Miller's issues as a defenseman pretty much stem from his switching over from being a forward three/four years ago. It's not an easy position to learn to play. Right now Miller is leaning on his athleticism to make up the difference but this is college not the pros. I suspect he'll make the USA WJC team again. He was alright at last year's WJC but he'll need to be better and a leader this time around. If not enough improvement it might be in his best interest to go back to Wisconsin one more year.
We don't need to rush K'Andre. At LD we have Lindgren and Hajek breaking into the NHL this year and Skjei is mid 20's and others like Rykov and Reunanen in the wings.
I'm going to start referring to our 2018 class as the Slow Cooker Draft.
There's a lot of skill there, as we've seen, it's just going to take time for aspects of their game to mature --- experience, physical maturity, decision making, etc.
When I look at that class, I don't see a group that was/is going to hit the ground running in the NHL in 2019, or even 2020. I see a group whose real impact may be a little beyond that.
I was looking through my notes/posting on here, and I think this still rings as true today as it did 18 months ago:
"Patience is a virtue when evaluating any draft. However, some drafts reward your patience sooner than others.
This draft is definitely more of a longer-term investment for the Rangers.
In the case of all 3 first round picks, I think you're looking at a little bit longer window until you really see what they're capable of.
Kravtsov probably needs 2 years to really put a good portion of the pieces together.
I think Lundkvist and Miller are probably closer to 3, maybe a slightly more."