Canucks offload disgruntled star J.T. Miller in trade with Rangers amid rift with teammate

The New York Rangers are shuffling the deck.

The Rangers acquired disgruntled prima J.T. Miller successful a multiplayer woody with the Vancouver Canucks connected Friday.

The squad received Miller and defensemen Jackson Dorrington and Erik Brannstrom, portion sending halfway Filip Chytil, defenseman Victor Mancini, and a protected 2025 archetypal circular draught prime to Vancouver. 

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Vancouver Canucks halfway J.T. Miller (9) looks connected against the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2nd play astatine Lenovo Center.  (James Guillory-Imagn Images)

The Canucks were expected to woody distant either Miller oregon prima halfway Elias Petersson aft a reported rift betwixt the 2 that dates backmost years.

"We’ve had our differences, possibly successful immoderate games, but I mean, he’s a teammate that I respect and yeah, he’s idiosyncratic I similar to play hockey with," Petersson said successful February 2023 connected the "32 Thoughts: The Podcast."

"Yeah, there’s a batch of speculation, evidently a lot, but he’s a teammate that I respect… it’s not an issue."

Shortly aft that, Miller commented connected his narration with Petersson.

"Petey and my narration has travel a agelong way. We’re inactive moving astatine it. We’re wholly antithetic people, you cognize what I mean? You’re not going to beryllium BFFs with everybody, but astatine the aforesaid clip you travel to enactment together. We are polar opposites successful a batch of ways, but we’re moving astatine it. We’ve travel a agelong way," Miller said via Sportsnet. 

The narration became untenable betwixt the brace arsenic clip went on.

After Miller was benched successful the 3rd play of the Canucks 5-3 nonaccomplishment to the Nashville Predators connected Nov. 17, the Canucks announced that Miller had taken a permission of lack connected Nov. 20. Miller missed 10 games, with his lack spanning a month.

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Vancouver Canucks guardant J.T. Miller (9) skates during warm-up anterior to a crippled against the Washington Capitals astatine Rogers Arena.  (Bob Frid-Imagn Images)

Miller’s lack was 10 games, and the rift betwixt the brace was brought up again. Both players were soon successful commercialized rumors. 

Miller has ever played with an edge, and Rangers wide manager Chris Drury hopes that Miller tin transmission that borderline helium plays with to jolt the Rangers. 

"I privation to convey J.T. for his clip present successful Vancouver," Canucks wide manager Patrik Allvin said successful a statement. "J.T. was a passionate interaction subordinate and bully person for our hockey team. Moving him was not an casual determination but we are pleased with our instrumentality from the Rangers. Both Filip and Victor are bully additions for our club, and we are excited to spot what they bring to america connected the ice."

Miller is successful the 2nd twelvemonth of a seven-year, $56 cardinal deal. The Canucks did not clasp immoderate wealth connected Miller’s declaration successful the trade. 

This season, Miller has 9 goals and 26 assists successful 40 games aft mounting vocation highs past play successful goals (37) and assists (66) past season. 

With the summation of Miller, the Rangers' apical 3 centers present are: Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad and Miller, a beardown radical connected paper. 

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Vancouver Canucks halfway J.T. Miller (9) is congratulated by teammates aft scoring against the St. Louis Blues during the 2nd play astatine Enterprise Center.  (Jeff Curry-Imagn Images)

The Rangers are 13th successful the Eastern conference, 5 points down the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 2nd chaotic paper spot. 

This volition beryllium Miller’s 2nd stint with the Rangers, arsenic helium was drafted by the squad with the 15th wide prime successful the 2011 NHL Draft.

Miller spent parts of six seasons with New York earlier being traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning with defenseman Ryan McDonaugh successful February 2018. 

During his archetypal stint successful New York, Miller had 72 goals and 100 assists successful 341 games. For his career, Miller has totaled 247 goals and 427 assists successful 839 games.

The main prize of the commercialized for the Canucks is Chytil, who has 75 goals and 89 assists successful 378 vocation games, including 11 goals and 9 assists successful 41 games this season.

Chytil missed each but 10 games with concussion issues past play but has shown flashes of stardom erstwhile healthy. 

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New York Rangers halfway Filip Chytil (72) plays the puck against the Montreal Canadiens during the archetypal play astatine Bell Centre.  (David Kirouac-Imagn Images)

"Heard immoderate truly bully things," Canucks caput manager Rick Tocchet said of Chytil. "I heard he’s precise excited to come. Mancini I perceive is simply a truly large defenseman, young, that tin play. Yeah, I deliberation there’s immoderate worldly to enactment with."

Miller whitethorn beryllium capable to articulation the Rangers for their matchup against the Boston Bruins astatine 3:30 p.m. ET connected Saturday. 

For the Canucks, their archetypal crippled successful the post-Miller epoch is against the Detroit Red Wings astatine 8 p.m. ET connected Sunday. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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