from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Somehow, K’Andre Miller is already entering his fourth NHL season.

And if Young Amigos Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere are pushing for more responsibility up front, the same holds true for Miller on the back end for the Rangers.

Except for this: Miller has been entrusted with significant responsibility pretty much from Day 1 in his rookie 2020-21 season.

He has played on the third pair exactly twice, those the second and third games of his NHL career while teamed with Brendan Smith.

Miller settled in quickly with Jacob Trouba on his right and has been one half of the 1A-1B shutdown tandem for the past two years, and was second to Adam Fox last season in average ice time (21:57) while posting personal bests in goals (9), assists (34) and points (43). Maybe next, an assignment on Power Play II?

“I think every player wants that and to be out there and succeed and do what they can to help the team,” Miller said Saturday, when asked if he would like to be granted more responsibility. “I’m just trying to do my job here, push my team to succeed every day and make myself better every day.”

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