Rangers land J.T. Miller in blockbuster trade with Canucks - ESPN

The Vancouver Canucks rocked the NHL with another Friday night blockbuster, trading forward J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers for forward Filip Chytil, defenseman Victor Mancini and a 2025 first-round draft pick.

Defensemen Erik Brannstrom and Jackson Dorrington were also part of the package with Miller to New York. The Rangers' draft selection is top-13 protected; it becomes an unprotected 2026 first-round pick should the choice be that high.

Miller also waived his no-trade clause to facilitate the deal, which the Canucks and Rangers had been working on for weeks. The Canucks nearly held Miller out of a game against Edmonton earlier this month with a trade percolating between the two sides, but it fell through.

Miller is headed back to the Rangers, who drafted him 15th overall in 2011. He suited up for New York from 2012 to 2018 before it traded him to Tampa. Miller joined the Canucks ahead of their 2019-20 season and inked a seven-year, $56 million extension with Vancouver that began in 2023-24. He leaves the Canucks as their second-leading scorer on the season with nine goals and 35 points.

It won't be long before fans see Miller back with the Blueshirts — he's expected to be in the lineup when they face Boston on Saturday afternoon, and New York could use the help. The Rangers shockingly slipped out of playoff contention in the season's first half but are now just five points back of an Eastern Conference wild-card spot.

The trade had to be a relief for Miller, who had been the subject of trade talks well before the rumor mill heated up earlier this month about him potentially landing back with the Rangers. The previous extension seemed to quell some of that momentum, but recently it felt increasingly inevitable