JT Miller taking a leave (please no speculation)

[LemonSauceD]

True heart and soul player. When he has a bad game he apologizes to Tocchet and lets him know he was bad. He’s truly his hardest critic.

He’s only missed 7 games since he’s become a Canuck. Hes battled through a ton of injuries and if he’s taking a leave of absence, then it’s something serious happening in his life.

 

[Leonardo87]

I want to personally thank the mods in advance for allowing us to speculate freely on this issue

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I don’t buy that it has to do with the coach.

 

[LemonSauceD]

I don’t buy that it has to do with the coach.

It’s not lol

 

[Coffey]

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[Prairie Habs]

I want to personally thank the mods in advance for allowing us to speculate freely on this issue

I bet he's training with Liam Neeson to develop a certain set of skills in case his daughter is ever abducted by human traffickers.

 

[Leonardo87]

Thank you.

 

[Breakers]

No more pouting from Pettersson

He’s been good lately
But is he goes back into that depression they are screwed

 

[Brookbank]

It would be fair to say that Miller has "looked off" for the whole year, with a lot of people speculating that he has been dealing with an injury. While Tocchet made it clear that Miller was not benched because of injury, it should also be made clear that JT has been "off" for a long time now. So no, the benching is not the cause. It might have been the culmination of the issue, which now sees him taking time off.

He had a solid first few games

 

[TheBeerNerd]

His wife deleted her Instagram...

 

[StreetHawk]

The word "indefinite" is scary.

Every leave is indefinite as the team won't put a time table for when the player could return. Personal matter is the priority first.
No need to limit that to 1 or 2 or 3 weeks.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858937082028458459

 

[Coffey]

His wife deleted her Instagram...

 

[LOFIN]

The word "indefinite" is scary.

There's nothing scary about that specifically. Most of these LOA are "indefinite" because every situation is unique.

 

[Eegs]

Being a human is f***n tough business. Get better JT.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

His wife deleted her Instagram...

GG's

 

[MXD]

Yep. I don't think they would use "indefinite" if it was something like that.

They probably wouldn't even grant the leave.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Yeah think everyone can read between the lines and see what it's probably about now. He has kids too.

 

[Bender Duster]

wonder what happened?? has any player ever taken a leave after a spat with a coach?

It's obviously not leave because of a spat with the coach. Coach benched him because he likely didn't show up for the game ready to play (why, we don't yet know).

 

[TheOrganist]

I would kinda like to know what the deal is...unless it's personal.

 

[Duodenum]

Fans were saying he looked completely depressed at the recent fan signings.

 

[notsocommonsense]

If something happened in the coaches office after the game, ie it got physical or a verbal argument that crossed lines. Maybe they decided it was best to give him leave.
Personally I hope its a coach/player issue and not something worse like addiction or mental health

That’s a very wide speculation brush you’re painting with there

 

[Nucker101]

Taj tweets should be banned from hf

He’s the equivalent of those magazines you see near the checkout

 

[Canucks LB]

JT is an absolute warrior, I really hope everything gets worked out, and hope it’s nothing too serious

 

[ijuka]

"please no speculation"

-> every other post is speculating.

Either way, this is going to hurt the Canucks' playoff chances.