Junior Team: Sudbury Wolves
Notable Teammates: Steve Staois (Edmonton), Jamie Rivers (Detroit)
Best CHL Season: 48 points in 56 games
NHL Draft: 1993, 47th overall, 2nd round
Drafted By: Montreal Canadiens
Traded: 1996 traded with Pierre Turgeon and Craig Conroy to St. Louis for Shayne Corson, Murray Baron, and a 5th round pick.
Traded: 2000 traded to Nashville for Dan Keczmer.
Traded: 2001 traded to Edmonton for future considerations.
Free Agent: 2003 signed a deal with the Buffalo Sabres.
Free Agent: 2006 signed a 1 year deal with the Vancouver Canucks.
Best NHL Season: 11 points in 60 games
Despite Fitzpatricks affiliation with NHL teams throughout his career, he has never made a significant impact at this level.
It wasn’t until the 2003/04 season that he was able to avoid the minor leagues altogether and stuck it out for the entire year with the Buffalo Sabres. Even then, he only dressed for 60 games, and then again in 2005/06 dressed for only 56 games.
But the Canucks needed depth on their blueline after losing Allen, Jovanovski, Weinrich, Brown, & Carney last year.
So Fitzpatrick if giving them exactly what they need, nothing more and nothing less, just depth.
The Chief Canuck.
