Come on man, you know full well any high end player is going to want MAX TERM and NMC and HIGH cap hit...JT and his agent are going to show the Hertl, Zibanejad, Forsberg extensions and likely throw in Kadri when he signs with his new team.
You have to give to get, a late 1st really doesn't do help for at least a few years if your lucky. So asking for an established young player or recent high pick as the starting point for JT is just NORMAL
thank god i finally found the ignore feature on this site, will keep me wrong getting in trouble with mods.
All the best to everyone, its barely the off season, 0 rush to trade JT to a team so their fans are happy about it on a hockey forum. He may get traded, he may not...only time will tell!
that's probably why there's really no substance to the Canucks and the Rangers making any deal at this point and why there really hasn't been since the TDL last year. It's clear both teams are looking for different circumstances and that's honestly fair.
It's very rare for a young player with a high draft pedigree to get traded for a rental player. If Miller had term on his contract, then it becomes a different story but expiring players simply don't return what you're talking about from an NHL team that's looking to be a serious contender. Those teams don't deal off of their roster and they especially don't deal their youngsters that fill those roles.
Some other TDL examples would be:
Gaborik to the Kings
Stone to the Golden Knights
Nash to the Bruins
The only roster players that ever get moved are middling ones that are just a "body" for the other team. They aren't the young players with a strong draft pedigree that teams covet.
This type of trade is very routine amongst GMs. Team A is a seller and has an expiring player. Team B is gearing up to make a serious playoff run. Team B pays mostly and usually deals all futures to Team A, while keeping their roster intact. Team A takes the "short term pain for a long term gain" while team B takes the "short term gain for the long term pain". This is an archetype. It reoccurs.
If this isn't what the Canucks want, that's fair. It means though there's no business with the Rangers. And as it currently stands, everything in the media, or lack thereof, would strongly support this. I don't mean to be smug or anything, I'm just referring to history and past trends. Canucks will still find other teams I'm sure that will be more amenable to what they want because not every team is along in their window as others. It will be easier for some to deal certain players than others.
The only thing I don't get is why there seems to be this fixating on the Rangers. It seems like Canucks fans are trying to jam J.T. Miller down Rangers' fans throats, while also laying down laws and saying that we have to be thrilled over the moon to have J.T. Miller. It just seems so odd. There are other teams out there to focus on bros.