Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waMarch 3, 2004, Valiquette yakatengeswa neOilers, pamwe chete neanotungamira Dwight Helminen uye sarudzo yechipiri-kutenderera mu2004 draft
kuNew York Rangers nokuda kwomuchinjikwa Petr Nedvěd uye muchengeti wepagedhi Jussi Markkanen. Valiquette akapedza 2004-05 mwaka neRangers 'AHL yakabatana, iyo Hartford Wolf Pack, panguva yeNHL lockout. Mumwaka iwoyo, iye newaaitamba naye Jason LaBarbera vakagovana Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, yakapihwa kune muchengeti wepagedhi (kana vachengeti vepagedhi) vane zvibodzwa zvechikwata zvakaderera pane avhareji. Kutaura zvazviri, Valiquette ndiye aiva nechinangwa chakaderera zvikuru mumutambo wacho pane avhareji ye1.77. Akabva asayina neLokomotiv Yaroslavl yeRussian Superleague musi waApril 26, 2005.