Ahead of the Canucks game vs the Predators, forward J.T. Miller responded to Canucks' Jim Rutherford's comments on his rift with Elias Pettersson.
Rutherford isn't sure if his Canucks are good enough to be contenders, but he's sure they needed Pettersson from the Penguins.
Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford publicly acknowledged the feud between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson on Tuesday.
After a rift between forwards J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson was largely rumor for most of the season, team president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford made comments about the situation this week.
J.T. Miller was traded to the New York Rangers by the Vancouver Canucks on Friday with Erik Brannstrom and Jackson Dorrington for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, according to multiple reports. The 2025 draft pick is top-13 protected and transfers to 2026 if it falls in the top 13.
Jim Rutherford's bombshell interview appears to have left star forward J.T. Miller speechless — at least with the media.
The Vancouver Canucks have finally traded J.T Miller to the New York Rangers and thus his time with the club has come to an end.
Blueshirts also shipped prospect defenseman Victor Mancini and a protected first-round draft pick to Vancouver. The Rangers also received Jackson Dorrington and Erik Brannstrom in the deal, according to multiple reports.
After it looked like Vancouver was set to take a step back by sort of punting with the J.T. Miller trade, it flipped the Rangers first-rounder and picked up exactly what the team needed: another top-four defender who can play significant minutes and take some of the pressure off Quinn Hughes.
One NHL insider weighed in on the reasoning behind the Rangers' nixed trade for J.T. Miller and how the Canucks are ready to make a deal.
Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller had little to say when asked about team president Jim Rutherford’s comments confirming the ongoing rift between him and Elias Pettersson. “I don’t have one,” Miller told reporters when asked for his thoughts on Rutherford’s remarks.