Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whitiāhua - I tīpakohia i te 135 o te katoa e te New Jersey Devils i te 2000 NHL Entry Draft
Ko Danton he parirau maui mo te St. Louis Blues, nana nei i hoko i te rauna tuatoru o te rauna ki New Jersey kia whiwhi ia ia. I takaro ia i nga keemu 68 mo te Blues i te tau 2003-04. I a ia e mahi ana ki te whakahaere o te rewera, i hurihia e ia tona ingoa whakamutunga mai i a Jefferson ki a Danton i muri i tana wehenga mai i tana whanau. I whakaae a ia i tangohia e ia te ingoa whānau "Danton" mai i te ingoa o tētahi tamaiti 13-tau-tau i te puni hākehi a David Frost, nā te mea he "tino pai" te ingoa. I whawhai ano ia ki te kaiwhakahaere whanui a Devils a Lou Lamoriello a i whakamutua e te roopu, i akiaki i tana tauhokohoko whakamutunga ki St. Louis.