J.T. Miller isnt bitter about his Canucks divorce with Rangers set to face his old team
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Miller took the high road.Despite his ugly Canucks departure, the Rangers center only had praise for his former organization.Miller will face the Canucks on Saturday for the first time since the blockbuster trade in January that sent him to the Rangers for a second stint in New York.
The Rangers acquired Miller along with Erik Brannstrom (who they subsequently sent to the Sabres) and prospect Jackson Dorrington in exchange for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini and a 2025 first-round pick.“Nothing but great things,” Miller said after practice Friday about how he reflects on his time with the Canucks.“Raised my three kids there, my wife and I have so many friends outside of the game.
All the love the city and the fans showed for me while I was there is something I will never forget.It’s a great organization, great place to play hockey, passionate fan base.
They treated me with the utmost respect while I was there.Nothing but thankful for the opportunity.”Miller spent five-plus seasons with the Canucks but left on a sour note.
Amid reports that he and the team’s other star center, Elias Pettersson, weren’t getting along, president Jim Rutherford confirmed a rift between the two and suggested a trade was the only resolution.“I felt like for a long time that there was a solution here because everybody has worked on it, including the parties involved,” Rutherford told The Globe and Mail in January.“But it only gets resolved for a short period of time and then it festers again, and so it certainly appears like there’s no good solution that would keep this group together.”Miller, 32, had signed a seven-year, $56 million extension with Vancouver that began last year, when he also recorded a career-high 103 points.
But it didn’t take long for him to be at the center of trade rumors this year.When asked...