The New York Rangers are heavily rumored to be targeting Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller in the lead-up to the NHL Trade Deadline. Miller, who is currently ranked as the No. 1 trade bait player according to TSN, has a no-movement clause but is reportedly open to a return to the Rangers, where he played for six seasons earlier in his career.
J.T. Miller 's name will be circulating in trade rumors until the March 7 NHL Trade Deadline . The New York Rangers have been interested in acquiring Miller since Chris Drury 's first season as general manager, and they are considered the frontrunners to land him this season. When Miller's previous contract was set to expire in 2021-22, the Rangers showed interest, but Vancouver held onto him and eventually signed him to a seven-year extension before the 2022-23 season.
Now, Miller is ranked as the No. 1 player on TSN's Trade Bait list as the Canucks have struggled with consistency amidst a lot of negativity surrounding the team.The Rangers, who started the season as projected Stanley Cup contenders, experienced a significant decline from November through the end of 2024 and are now unlikely to even make the playoffs. New York currently sits at 20-20-2, four points outside of a playoff spot with 40 games remaining. Drury reportedly made an offer earlier this season, proposing Rangers' current top-line center Mika Zibanejad in a straight-up swap. The Canucks rightfully rejected the offer. The Canucks have opted to let the market unfold with both Miller and teammate superstar Elias Pettersson, who has faced regression this year amid rumors of a feud between him and Miller.Miller has a no-movement clause in his contract, which would need to be waived for a trade to occur, but he is reportedly open to moving back to New York, the team where he began his NHL career for parts of six seasons before being traded to Tampa Bay in 2017-18. Zibanejad, who played alongside Miller on the Rangers for one and a half seasons, isn't on TSN's list but is a major candidate who could be leaving New York by March. His on-ice struggles have hampered the Rangers this season, as their top power-play unit has diminished partly due to his inability to score goals like he has in the past. The relationship between him and the Rangers may have run its course.Miller possesses exactly the qualities that the Rangers lacked in their playoff run last year, which ended when the Florida Panthers defeated them in six games in the Eastern Conference Final. Releasing Zibanejad's contract would free up the necessary space to accommodate Miller, but are the Rangers in a position to add a star who is 31 years old? Every game between now and March 7 will help answer that question. Miller has accumulated 29 points through 32 games played this year, tying him with his counterpart Pettersson.
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