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For the love of God, can people stop the speculation before I just lock this thread
Confirmed with Link: Dec 10: JT Miller is back skating with the team, returned on Dec. 12th
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Raistlin
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with mental health issues, you need a trigger (nagging shoulder injury), then the brain takes over and the body suffers (stress from lack of restful sleep), and the worst thing is it spirals.
I think with all the advocacy we do with Hockey Talks over the years, the team and their players identify these situations with more clarity and will more likely take the advised actions to mitigating further setbacks. Some players are more susceptable and its pointless to compare it to Petey's although Im sure hes been screened too. you can tell the team is prepared for all the media firestorm with Province, Kuzma and PR etc out in full force today.
I think with all the advocacy we do with Hockey Talks over the years, the team and their players identify these situations with more clarity and will more likely take the advised actions to mitigating further setbacks. Some players are more susceptable and its pointless to compare it to Petey's although Im sure hes been screened too. you can tell the team is prepared for all the media firestorm with Province, Kuzma and PR etc out in full force today.
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Or this could be the start of EP having his MacKinnon moment.
He took off around the same age as EP is now. And EP already has a better track record than Nate at the same age
Trying to stay positive
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It's pretty tough seeing this post-game interview from Miller given the added context from today's news.
A complete 180 from the usual talkative person he's been in interviews over his time as a Canuck.
That would be extreme for what is being framed as a reset.
I think realistically, he's probably gone for a couple of weeks to do exactly that (and heal his shoulder). On a personal note, I hope everything is okay and he can comeback in a healthy state of mind.
If we aren't making a trade, I'd like to give a younger guy like Raty a chance at playing a top-6 center role to start.
the succession of set backs this season seems almost homegrown in a lab to trigger someone like JT Miller. Nothing wrong with taking a break and getting a re-set.
I am actually fairly confident the team rallies around this. Sometimes a dynamic change opens opportunities for others and breaks a stale status quo.
LickTheEnvelope
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So we have Boeser out, Demko out, Miller now out, Pettersson a shell of his former self. We better pray for Hughes. The team really does need to add here.
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The sad thing is, Quinn has already been trying to do too much.
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Not going to speculate, other than to say he’s not leaving the team because of some minor should injury. Whatever is going on is obviously serious enough to step away from the game.
On a personal level, most of us know someone who has gotten sick or something bad has happened to and it always puts things in perspective. It’s a game, it’s not life or death. Leave the guy alone in peace and move on.
As for the hockey side of it, a lot of teams do well up against the wall. With EP playing well maybe there’s something there. Boeser and Demko aren’t too far away either.
I trust Alvin though, if the team continues to be shit I doubt he’s going to sell the farm.
On a personal level, most of us know someone who has gotten sick or something bad has happened to and it always puts things in perspective. It’s a game, it’s not life or death. Leave the guy alone in peace and move on.
As for the hockey side of it, a lot of teams do well up against the wall. With EP playing well maybe there’s something there. Boeser and Demko aren’t too far away either.
I trust Alvin though, if the team continues to be shit I doubt he’s going to sell the farm.
Exactly and my thoughts and sure that everyone else has JT Millers future first and foremost in mind.
From a Canucks standpoint this is horrible news and the season might slip away really quickly here.
They have the depth to weather this especially if Boeser continues to progress and suffer no setbacks. He's practicing with the team now.
They could ice a forward group like this.
Debrusk-Pettersson-Boeser/Lekkerimaki
Garland-Suter-Joshua
Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood
Hoglander-Raty-Aman/Bains
Stack the first line with the best forwards, now let Pettersson seems to have worked himself out of that funk, let him cook with the primo offensive zone starts and Hughes minutes that Miller was getting before Boeser went down.
We know a line of Garland and Joshua can be excellent and that Suter can run the middle as well as Blueger did. That Sherwood-Blueger-Heinen line has shown itself to be a strong third line in the previous weeks as well.
They could ice a forward group like this.
Debrusk-Pettersson-Boeser/Lekkerimaki
Garland-Suter-Joshua
Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood
Hoglander-Raty-Aman/Bains
Stack the first line with the best forwards, now let Pettersson seems to have worked himself out of that funk, let him cook with the primo offensive zone starts and Hughes minutes that Miller was getting before Boeser went down.
We know a line of Garland and Joshua can be excellent and that Suter can run the middle as well as Blueger did. That Sherwood-Blueger-Heinen line has shown itself to be a strong third line in the previous weeks as well.
also, this is just my personal impression... I doubt Miller keeps himself out very long. I hope he takes as long as he needs, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's back by that December 3rd game versus the Wild.
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Ah yes because Miller was full of understanding for Pettersson when he was struggling two weeks ago.
This team is a legitimate Cup contender, what’s with this loser talk about it’s over without Demko, Miller, Boeser? Having our 2 best forwards out sucks but just maintain a playoff spot until the 4 nations cup. Better for our best players to be out now rather than the 2nd half of the season. Make a serious push after the break to win the division and hopefully make a deep playoff run to the finals.
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Sad that this has to be reiterated, every time something like this occurs around the league.
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There are probably a number of ways to do this and accommodate time away (including IR, though not sure if there are cap reasons not to do that), but this really seems like a poor way to do it communication-wise.
You are basically feeding the beast here. I would hope there is a fairly compelling reason they decided to do it in this manner. It sounds like the injury is prohibitive enough you just could have said he was taking time to recover.
You are basically feeding the beast here. I would hope there is a fairly compelling reason they decided to do it in this manner. It sounds like the injury is prohibitive enough you just could have said he was taking time to recover.
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Ngl my trust level in a Dhaliwal JT Miller take couldn't be lower. This guy pushed the locker room cancer and guy wanting out narratives pretty hard for months.
As for JT I hope it's something that he can get closure or work on and improve etc and it's not something that isn't fixable on his end. If it's just a mental break then hope he gets that and it should help him to have it but usually those don't take a press release saying indefinite. Could just sit him and say he needs some maintenance or getting over something. The press release makes it seem more serious to me so I hope Dhaliwal is right... but he usually isn't
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Sorry to hear about J.T, so what does this do for LTIR? Are we saving more Cap space after this towards the deadline? Will it even matter if we are out of the playoffs?
Thing is Pettersson’s been struggling for a year, he sucked in the playoffs, we could have won the Cup if he wasn’t useless against the Oilers. Miller’s been a warrior, went head to head against O’Rielly than against McDavid, put the team on his back with his play and passion. There is nothing more anyone wants then for Pettersson to start playing better consistently and when a leader like Miller pushes you to be better that’s a good sign, it means he cares. He cares so much about winning he’s literally been pushing his rpm over the redline and is playing intense hockey through injuries likely leading to burnout. This rest might be a blessing in disguise come playoff time when he’s battling in the trenches in a gruelling intense 7 game series. Just hope it’s nothing serious or family related.
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