NHL Draft 2019 Canucks land J.T. Miller from Lightning for a package of draft picks

NHL Draft 2019 Canucks land J.T. Miller from Lightning for a package of draft picks

The same day the and of Mike Montgomery Jersey P.K. Subban and , another Stanley Cup Playoffs contender did something similar. The , however, just so happened to gain -- not give up -- premium draft picks in the proce s. and then , the Lightning dealt veteran forward J.T. Miller to the on Saturday, saving $21 million over the next four seasons but also acquiring goaltender , a Jason Heyward Jersey 2019 third-round draft pick and, best of all, a conditional 2020 first-round pick. Typically, in moves involving cap-strapped teams, such as the Predators' Subban swap with New Jersey, the team looking to save salary sacrifices higher picks, but in Miller's case, Vancouver paid the steeper price in order to secure an established veteran. The Canucks, of course, are still getting an accomplished forward in Miller, who was just one year into a David Ross Jersey five-year, $26.25 million extension he signed with the Lightning after coming to Tampa Bay in February 2018 as part of the team's trade for . The 15th overall selection of the 2011 draft, Miller spent almost five seasons with the to start his NHL career. The former World Junior Ice Hockey Championships standout first earned a full-time spot in Ron Santo Jersey 2014-15, after the Rangers' Stanley Cup Final run, and peaked with appearances alongside the first line of and the following Javier Baez Jersey year, logging 22 goals in back-to-back seasons. The 26-year-old Miller had 13 goals, his worst total in four years, in 2018-19 but also posted 47 points, the second-best mark of his career.

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