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JT Miller is reportedly on his way back to Manhattan.

New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks agreed on a trade that will bring Miller back to where his NHL career began in 2013, according to Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli.

Canucks also sends defender Erik Brännström and NCAA Prospect Jackson Dorrington to New York. Larry Brooks of New York Post.

In return, Canucks Veteranscenter Filip Chytil, Rookie defender Victor Mancini and a protected election from 2025 in the first round, according to BrooksAt Seravalli and ESPNs Emily Kaplan.

The choice is top-13 protected and can potentially slip to 2026 per year. Seravalli.

Miller is expected to take part in rangers for Saturday evening’s match against Boston Bruins, Per Kaplan.

The report comes after the athletic Rick Dhaliwal Said Miller would be scratched to Canucks’ Friday Night Road match against Dallas Stars.

Miller had a full clause of his contract, which he would have had to give up to facilitate the deal.

The alternative captain has been at the center of trade rumors this season in the middle of a reported Rift between himself and Canucks defends Elias Pettersson. Miller has in the past told journalists The feud was “created” by the media.

Athletic’s Josh Yohe Reported in early January, Canucks had rejected a trade offer for Miller who would have sent Mika Zibanejad to Vancouver. Friedman Later, the negotiations stopped because Canucks did not include Braden Schneider in the deal.

Miller was almost held out of a home match against Edmonton Oilers on January 18 because of a potential trade in New York Rangers, according to SportsNet’s Elliotte Friedman. The deal “would have involved more players and draft elections,” per. ESPNs Greg Wyshynski.

Canucks had also discussed trading scenarios involving Pettersson, according to Wyshynski. But after the latest round of negotiations with Rangers turned out to be more successful, it will ultimately be Miller who leaves Vancouver less than a year after leading Canucks to the second round with the best season of his career.

Miller tempoed Canucks with 103 points in 81-season matches in 2023-24 to help Vancouver win 50 games for the first time since Henrik and Daniel Sedin era.

Although Canucks was removed in seven games by the Edmonton Oilers on the way to the Stanley Cup final, hoped that Quinn Hughes’ team would re -group and go on a deeper race in 2025.

But bad injuries, including the extended absence of starting net memories Thatcher Demko, combined with control of the relationship between Miller and Pettersson, has worsened what has already been a difficult start to the 2024-25 season. The reigning leaders in the Pacific Division are fighting for a wild card place as the trade deadline approaches.

Miller has been playing for Canucks since he was traded for Vancouver by Tampa Bay Lightning ahead of the 2019-20 season.

After three equal 30-goal seasons, his production dip early in the campaign 2024-25 to nine goals and 26 assists for 35 points in 40 games.

The center, which turns 32 in March, debuted in the NHL with Rangers in 2013. He played 341 games in regular season and 40 autumn season competitions for the franchise before his trade in 2018 for Lightning.

After growing to as another line in Vancouver, Miller is likely to take on a bigger role in New York this time.

Like Canucks, Rangers has fallen into a race over a Wild Card place after a undergoing start to the season. The team hopes that reworking their top six can help trigger an end game in the other half of the season.

Adding Miller’s contract means another long -term contract obligation added to New York’s crowded wage state. Miller is signed through the 2029-30 season with a full trade clause through 2026-27 and a 15-team list of the last three years of the agreement, according to the agreement, according to the agreement, according to the agreement, according to the agreement Spotrac.