Vancouver Canucks president Jim Rutherford has mentioned publicly that the crew won’t commerce ahead J.T. Miller, and he has not requested a commerce out of Vancouver, based on Rick Dhaliwal of “Donnie and Dhali.” Rutherford added that the Canucks are standing by Miller and that he believes it’s truthful to invest on the state of affairs, however folks have to be practical 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, based on Rutherford. Miller’s focus is on getting again to the place he was mentally, and hopefully, he can achieve this.
Since being traded to Vancouver in June 2019, all Miller has accomplished is put up stellar offensive numbers, averaging over a degree a sport 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 objectives and 66 assists) in 81 video games. He has additionally eclipsed 30 objectives in every of the final three seasons.
This yr, Miller began the yr with six objectives and 10 assists in 17 video games.
