Cika wannan magana: " New Jersey Devils sun zaɓe ni a matsayin na 135 a cikin jerin 'yan wasa na shekara ta 2000 "
2000 NHL Entry Draft, Danton dan wasan hagu ne na St. Louis Blues, wanda ya yi musayar zagaye na 3 na zagaye zuwa New Jersey don samun shi. Ya buga wasanni 68 don Blues a cikin kakar 2003-04. Yayinda yake tare da kungiyar Iblis, ya canza sunan sa na karshe daga Jefferson zuwa Danton bayan ya zama baƙon daga danginsa. Ya yarda cewa ya dauki sunan "Danton" daga sunan wani yaro dan shekara 13 a sansanin wasan hockey na David Frost, saboda sunan ya yi kama da "mai sanyi". Ya kuma yi fada da babban manajan kungiyar ta Devils Lou Lamoriello kuma kungiyar ta dakatar da shi, wanda hakan ya sa aka yi musayar sa zuwa St. Louis.