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The never-ending trade saga with the Vancouver Canucks has come to an end with the team agreeing to deal J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers.
Centre Filip Chytil, defenceman Victor Mancini and a conditional first-round pick will go from the Rangers to the Canucks in the trade. Defencemen Jackson Dorrington and Erik Brannstrom will go with Miller to New York.
The first-round pick is top 13 protected for the 2025 NHL Draft. If it falls inside the top 13 slots, the Canucks will receive an unprotected first-round pick in 2026 instead.
“On behalf of the entire Canucks organization I want to thank J.T. for his time here in Vancouver,” general manager Patrik Allvin said in a statement. “J.T. was a passionate impact player and good leader for our hockey team. Moving him was not an easy decision but we are pleased with our return from the Rangers. Both Filip and Victor are good additions for our club and we are excited to see what they bring to us on the ice.”
The Canucks decided to move the 31-year-old Miller amid off-ice drama and sub-standard on-ice production.
The deal ends a months-long narrative between Miller and Elias Pettersson, during which the rumoured rift between the Canucks’ top two centremen has been affecting the team, both on-ice and off.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman had previously reported that all solutions were on the table, including trading one, both or neither. Team president Jim Rutherford added more flames to the fire earlier this week when he told Gary Mason of The Globe and Mail that “it certainly appears like there’s not a good solution that would keep this group together.”
Miller hit career-highs in goals (37) and points (103) last season to lead the Canucks to a Pacific Division title but the East Palestine, Ohio, native has suffered a turbulent 2024-25. Miller had 16 points in the first 17 games of the season (six goals, 11 assists) before taking a 10-game leave of absence for personal reasons.
After his return, he went pointless for five games but eventually broke through for points in five of Vancouver’s last six contests.
On the season, he has nine goals, 35 points and a minus-4 rating.
Miller began his career with the Rangers and played six seasons in New York before being traded to Tampa Bay in 2018. Miller is in the second year of a seven-year, $56 million contract and had to waive his no-trade clause to allow this deal to be completed.
Chytil is in his seventh full NHL season and will take over Miller’s spot as a top-six centre on the Canucks. The 25-year-old Czech native has dealt with concussions throughout his career and has scored 75 goals and 164 points in 375 career games.
Mancini, 22, is in his second pro season and made his NHL debut with the Rangers earlier this year, appearing in 15 games.
Brannstrom, 25, has appeared in 28 games for the Canucks and eight more at the AHL level this season. Dorrington, 20, was a sixth-round pick by the Canucks in 2022 and is currently in his junior season at Northeastern.
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