Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan yanayi uku tare da kungiyar Sanatoci, an yi musayar shi zuwa Washington Capitals don zagaye na tara na zagaye a cikin shirin 2003
(zaɓin da aka yi a baya zuwa Washington bayan 'yan watanni). Ya taka leda sosai a kakar wasa daya tare da Capitals, yana wasa wasanni 80 kuma ya zira kwallaye 6 da maki 12. Ya sanya hannu tare da Florida Panthers a 2004, amma ya shafe kakar wasa tare da San Antonio Rampage saboda NHL Lockout wanda ya soke kakar 2004-05. Daga baya aka ba da shi ga St. John's Maple Leafs don gudu a cikin wasan. Lokacin da aka warware kulle-kulle, a ƙarshe ya buga wa Panthers kuma a cikin wasanni 73, ya daidaita mafi kyawun NHL na maki 12 kuma ya zira kwallaye 10 a wasanni 41 kafin a ba shi Pittsburgh Penguins inda ya buga wasa ɗaya kawai.