Player Discussion K'Andre Miller

[Tob]

Most pathetic in all this is that Isles fan rushing to the main board lmao

Total gigachud

 

[NYRFANMANI]

I like Miller the player. Miller the person is a d-bag. I’ve been around him a few times and not in an autograph seeking or weirdo capacity. He was d*** to kids at a season ticket holder event for one. I hope they slam him. I’m always up for grit, physicality, and even some borderline dirty antics but spitting in someone’s face is gross and downright disrespectful. Not that it matters, but Doughty has and will have accomplished 100x more than Miller will in this league. If you’re that amped up then drop the gloves or knock him out of his skates on the next play.

This post says more about you than anything.

 

[Tob]

We've kept this family together through Stolen Puck Gate and DeAngelo vs. Georgiev Civil War. We are not going to be broken by doughty loogie gate.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

A loogie likely gets you 3 games and a goon rag dolling one of the star players in the league gets you a fine, stupidest league in the world when it comes to discipline.

 

[Barnaby]

I don’t think I’ve ever said a bad thing about Miller prior to todays shenanigans. I thought him being compared to a future Hedman by some was way over the top, but he’s been very solid on the 2nd pairing. I think he’s probably got another level to his game that he hasn’t hit yet. I’d like to see him be a little more physical given his size/strength.

“Sided with DeAngelo?” Yea, I didn’t like how that scenario played out, but what does that have to do with Miller? I thought the rumor of them having an issue was determined to be nonsense.

I didn’t say Miller is an awful human being. I said in my few experiences with him I didn’t like the way he handled himself. One of which was around kids, not adults seeking autographs or a new best friend. “One of the best kids on the team.” Oh yea, based on what? I don’t remember Laf, Kakko, or Fox spitting in a future HOF face. Hopefully he was just fired up and this was a one off as I’ve never thought of him as a dirty player.

Yes, that’s what I spend my free time doing. I’m pushing an anti-Miller agenda to people I don’t know on a hockey message board “historically” and for years. Go through this entire Miller thread and find one time before today when I criticize Miller as a person. Let me guess, nothing. My “agenda” is don’t spit in another man’s face. My agenda is don’t hurt your team in a playoff race especially when you just lost Lindgren,

Your comment is out there. Just block me. My comment was fair.

This post says more about you than anything.

Ok? … I mean are young players drafted by the Rangers beyond reproach? Maybe he needs to mature a bit.

 

[GAGLine]

I love Miller but if that was an accident he's the dumbest guy in hockey, a whole scrum going on around you and you can't figure out not to spit straight out from your face? Not buying it. He's getting atleast a game, probably more.

I don't think he even realized he was doing it. I know that sounds weird, but some of these guys spit so often, it becomes an involuntary action. People don't think about every time they blink. They just do it.

Maybe that wasn't the case with Miller and he really did it on purpose, but that seems to be very out of character for him. He's been in a lot of scrums and has never done anything like it before, and from all accounts, there was nothing said or done that would have angered him to the point of doing it intentionally.

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. For those who aren't, and think it was intentional, why did he do it?

 

[NYRFAN218]

If Miller is suspended, I assume we’ll see Lindgren dress? Lindgren already counts against the cap whether he is dressing or not.

I feel like if they were going to have Lindgren dress, wouldn't they have done it last night too? They would have saved $$$ on calling Carpenter up who just sat on the bench anyway.

 

[eco's bones]

If anything K'Andre should learn to keep his expectorant to himself. If he gets suspended he gets suspended but apart from that it's time to move on. I wouldn't make more out of this than that.

 

[Deleted member 23124]

I don't think he even realized he was doing it. I know that sounds weird, but some of these guys spit so often, it becomes an involuntary action. People don't think about every time they blink. They just do it.

Maybe that wasn't the case with Miller and he really did it on purpose, but that seems to be very out of character for him. He's been in a lot of scrums and has never done anything like it before, and from all accounts, there was nothing said or done that would have angered him to the point of doing it intentionally.

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. For those who aren't, and think it was intentional, why did he do it?

I agree....I think it's probable that Dougherty wasn't as close as he was when KAM's "involuntary mechanism" kicked in.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Looking for a silver lining here. If K does get suspended does those games still count against the cap?

Yes.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

This post says more about you than anything.

How so?

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

I'll be honest I'm having a tough time understanding how it's possible to accidentally spit on someone.

So you're telling me he just goes through life spitting involuntarily?

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

I'll be honest I'm having a tough time understanding how it's possible to accidentally spit on someone.

So you're telling me he just goes through life spitting involuntarily?

No, but in a hockey game, yes. When you're playing some players constantly spit on the ice. Again, not in ordinary life but during the game.

