Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2001 off-mwaka, Sillinger akabatana nechikwata chake chechisere cheNHL, Columbus Blue Jackets, asi kekutanga aive asiri kutamira kuburikidza nekutengeserana, pachinzvimbo, achijoinha maBlue Jackets kuburikidza neanosununguka agency. Mumwaka miviri neBlue Jackets, Sillinger akarekodha musana-ku-musana mishandirapamwe yemapoinzi makumi mana nematatu. Kutevera mwaka wake wechipiri muColumbus, Sillinger akatengeswa kaviri pazuva rimwe chete musi waJuly 22, 2003. Akatanga kutumirwa kuDallas Stars aine sarudzo yechipiri yekutora muna 2004
(Johan Fransson) nokuda kwaDarryl Sydor asati atengeswazve kubva kuDallas kuenda kuPhoenix Coyotes nokuda kwomudziviriri Teppo Numminen. Mumwaka wake wokutanga nePhoenix, zvisinei, akabatwa zvakare panguva yekutengesa nguva yekupedzisira kuSt. Louis Blues kune muchengeti wemagariro Brent Johnson.