Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumwaka wa2001 usiri wemwaka, Sillinger akabatana nechikwata chake chechisere cheNHL, Columbus Blue Jackets, asi kekutanga aive asiri kutamira kuburikidza nekutengeserana, pachinzvimbo, achijoinha maBlue Jackets kuburikidza nehurumende yemahara. 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 yekusarudzwa muna
2004 (Johan Fransson) nokuda kwaDarryl Sydor asati atengeswa zvakare kubva kuDallas kuenda kuPhoenix Coyotes nokuda kwemudziviriri Teppo Numminen. Mumwaka wake wokutanga nePhoenix, zvisinei, akabatwa zvakare panguva yekutengesa nguva yekupedzisira kuSt. Louis Blues kune muchengeti wemagariro Brent Johnson.