Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 3 ga Maris, 2004, Oilers sun yi ciniki da Valiquette, tare da gaba Dwight Helminen da kuma zabin zagaye na biyu a cikin shirin 2004
zuwa New York Rangers don tsakiya Petr Nedvěd da kuma mai tsaron gida Jussi Markkanen. Valiquette ya shafe kakar wasa ta 2004-05 tare da ƙungiyar Rangers ta AHL, Hartford Wolf Pack, yayin kulle-kulle na NHL. A wannan kakar, shi da abokin wasan Jason LaBarbera sun raba kyautar Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, wanda aka baiwa mai tsaron gida (ko masu tsaron gida) tare da mafi ƙarancin burin ƙungiyar a kan matsakaita. A zahiri, Valiquette ya mallaki ragin raga mafi ƙanƙanta a gasar da matsakaici na 1.77. Daga nan sai ya sanya hannu tare da Lokomotiv Yaroslavl na Superleague na Rasha a ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 2005.