Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yemwaka wa2003-04, Lang ainakidzwa nerimwe gore rebasa uye akarekodha rake rekutanga basa rekutamba munaNovember 12, 2003. Akanga achitungamirira NHL mukuisa zvibodzwa paakatengeswa kuStanley Cup-inokwikwidza Detroit Red Wings kune tarisiro Tomáš Fleischmann, wekutanga-kutenderera dhizaini (Mike Green) muna 2004 uye wechina-kutenderera sarudza muna
Muna 2006. Iyi ndiyo nguva yokutanga munhoroondo yeNHL kuti mutambi akatengeswa achitungamirira NHL mumapoinzi. Nokukurumidza pashure pokutsinhanisa, akaiswa parutivi neronda rakaputsika musi waMarch 8. Akarasikirwa nemitambo gumi nematatu, akasiya nhungamiro yeNHL yekukora kuna Martin St. Louis weTampa Bay Lightning uye akapedza aine mapoinzi makumi manomwe nemapfumbamwe mumitambo makumi matanhatu nenomwe, poindi imwe inonyara yebasa rake repamusoro-soro rakagadzwa muna 2000-01 uye wepfumbamwe muLigi. (Mapoinzi aLang pamutambo mumwe chete we1.14 akanga akafanana neaya aSt. Louis.) Lang akadzokera kuRed Wings munguva ye2004 playoffs, asi timu yakabviswa neCalgary Flames mumutambo wechipiri. Akanyora zvibodzwa zvipfumbamwe zvebasa rake mumitambo gumi nembiri yeplayoff.