Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakawhiwhia ki te Blue Jackets me te Wild ngā whakaaetanga e ētahi rēhia kāore i taea te tiaki i a rātau rārangi katoa. I whakawhitihia e te San Jose Sharks a Jan Caloun, he whiringa tuaiwa i te tau 2000 NHL Entry Draft, me te 2001
he kōwhiringa ā-ture ki a Columbus; hei utu, i whakaae ngā Blue Jackets kia kaua e kōwhiri i te kaitiaki poaka ā-kore a ngā Sharks, a Evgeni Nabokov. I te Pipiri 24, i te 2000 NHL Entry Draft, i kowhiria e Columbus a Rostislav Klesla i te tuawha o te katoa.