Vancouver Canucks president Jim Rutherford has mentioned publicly that the workforce won’t commerce ahead J.T. Miller, and he has not requested a commerce out of Vancouver, in response to Rick Dhaliwal of “Donnie and Dhali.” Rutherford added that the Canucks are standing by Miller and that he believes it’s truthful to take a position on the state of affairs, however individuals should be reasonable about what’s going on.
Patrick Johnson of The Province writes that Miller is trying to get himself proper whereas he’s away on private go away, and there’s no date decided but for when he’ll return. Finally, that date will probably be determined by Miller, in response to Rutherford. Miller’s focus is on getting again to the place he was mentally, and hopefully, he can accomplish that.
Since being traded to Vancouver in June 2019, all Miller has finished is put up stellar offensive numbers, averaging over some extent a recreation with 418 factors in 381 video games. Miller’s numbers have improved throughout his time with the Canucks, and he hit a number of profession highs final season, posting a career-best 103 factors (37 targets and 66 assists) in 81 video games. He has additionally eclipsed 30 targets in every of the final three seasons.
This yr, Miller began the yr with six targets and 10 assists in 17 video games.
