Tuhi i te haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - E rua tau ki roto i tona toru-tau nui rangatahi mahi ki te Western Hockey League (WHL) o Medicine Hat Tigers, Lupul i tuhituhia e te Ducks Kaha o Anaheim rite te tīpako tuatahi o te kapa, whitu katoa, i te 2002 NHL Entry Draft
He aha? Ko Rick Nash o nga Knights o Raanana i kowhiria tuatahi ana ko Jay Bouwmeester te hoa o Lupul's Tigers i tu tu tuatoru i taua tau. I te tau e whai ake nei, i uru a Lupul ki te raarangi whakamutunga mo Kanata ka takaro i te 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships i Halifax, Nova Scotia.