draft
- 4Nicklas BäckströmC1105 GP · 1033 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 23Semyon VarlamovG625 GP · 290 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 34Michal NeuvirthG256 GP · 104 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 35Francois BouchardRWSHWashington Capitals
- 52Keith SeabrookDWSHWashington Capitals
- 97Oskar OsalaL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 122Luke LynesFWSHWashington Capitals
- 127Maxime LacroixLWSHWashington Capitals
- 157Brent GwidtCWSHWashington Capitals
- 177Mathieu PerreaultC708 GP · 352 PWSHWashington Capitals