Rangers Eye Long Term Future with Jt Miller After Trade

Boston – that was Is not a deal with one strokeNot a long shot. JT Miller has not been acquired to serve as a short -term strip.

If the remaining five years of the contract of nearly 32-year-old youth at an average annual value of $ 8 million did not tell you that then Chris Durry, the general manager who downloaded the deal with Vancouver, did just that hours in advance of the loss of 6-3 of Saturday afternoon from Bruins. Miller scored two goals At 18:48 of Ice Time.

“This is certainly an exciting day and it was an exciting night to acquire JT Miller, certainly one of the best effects forward in the NHL,” Durie said in a conference conversation with reporters. “(He) brings a unique combination of skills, size and physicalness of our team and not only helps us here in the short term, but will be a key part of our main movement forward.”

Miller – acquired as a central element of the transaction In which Philip Chitil, Victor Mancini and the first round, went to Vancouver-se in on the colors of Rangers for the first time since February 25, 2018, when he scored a goal against the red wings in the garden the day before he was traded in the bay in the unfortunate A deal that included Ryan McDoam.

By the way, the rangers were on a charter flight to Vancouver when the deal ended at this end. Miller was said to be his fate when the flight landed.

What goes around comes around. Isn’t it what Mark Messier said once?

Miller is expected to fill many of the emotional preparations for the rangers who have broken the team this experienced season. He is a person with a right. There is not very gray in the game or his personality. Dynamics will change.

“I think he will have a great impact not only on the ice but also in our room,” Durie said. “And not only for the rest of this year, but also ahead as a large piece of our core.

“As you all know, he is a great player of 200 feet, plays both sides of the washer, (plays) both special teams, has a physical element and has a high level of competition that we are excited to bring to our group. ”

Miller, who will carry # 8 around this time, not his original # 10, which now belongs to Artemi Panarin, finished 11th in the vote of Hart Trophy for MVP a year ago, from 37g, 66-assistant, 103-point season.

But the problems arose this season and Miller took leave in November. His enmity with his teammate Elias Petrorson – the origin of which is unknown – became public and apparently insoluble. The canoes had to move on. Miller, who had a full movement clause, controlled.

Working from a position of weakness, Vancouver made a move that would be beneficial for the rangers.

“We have certainly done many homework tasks for this situation and JT,” Durie said. “We have a story with it, obviously we made it and were a ranger, so we felt comfortable to make the deal.

“Obviously I’m not in the locker room or part of their organization, but we would not make the deal unless we feel comfortable with what will bring us out of the ice.”

Miller joins a team that includes one of his longest and best friends, Vincent Trochek. They have been close since they grew together as youth hockey players around the Pittsburgh area. Durie said he spoke with Trochek before he took off the deal.

“As part of the proper effort, we talked to many people,” Durie said. “You know that Vincent and JT have a friendship and I will not go into private discussions, but the crumb was one of the places we did homework for sure.”

The Rangers project has $ 16.5 million in the cap within the deadline. Drury is not expected to take place by making changes to the list. These moves may be of a shorter variety.

GM moves will be dictated by results leading to the deadline and to a two -week vacation with 4 nations, which begins on February 9th. Five matches, a Saturday, are the tournament in which Miller will join Trochek, Adam Fox, Adam Fox, Adam Fox and Chris Qorser in Team USA.

“I am excited to see JT enter our composition to see what we can do before the break,” Durie said. “I always explore the ways how we could be better.

“We will continue to do so on the break and the deadline.”