J.T. MILLER - Center/Winger - 26 - $5.25MM Cap Hit - UFA in 2023-2024
LAST UPDATED 8/20/19
J.T. Miller was a sneaky good acquisition for the Tampa Bay Lightning down the stretch in the 2017-18 season, as he scored 18 points in only 19 games. Miller was unable to carry over such success to the 2018-19 campaign, and saw himself become a cap casualty, getting traded to Vancouver as part of the team's attempt to clear salary cap space. While the Lightning may have viewed him as a necessary player to shed given his contract's cap hit, that's not to say that Miller isn't still worth his cap hit. Miller has scored at least 20 goals three times in his career, and has always found himself from the mid-40 point range to the high-50 point range at the end of the season. That's production that simply is not easy to find. Miller is an advanced skater with good speed and vision. He can race up the ice and take advantage of his size to maintain possession of the puck and get into scoring position. Miller plays a hard-nosed style and is far from a perimeter player, but his offensive inconsistency is puzzling. Miller seems to have all the tools, the speed, the instincts, the puck skills, the shot, but he can never quite pull away from a raging inconsistency that has plagued his career thus far. He seems like he should score like a point-per-game force on some nights, but then on others he'll look more like he belongs on the Vancouver Giants than the Vancouver Canucks. I think that by investing some serious draft capital via trade in Miller, the Canucks are hedging their bets on a Miller breakout, which is certainly possible, but it's also true that they won't be the first team to bet on the Miller explosion that seems around the corner but is just out of reach. He's a fine second line scorer right now with some defensive value, but if he continues to fail to reach the upside everyone seems to believe he holds he'll continually be a question mark in the Canucks lineup. Good floor, though.
J.T. Miller was a sneaky good acquisition for the Tampa Bay Lightning down the stretch in the 2017-18 season, as he scored 18 points in only 19 games. Miller was unable to carry over such success to the 2018-19 campaign, and saw himself become a cap casualty, getting traded to Vancouver as part of the team's attempt to clear salary cap space. While the Lightning may have viewed him as a necessary player to shed given his contract's cap hit, that's not to say that Miller isn't still worth his cap hit. Miller has scored at least 20 goals three times in his career, and has always found himself from the mid-40 point range to the high-50 point range at the end of the season. That's production that simply is not easy to find. Miller is an advanced skater with good speed and vision. He can race up the ice and take advantage of his size to maintain possession of the puck and get into scoring position. Miller plays a hard-nosed style and is far from a perimeter player, but his offensive inconsistency is puzzling. Miller seems to have all the tools, the speed, the instincts, the puck skills, the shot, but he can never quite pull away from a raging inconsistency that has plagued his career thus far. He seems like he should score like a point-per-game force on some nights, but then on others he'll look more like he belongs on the Vancouver Giants than the Vancouver Canucks. I think that by investing some serious draft capital via trade in Miller, the Canucks are hedging their bets on a Miller breakout, which is certainly possible, but it's also true that they won't be the first team to bet on the Miller explosion that seems around the corner but is just out of reach. He's a fine second line scorer right now with some defensive value, but if he continues to fail to reach the upside everyone seems to believe he holds he'll continually be a question mark in the Canucks lineup. Good floor, though.
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