Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Machị 3, 2004, ndị Oilers gbanwere Valiquette, tinyere onye na-aga n'ihu Dwight Helminen na nhọrọ nke abụọ na
N'afọ 2004, ndị New York Rangers zụtara Petr Nedvěd na Jussi Markkanen. Valiquette nọrọ oge 2004/05 na ndị otu AHL nke Rangers, Hartford Wolf Pack, n'oge mkpọchi NHL. N'oge ahụ, ya na onye otu ya Jason LaBarbera kesara Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, nke e nyere onye na-eche nche (ma ọ bụ ndị na-eche nche) na otu egwuregwu kachasị dị ala karịa nkezi. N'eziokwu, Valiquette nwere goolu kacha dị ala n'asọmpi ahụ na nkezi nke 1.77. Mgbe ahụ, ọ bịanyere aka na Lokomotiv Yaroslavl nke Russian Superleague na Eprel 26, 2005.