Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ti a kọ ni akọkọ 11th lapapọ ni ọdun 1989
Lẹ́yìn tí àwọn Detroit Red Wings gba Sillinger kúrò ní Western Hockey League (WHL), Sillinger bẹ̀rẹ̀ iṣẹ́ NHL rẹ̀ ní Detroit kí ó tó tẹ̀síwájú láti máa ṣeré fún àwọn Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators àti New York Islanders. Ninu awọn ẹgbẹ 12 wọnyi, Sillinger ti ṣere awọn akoko kikun pẹlu Detroit, Vancouver, Columbus ati New York nikan. Lakoko ti o wa pẹlu Detroit, o gba ife ẹyẹ Calder Cup ni ọdun 1992 pẹlu Adirondack Red Wings, lakoko ti o nṣakoso awọn ere-idije ni igbasilẹ bi oludari Amẹrika Hockey League (AHL).