from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

So maybe Chris Drury should have traded for J.T. Miller before the end of Sunday’s game against the Canucks while the Rangers’ president-general manager’s suite was only 20 yards away from his Vancouver counterpart, Jim Rutherford.

It wasn’t pretty at the Garden, the Blueshirts going down 5-2 in a generally uninspired and uninspiring effort from about midway through the first period to midway through the third, while Miller — an apple of the Rangers’ eye as the March 21 trade deadline approaches — set up both of his team’s two first-period goals.

The cost of doing business with Rutherford is going to be high, there is no doubt about that. The one-time and perhaps prodigal Ranger leads the Canucks in scoring with 59 points (20-39), good for tied for 10th in the league. Since arriving in Vancouver in 2019-20 by way of Tampa Bay, Miller is 15th in the NHL with 177 points (62-115) in 174 games.

He is big, is strong on the forecheck, he wins his one-on-ones, has become extremely responsible in his own end and is an elite passer. The Rangers’ kingdom for a player with those attributes to slide in on the right side with Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome.

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