Player Discussion J.T. Miller Part II

[BroadwayStorm]

I don't want to jinx the kid but I have to eat crow. I was dogging him for hogging the puck and he sometimes looked like a pup great dane who couldn't get out of his own way. All the tools but shaky. And now he is starting to put it all together which shouldn't be a surprise since he was the same way in the AHL. The kid will be alright. 50-60 pt second line LW with upside. Can he score 30? Who knows but I love that he is now scoring.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

All I will say is that in the 2011 HF NYR first round mock draft I was the Leafs and drafted both JT and Boone Jenner.

Dunno where all of the board history went, but Toronto feel free to give me a call.

 

[aufheben]

All I will say is that in the 2011 HF NYR first round mock draft I was the Leafs and drafted both JT and Boone Jenner.

Dunno where all of the board history went, but Toronto feel free to give me a call.

He was a "bust" about a year ago.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Would it be fair to say that he has one of the best shots on the team? That's not saying much of course.

 

[ecemleafs]

All I will say is that in the 2011 HF NYR first round mock draft I was the Leafs and drafted both JT and Boone Jenner.

Dunno where all of the board history went, but Toronto feel free to give me a call.

shudda went with biggs bro

 

[Mr Clutch]

Would it be fair to say that he has one of the best shots on the team? That's not saying much of course.

According to Derick Brassard, JT has the best shot on the team. He said that last season after practice one day

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

According to Derick Brassard, JT has the best shot on the team. He said that last season after practice one day

Coming from the guy who has the best pass on the team (together with Yandle) and arguably the best slapshot in the league

 

[FLYLine27*]

How did JT look today? Had to work so I missed the game.

 

[Revel]

How did JT look today? Had to work so I missed the game.

My 2¢...

He had a solid game. Some nice passing during the game and a good Defensive play in OT.

He only played about 4 minutes or so in the 2nd period because of penalties we took.

Nothing Godly from Miller today, but he is becoming a regular threat on the ice and played solid.

 

[Inferno]

He had a few good shifts but by and large, to me, he looked gassed.

 

[FLYLine27*]

My 2¢...

He had a solid game. Some nice passing during the game and a good Defensive play in OT.

He only played about 4 minutes or so in the 2nd period because of penalties we took.

Nothing Godly from Miller today, but he is becoming a regular threat on the ice and played solid.

He had a few good shifts but by and large, to me, he looked gassed.

Thank you.

As long as he is keeping up his overall game i am thrilled. He is getting the points..

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

shudda went with biggs bro

Nah bro Armia, Gordie is an idiot for passing on a surefire sniper.

 

[Vickers8]

His last shift was pretty amazing, he was flying, creating chances and backchecking

 

[Mac n Gs]

His last shift was pretty amazing, he was flying, creating chances and backchecking

He almost leveled Giroux at the end of it too, which would have just been the icing on the cake. I love this run that he's on lately.

 

[Vickers8]

He almost leveled Giroux at the end of it too, which would have just been the icing on the cake. I love this run that he's on lately.

Just caught a piece of him, he was flying as they passed, a full collision at that speed would have sent Giroux into the next time zone

 

[Ghost of jas]

Nah bro Armia, Gordie is an idiot for passing on a surefire sniper.

Nicely played and another reminder of just how little stock to put into some of the armchair scoutng opinions voiced here. OTOH, I loved the pick!

 

[Bluenote13]

How did JT look today? Had to work so I missed the game.

He looked gassed like some have noted, but he did make some nice plays on the defensive side of the game, especially on Bill Maher in overtime.

Nicely played and another reminder of just how little stock to put into some of the armchair scoutng opinions voiced here. OTOH, I loved the pick!

My top five when our pick was up - McNeill, Namestinkov, Klefbom, Armia, Clendening. Really wished Scheifele had dropped, or we had tried to move up for him, we had the chips to do it, even though we had no 2nd rounder that year(shocker!).

My reservations about JT Miller at the time - Relies on his advanced size when playing amongst his peers, skating and leg strength needs work, poor showing at the combine, low point totals his draft year.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Just want to say how wrong I was on JT Miller. I thought he was a decent prospect and then changed my beliefs fairly quickly last year. I didn't think he was going to make it. What an absolute BEAST.

 

[KingDeathMetal]

It's not out of the question at all that this kid reaches 30 goals this year. He's at least going to reach the mid-20s. This isn't just some lucky hot streak. He's scoring at a rate that only Nash and Gabby have done in recent years for the Rangers. We've got ourselves that top 6 forward we needed.

 

[SA16]

Exceedingly unlikely. He's played well but he's shooting 33% over the last 10 games or so.

 

[aufheben]

Exceedingly unlikely. He's played well but he's shooting 33% over the last 10 games or so.

I'll take that over the "bust" he was about a year ago.

His SH% is going to come down but I can't think of many things he's not good at.

 

[Revel]

It's not out of the question at all that this kid reaches 30 goals this year. He's at least going to reach the mid-20s. This isn't just some lucky hot streak. He's scoring at a rate that only Nash and Gabby have done in recent years for the Rangers. We've got ourselves that top 6 forward we needed.

Please no jinx predictions.

 

[Pizza]

Nicely played and another reminder of just how little stock to put into some of the armchair scoutng opinions voiced here. OTOH, I loved the pick!

I think I just heard Gorton and Clark snickering in the back ground....

 

[Nanaki]

It's amazing to see the difference between a confident J.T. and a non confident J.T. The kid has the skill he just needs to be willing to put himself in the position to succeed. I know he won't keep this pace up but he is saving our *** right now.

 

[wolfgaze]

"Miller...So hot right now... Miller..."