Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nsogbu mmerụ ahụ gara n'ihu n'oge na-esote, na 2000<unk>01, ebe Cloutier nọ na-egwu egwuregwu itoolu na mbido oge ahụ mgbe ọ gbasiri ike na biceps ya na October 22, 2000. Mgbe ọ gbakere, o dekọtara NHL mbụ ya, na-eme 26 na-azọpụta, na mmeri 3 <unk> 0 megide Detroit Red Wings na Disemba 2, 2000. O mere nke a n'egwuregwu nke 95 ya na NHL. N'ọnwa ahụ, onye isi nchịkwa Steve Ludzik malitere igwu egwu Kevin Weekes na-akwado Cloutier. Site na njedebe nke ahia ahụ, a na-enye Cloutier na Vancouver Canucks na February 7, 2001, na mgbanwe maka onye na-agbachitere Adrian Aucoin na nhọrọ nke abụọ na
Ihe e dere n'afọ 2001.