Canucks Reportedly Open To Idea Of Trading J.T. Miller With Rangers Slated To Have Interest

With a reported tension between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson, the Vancouver Canucks may be forced to trade one of them.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman is reporting the Canucks have begun to test the trade market for these two forwards, but have specific requests.

“So in calling around, this is what I can tell,” Friedman said. “It’s that the Canucks are definitely, definitely looking at the market for both players, and you should be prepared for all outcomes. There’s really three of them: neither gets dealt, one of them gets dealt, or both get dealt.

“That’s on the table, and I don’t want to predict the likelihood of any particular scenario, but I think all three of those outcomes are possible. Other things I can tell, just from making the calls, if the Canucks do make a trade, they’re going to need a centre in return.”

The New York Rangers have been a team with interest in Miller according to multiple NHL insiders.

Despite an intrigue to acquire Miller from Rangers general manager Chris Drury, there are obstacles both sides would have to overcome in order to get a deal finalized.

“I do think the Rangers are interested, but I don’t know how easy that match is going to be,” Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast. “If Vancouver wanted to do Zibanejad and again Zibanejad has a no-move clause too, so he’d have to want to do it, I think that could be done already. I’m not banking on that.

“The guy I could see Vancouver really liking is Schneider, but I’m not convinced at all the Ranger would want to do that, as a matter of fact, I’m convinced they wouldn’t just because I think they want to keep Schneider.”

The Rangers have to be considered the frontrunners in the Miller sweepstakes.