Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure memwaka mitatu nesangano reSenators, akatengeswa kuWashington Capitals nokuda kwekusarudzwa kwepfumbamwe-kutenderera mukusarudzwa kwa2003
(kusarudzwa kwokutanga kwakachinjirwa kuWashington mwedzi mishomanene gare gare). Akatamba nguva yakawanda yechando mumwaka wake mumwe chete wakazara neCapitals, achitamba mitambo makumi masere uye achihwina zvibodzwa zvitanhatu nemapoinzi gumi nemaviri. Akasaina neFlorida Panthers muna 2004, asi akapedza mwaka neSan Antonio Rampage nekuda kweNHL Lockout iyo yakamisa mwaka wa2004-05. Akazokweretwa kuSt. John's Maple Leafs kuti aende mumutambo. Apo kuvharirwa kwakagadziriswa, pakupedzisira akatamba Panthers uye mumitambo 73, akabatanidza NHL yake yakanakisisa ye 12 pfungwa uye akawana 10 pfungwa mumitambo 41 asati atengeswa kuPittsburgh Penguins kwaakatamba mutambo mumwe chete.