{"id":291852,"date":"2025-11-18T21:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291852\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:43:08","slug":"9-vancouver-canucks-players-are-outscoring-j-t-miller-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291852\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Vancouver Canucks players are outscoring J.T. Miller right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks haven\u2019t been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/analyzing-adam-foote-tenure-canucks-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">immune to scrutiny this season<\/a>, but at least their highest-paid forward <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/elias-pettersson-quietly-hot-streak-canucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">is picking things up offensively<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the star centre they traded away has really struggled to produce.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a tumultuous start for J.T. Miller and the New York Rangers so far in 2025-26. Miller has had to answer questions <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/ex-canucks-miller-rangers-dismal-streak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">about the team\u2019s historically bad start on home ice<\/a>, and they\u2019ve muddled their way to a pedestrian 10-8-2 start, good for 10th overall in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers\u2019 leaky defence has been propped by the goaltending tandem of Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick, who\u2019ve combined to give New York the second-best save percentage in the NHL at 5-on-5.<\/p>\n<p>However, New York\u2019s main issue has been its inability to score.<\/p>\n<p>They currently rank 28th league-wide in terms of goals scored. The Rangers\u2019 power play also sits at a pedestrian 18 per cent, good for 20th overall in the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>Those were both areas where Miller was supposed to help, but it hasn\u2019t worked out that way so far.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers captain currently has five goals and nine points in 20 games this season. He\u2019s on pace for just 37 points.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Arturs Silovs Penguins JT Miller Rangers\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2200581\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/silovs-penguins-miller-rangers.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2200581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miller and the Rangers are 1-7-1 on home ice this season. (Brad Penner\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>His surprisingly low offensive output means that currently, nine Canucks players (or half of their active roster) have more points than Miller so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Canucks scoring leaders who have more points than the Rangers\u2019 captain:<\/p>\n<p>1. Quinn Hughes: 16 GP, 1 G, 19 A, 20 PTS<br \/>2. Elias Pettersson: 21 GP, 6 G, 13 A, 19 PTS<br \/>3. Kiefer Sherwood: 21 GP, 12 G, 3 A, 15 PTS<br \/>4. Brock Boeser: 19 GP, 8 G, 6 A, 14 PTS<br \/>5. Conor Garland: 17 GP, 5 G, 8 A, 13 PTS<br \/>6. Filip Hronek: 21 GP, 1 G, 11 A, 12 PTS<br \/>7. Evander Kane: 21 GP, 3 G, 8 A, 11 PTS<br \/>8. Jake DeBrusk: 21 GP, 8 G, 2 A, 10 PTS<br \/>9. Drew O\u2019Connor: 21 GP, 6 G, 4 A, 10 PTS<\/p>\n<p>Not included in the list above is Max Sasson, who has as many goals (four) as Miller this season.<\/p>\n<p>The former Canucks star has been a bit unlucky this season, shooting just 8.5 per cent compared to a career average of 14.9 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>However, at the age of 32, it appears as though his days as an elite, number one NHL centre may be fading away.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not good news for a Rangers team that gave up the 11th overall pick in last year\u2019s draft, Filip Chytil, and Victor Mancini in exchange for Miller last season.<\/p>\n<p>And as much as there was some concern over Pettersson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/elias-pettersson-isnt-scoring-isnt-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">offensive output earlier in the campaign<\/a>, the fact that he has more than double Miller\u2019s point totals should make Canucks fans feel a little better about the decision to keep the Swedish centre over the Rangers\u2019 captain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks haven\u2019t been immune to scrutiny this season, but at least their highest-paid forward is picking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-291852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}