Ah yes, it’s about time we talk about this, the JT Miller dilemma. To trade or not to trade? With how the season has gone for the Canucks this year, we saw the old version of JT Miller. The laziness, the turnovers and horrible defensive play have all returned. Miller still has five years left on an eight million-dollar contract. After last year I loved that deal. Miller put up 103 points and played shutdown defence. The Canucks looked like geniuses for trading Bo Horvat over JT Miller. Elias Pettersson and JT Miller looked like a dominant  one-two punch and one of the best in the league. With 31.9 seconds left in game five against Edmonton in the second round, Miller scored the biggest goal of his life and had Canucks fans jumping with joy as they took a 3-2 series lead.

Unfortunately, that looks like the peak for JT Miller in Vancouver. The Canucks lost the series and the team hasn’t recovered. Last year was supposed to be the start of greatness. Hockey was finally fun in this city. Now it seems like forever ago. It’s back to agony and pain. Multiple teams have shown interest in the star center. The Canucks rejected a deal from the New York Rangers earlier this year which would have sent Mika Zibanejad to Vancouver. Has the core of Elias  Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser,Thatcher Demko, Filip Hronek and JT Miller hit its ceiling? 

With Miller’s play and contract added with the fact he’s the oldest out of the bunch is the most expendable. Rumors him and Pettersson don’t get along just to the fact Miller might be out the door. So what do the Canucks do? Trading Miller for picks and prospects would be a waste of everything that this team has done since 2015 to now. So I don’t think that’s what they should do. If Miller is shipped out, it should be for a center who is between 25-26 and maybe a defenceman. Adding a defenceman might be wishful thinking but it’s what the Canucks need. I have a ton of trust in Patrick Allvin and I know he will get a good return but this core is good enough to win a cup. It’s just a matter of all of the pieces fitting  together.