I have no reason to not believe Miller. He has a track record of being a clean, respectable player. Don't know why anyone who is a Rangers fan and has watched him wouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

No, but in a hockey game, yes. When you're playing some players constantly spit on the ice. Again, not in ordinary life but during the game.

I have no reason to not believe Miller. He has a track record of being a clean, respectable player. Don't know why anyone who is a Rangers fan and has watched him wouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt.

I'll buy that it wasn't malicious and even that he didn't intend to hit Doughty, but failing to control yourseld and letting spit fly in the middle of a scrum when players are in your personal space is at best viewed as a really stupid thing to do. When his team was already playing 5D.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

I'll buy that it wasn't malicious and even that he didn't intend to hit Doughty, but failing to control yourseld and letting spit fly in the middle of a scrum when players are in your personal space is at best viewed as a really stupid thing to do. When his team was already playing 5D.

Agree, completely stupid. I am sure Kandre himself would even agree with that.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Agree, completely stupid. I am sure Kandre himself would even agree with that.

And don't get me wrong, I definitely don't think it was malicious and agree that would be very out of character. Hopefully a learning moment for him, better now than in April.

 

[Machinehead]

Yo, I just had a banger idea for playoff avatars.

Panel 1 - "part of one of the worst trades in NHL history"

Panel 2 - 0 games (over a picture of Tom Wilson in the penalty box)

Panel 3 - "eats tofu"

Panel 4 - 3 games (over a picture of K'Andre Miller)

Panel 5 - #93 Mika Zibanejad

Panel 6 - 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Basically, something meaningful about the player is 0 games and something dumb and innocuous is 3 games. You could do a lot with that theme.

 

[will1066]

Yo, I just had a banger idea for playoff avatars.

Panel 1 - "part of one of the worst trades in NHL history"

Panel 2 - 0 games (over a picture of Tom Wilson in the penalty box)

Panel 3 - "eats tofu"

Panel 4 - 3 games (over a picture of K'Andre Miller)

Panel 5 - #93 Mika Zibanejad

Panel 6 - 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Basically, something meaningful about the player is 0 games and something dumb and innocuous is 3 games. You could do a lot with that theme.

Nice. Can you squeeze in a panel with 0 shifts over Schneider, or a panel with 0 shifts but penalty box time for Carpenter

 

[Machinehead]

Nice. Can you squeeze in a panel with 0 shifts over Schneider, or a panel with 0 shifts but penalty box time for Carpenter

We can always get creative

 

[DanielBrassard]

We've kept this family together through Stolen Puck Gate and DeAngelo vs. Georgiev Civil War. We are not going to be broken by doughty loogie gate.

Family? I want nothing to do with you freak.

I'll be honest I'm having a tough time understanding how it's possible to accidentally spit on someone.

So you're telling me he just goes through life spitting involuntarily?

Maybe he has ocd that causes him to spit at random times throughout the day no matter the consequences or who's around him .

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Ok? … I mean are young players drafted by the Rangers beyond reproach? Maybe he needs to mature a bit.

You know, you could have just written that last part. But you come up with some BS anecdote (which was some weak ass hearsay), saying he's a d-bag human, only to try to walk back on the statement in the next post, saying you never said he was a bad human being.
It's literally what you said a post ago.
No player is beyond reproach, dude is very young, playing a highly emotional sport
Shit like this happens, he will learn.
What are you going to do?

How so?

^

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

You know, you could have just written that last part. But you come up with some BS anecdote (which was some weak ass hearsay), saying he's a d-bag human, only to try to walk back on the statement in the next post, saying you never said he was a bad human being.
It's literally what you said a post ago.
No player is beyond reproach, dude is very young, playing a highly emotional sport
Shit like this happens, he will learn.
What are you going to do?

^

How do you know his story is BS and why shouldn’t he have the right to tell it and let folks make up their own minds. I don’t really have an opinion on the story’s veracity. Key comes across well to me from a media distance to be honest.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

How do you know his story is BS and why shouldn’t he have the right to tell it and let folks make up their own minds. I don’t really have an opinion on the story’s veracity. Key comes across well to me from a media distance to be honest.

Pray tell me, where did I say he shouldn't have the right to say it? I did make up my mind on his post and responded accordingly. Afaic idgaf about his little story.
If you don't have an opinion on it, then maybe stfu, instead half-assedly trying to defend his shitty take.

 

[McRanger92]

Good to see. The kid made a mistake and will be punished for it but hopefully now we can just move past it.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Pray tell me, where did I say he shouldn't have the right to say it? I did make up my mind on his post and responded accordingly. Afaic idgaf about his little story.
If you don't have an opinion on it, then maybe stfu, instead half-assedly trying to defend his shitty take.

Didn’t mean to trigger you, take care