Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 3 o Maehe 2004, i hokona a Valiquette e nga Oilers, me te kaikawe a Dwight Helminen me te kowhiringa tuarua o te rauna tuarua i roto i te
2004 draft ki te New York Rangers mo te pokapū Petr Nedvěd me te kaitiaki Jussi Markkanen. I noho a Valiquette i te wa 2004-05 me te hononga AHL a Rangers, te Hartford Wolf Pack, i te wa o te NHL. I taua wa, ko ia me tana hoa kapa a Jason LaBarbera i tohatoha i te Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, i whakawhiwhia ki te kaitiaki whaainga (ranei kaitiaki whaainga) me nga whaainga iti rawa o te roopu ki te toharite. Inaa hoki, ko Valiquette te rangatira o nga whaainga iti rawa o te riiki ki te toharite me te 1.77. I hainatia e ia ki Lokomotiv Yaroslavl o te Russian Superleague i te Paenga-whāwhā 26, 2005.