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Jason Chimera

Jason Chimera's path to the NHL saw the Edmonton native, born May 2, 1979, play his junior hockey with the Brandon Wheat Kings, followed by half a season with the Medicine Hat Tigers.

After being drafted by the Edmonton Oilers with their fifth pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Chimera waited for his shot with the parent NHL club by spending three seasons with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs. In 2001-2002, Chimera was named to the league's First All-Star Team after leading Hamilton in scoring with 77 points (26-51-77.

Coming off a solid season in the AHL, Chimera became a regular with the Oilers in 2002-03. Following a lock-out year in 2004-05, Chimera was acquired by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the early stages of the 2005-06 season after being acquired previously by the Phoenix Coyotes.

On the international stage, Chimera represented Canada at the 1999, 2007 and 2008 World Championships.

Chimera was traded to the Washington Capitals on December 28, 2009 for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina

			REGULAR SEASON						PLAYOFFS
Season	Club	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1994-95	Edmonton Pats	AMHL	33	27	31	58	42
1995-96	Edmonton Pats	AMHL	34	23	24	47	44
1996-97	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	71	16	23	39	54	-10	4	0	1	1	4
1997-98	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	72	34	32	66	93	-34
1997-98	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	4	0	0	0	8	-2
1998-99	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	37	18	22	40	84	-12
1998-99	Canada	WJC-A	7	2	2	4	2
1998-99	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	21	14	12	26	32	-4	5	4	1	5	8
1999-00	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	78	15	13	28	77	-27	10	0	2	2	12
2000-01	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000-01	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	78	29	25	54	93	-14
2001-02	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	3	1	0	1	0	-3
2001-02	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	77	26	51	77	158	+28	15	4	6	10	10
2002-03	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	66	14	9	23	36	-2	2	0	2	2	0
2003-04	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	60	4	8	12	57	-1
2004-05	AS Varese Hockey	Italy	15	7	3	10	34		5	2	1	3	31
2005-06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	80	17	13	30	95	-10
2006-07	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	82	15	21	36	91	+2
2006-07	Canada	WC-A	9	1	5	6	8
2007-08	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	81	14	17	31	98	-5
2007-08	Canada	WC-A	9	0	2	2	6	+3
2008-09	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	49	8	14	22	41	+8	4	0	1	1	2
2009-10	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	39	8	9	17	47	-7
2009-10	Washington Capitals	NHL	39	7	10	17	51	+6	7	1	2	3	2
2010-11	Washington Capitals	NHL	81	10	16	26	64	-10	9	2	2	4	2
2011-12	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	20	19	39	78	+4	14	4	3	7	6
NHL Totals			663	118	136	254	658		36	7	10	17	12

AHL First All-Star Team (2002)

Traded to Brandon (WHL) by Medicine Hat (WHL) for Justin Yeomans and future considerations, February 2, 1999.Traded to Phoenix by Edmonton with Edmonton's 3rd round choice (later traded to Carolina, later traded to NY Rangers - NY Rangers selected Billy Ryan) in 2004 Entry Draft for New Jersey's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Edmonton selected Geoff Paukovich) in 2004 Entry Draft and Buffalo's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Edmonton selected Liam Reddox) in 2004 Entry Draft, June 26, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Varese (Italy), December 15, 2004. Traded to Columbus by Phoenix with Cale Hulse and Mike Rupp for Geoff Sanderson and Tim Jackman, October 8, 2005. Traded to Washington by Columbus for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina, December 28, 2009.

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