Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin lokacin hutu na shekara ta 2001, Sillinger ya shiga ƙungiyar NHL ta takwas, Columbus Blue Jackets, amma a karon farko ba a sake komawa ta hanyar ciniki ba, a maimakon haka, ya shiga Blue Jackets ta hanyar 'yanci kyauta. A cikin yanayi biyu tare da Blue Jackets, Sillinger ya yi rikodin kamfen na baya-baya 43. Bayan kakar wasa ta biyu a Columbus, Sillinger an yi ciniki sau biyu a rana ɗaya a ranar 22 ga Yuli, 2003. Da farko an tura shi zuwa Dallas Stars tare da zagaye na biyu na zagaye a 2004
(Johan Fransson) ga Darryl Sydor kafin a sake siyar da shi daga Dallas zuwa Phoenix Coyotes don mai tsaron baya Teppo Numminen. A kakar wasa ta farko tare da Phoenix, duk da haka, an sake yin amfani da shi a ranar ƙarshe na cinikin zuwa St. Louis Blues don mai tsaron gida Brent Johnson.