from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

The Rangers could sure use a formidable top-six right wing. That would be the case even if Kaapo Kakko were healthy rather than on IR for the next month or so. They could use help on a third line that has been a nagging issue all season. They would like to add depth on defense while possibly strengthening the third pair.

There is a top-six right wing available in Vancouver who goes by the name of J.T. Miller. The Rangers’ interest in a reunion with the club’s one-time 15th-overall, 2011 first-rounder has been an open secret for months. The 28-year-old checks all of the boxes: He plays with an edge. He brings a forecheck presence. He can score. He can dish. He competes.

And Miller can play the middle. Indeed, that’s where he has generally plied his, uh, trade. That is important for the Rangers, why? Because the Blueshirts will need a top-six center next season if they can’t sign pending free agent Ryan Strome to an extension. Talks are ongoing, but there remains a gap between the offer and the ask....

Mark Scheifele, who turns 29 in a month and has two more seasons at an annual $6.125 million cap hit, is having a down year in Winnipeg for a club that will probably require a reset. If the Rangers have already used their chips on Miller, they’d pretty much be out of the picture on this one — unless they go rogue. Drury does not strike me as an individual who would go rogue.

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