What? It doesn’t confirm anything. I absolutely agree Miller is a different level of player but that in and of itself should be evidence that linking these two deals is ridiculous.
The trade return for a player isn’t a chart that simply zooms up exponentially. Toffoli is a lesser player but the appetite for a greater number of teams to give up a late 1st and middling prospect is much, much larger. I find it extremely hard to believe that if the Rangers didn’t want to give up Schneider before that they are suddenly going to say “well, I guess Toffoli went for this amount so now we owe it to Vancouver to exponentially beat the Flames package for TT by “x” amount because Miller is “x” amount a better player.
That’s not to say Vancouver won’t and shouldn’t get a huge package. If the right team wants Miller, I expect the return to be impressive. But there’s no guarantee that right team, right package moment is going to occur by the trade deadline. And the TT deal has zero to do with it. If the Rangers end up giving up Schneider it’s because they were always willing to go there if that’s where negotiations went and they really wanted to add Miller. Not because Drury woke up and saw the return for Toffoli.
