Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Sezvo maCanucks akarasikirwa ne playoffs muna 2006, shanduko dzinoverengeka dzakaitwa kuvashandi vechikwata mumwaka wepakati. Imwe yeshanduko dzakadaro yaibatanidza kuwanikwa kweAll-Star goalkeeper Roberto Luongo kubva kuFlorida Panthers. Nguva pfupi mushure mekunge Luongo atengwa, Cloutier akatengeswa kuLos Angeles Kings musi waJuly 5, 2006, nokuda kwechipiri-round draft pick muna 2007
uye kusarudzwa kwemamiriro ezvinhu muna 2009. Cloutier akapedza makore ake mashanu nehafu achitamba neCanucks ari wechitatu pachikwata chevatambi vese vakakunda 109, kumashure kwaKirk McLean naRichard Brodeur, uye wechipiri mukubvisa ne14, kumashure kwaMcLean. Muhurukuro ya2012 mushure mekurega basa, Cloutier akataura kuti "aida kutamba muVancouver zvakanyanya" panguva yebasa rake reNHL. Akayeuka kudzorerwazve kweguta mumusika wehoki uye akarondedzera kuti chikwata chakachinja sei kubva pakutamba mitambo yepamusha iyo "yairatidzika kuva yakazara hafu" kuenda kukuumba "chimiro chomutambo wokupedzisira usiku hwoga hwoga".