Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan wasa tare da Airdrie Extreme a 1997<unk>98, Aulin ya shiga Kamloops Blazers na Yammacin Hockey League a matsayin dan shekara 16 a 1998<unk>99, yana da maki 26 a wasanni 55 da tafiya zuwa wasan karshe na gasar. Bayan ya jagoranci gasar a maki ta hanyar wasanni tara, ya taka leda ta hanyar raunin diddige wanda ya sanya aikinsa ya ragu, ya gama da maki 55 a lokacin kakar 1999<unk>2000 (wasanni 57), yana jawo hankalin Colorado Avalanche, wanda ya zana Aulin a zagaye na biyu (na 47 gaba ɗaya) na 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin kakar 2000-01 tare da Blazers, Aulin ya zira kwallaye 108 a cikin wasanni 70. A wannan lokacin Aulin ya yi ciniki da Avalanche zuwa Los Angeles Kings a musayar da ya ga Rob Blake ya tafi Colorado a ranar 22 ga Maris, 2001.