Center missed 10 games earlier this season for personal reasons, had 2 assists in win against Oilers on Saturday

For at least one night, everything seemed so right. J.T. Miller was dragging them into the fight — even amid his uncertain and developing trade plight — and the Vancouver Canucks responded with a 3-2 playoff-style,

Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin says he’s open to making a trade — as long as the deal makes sense for the team

The scuttled J.T. Miller trade between the Canucks and the New York Rangers, which was first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman on “Hockey Night in Canada,” was close enough to occurring that Vancouver considered not dressing Miller for its Saturday night home game against the Edmonton Oilers.

The Vancouver Canucks are at an impasse with star forwards J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson. Both players are amid deep cold spells inspired by an off-ice rift, resulting in plenty of trade rumors. The team took one step forward in figuring out its plan with the duo on Saturday when Miller was nearly held out of Vancouver’s lineup to support a trade to the New York Rangers,

It’s no secret at this point that the Vancouver Canucks are listening to trade offers on J.T. Miller. There is a reported rift between Miller and fellow Canucks star Elias Pettersson, and it seems as if a boiling point has been reached.