Confirmed Trade: [NYR/VAN] JT Miller, Erik Brannstrom, Jackson Dorrington for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, 2025 1st round pick (top 13 protected)

[centipede2233]

this. before Miller gave up on the team before his mental break, this is the Miller in Vancouver. the whole trade impasse was whether to value this year (and next) over the course of their contracts. Trading Miller is sacrificing this year. There is something seriously wrong with Pettersson this year, but betting that his unnatural play being the norm is folly in my opinion, this year will likely bottom out at some point, after his body/mind heals, I think vancouver get the elite player back. Whereas Miller has a new lease on life living a more anonymous life in America, in a city that suits his.....opinions than a very mono-liberal Vancouver.

It wasn’t a mental break. The only reason a player misses a month during the season is injury, PAP, immediate family health, league suspension or team suspension. I’ll let you deduce which one it was.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Miller was obviously gonna be better this season, anyone expecting otherwise is lying to themselves, we can only truly judge this trade in a couple of years to see how Petey bounces back with a proper offseason with training and getting the strength in his legs back.

I'm glad Miller is doing well but he mailed it in here in Vancouver, no other way to describe why all of a sudden he is playing so well.

How exactly did he mail it in?

 

[beardo]

How exactly did he mail it in?

Lol did you watch him play?

 

[Phrasing]

How exactly did he mail it in?

I’ve been watching Miller since he joined the Canucks and when he moved to the Rangers. He was not playing similarly with the Canucks as he is now or as he was last year. His carelessness and effort cost the Canucks real wins. You are seeing a more motivated JT, which I’m glad for since Rangers needed him (and Zib consequently) to get going.

 

[Connor McConnor]

They openly wanted to trade both at one point, but probably felt they were leaving a lot more assets on the table by trading Pettersson at a super low, because if he rebounds his ceiling is way higher than Miller's.

I swear we’ve talked about EP having to “rebound” for half of his career

 

[Phrasing]

Did Vancouver trade the wrong player?

Canucks were openly shopping both. There’s no guarantee he still won’t be traded.

 

[Siludin]

I swear we’ve talked about EP having to “rebound” for half of his career

In fairness, his 100 point season was a rebound.

At the end of his career the storyline will probably be that he was a franchise-level talent who was physically fragile and incompatible with the Canadian media, and unfortunately media compatibility is arguably more important than talent in this market.

Fans would be way more forgiving with Pettersson if he had a funny one-liner when things were down.
He needs to learn from Sami Salo, not the Sedins!

 

[Raistlin]

It wasn’t a mental break. The only reason a player misses a month during the season is injury, PAP, immediate family health, league suspension or team suspension. I’ll let you deduce which one it was.

what is PAP? JR and Allvin say its a mental leave of absence. family health? you mean his son losing his pinky?

J.T. Miller opens up on latest struggles, hints at his mental health

Last night, Miller got in a heated exchange with head coach Rick Tocchet and played a lot less than usual. This is what he had to say, down below:

www.hockeyfeed.com

 

[Mathew Barzal]

How exactly did he mail it in?

You’ll definitely get to see it over the course of his contract. But while Miller can absolutely be the Mackinnon-esque force to drag a team to victory through sheer will, he does not have the same mental fortitude to handle losing/underperforming.

If his teammates are in a funk or the team is slumping, irrespective of the cause his body language changes, he starts getting pissy at people and just stops trying on defense. It’s almost like you can visibly see him thinking “What’s the point of me trying right now”.

I think this is less of an issue if he’s an addition to a strong core with an established culture. In Vancouver he was THE GUY though and I don’t think it was good for the lockerroom having the young guys watch the rollercoaster of a player that he is.

 

[IComeInPeace]

At the end of his career the storyline will probably be that he was a franchise-level talent who was physically fragile

I think his mental fragility will trump his physical fragility.