What’s next for the Canucks after trading J.T. Miller? 10 thoughts on a pair of blockbusters
Across a pair of complicated blockbuster trades on Friday night the Vancouver Canucks remade their roster and charted a new path forward for the franchise. In the short term, however, the Canucks’ hope is that Pettersson will find his game and perform like the top-level centre that the club requires him to be. The Canucks, it seems, weren’t especially pleased by whatever stopped that original deal, but other suitors always felt like the Rangers were still in the driver’s seat in pursuing Miller. Although Vancouver didn’t get permission to discuss extensions with either of them prior to executing the trade on Friday night, the Canucks are confident about their ability to get both extended and intend to open extension talks this weekend or early next week with O’Connor and Pettersson’s respective representatives. Rutherford traded for Pettersson and signed O’Connor, who was identified and recruited to Pittsburgh by Canucks director of player personnel Scott Young, to his entry-level contract during his tenure as Penguins general manager.
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