J.T. Miller 2025-26 Stats: 2 goals, 4 assists in 10 games
If “meh” weren’t already a word, it would have been invented for this moment.
As noted, the deal for Miller was primarily intended to bring the 2011 draftee back to a familiar locker room with hope he’d change the mojo on a season that had gone downhill after a Presidents’ Trophy banner hanging in October.
He came east along with Erik Brannstrom, who was subsequently dealt to Buffalo. Jackson Dorrington has played six games this fall with Hartford in the AHL.
But while Miller was a point-per-game player down the stretch in New York, it wasn’t enough to get the Rangers into the playoffs. And his two goals and six points in 10 games this year have hardly inspired parade chatter in midtown Manhattan.
The team is 3-5-2 after a 5-1 loss in Calgary that prompted the 32-year-old, who was elevated to team captain in September, to go public with his frustration.
“There’s no excuses to come up flat. It sucks,” Miller said. “This is not fun right now. We need to correct the starts. I think it’s becoming like the trend now, so we need to fix this now on this trip. I mean, it’s a hard road trip, so we got to be ready to go to start the game.”