There was momentum on J.T. Miller getting traded to the New York Rangers on Saturday, but the deal collapsed per NHL insider Elliotte Friedman. Miller was supposedly being held out of Saturday night's game against the Edmonton Oilers while some AHL players in the Rangers organization were scratched.

I'm focused on the next game.”Less than two hours before puck drop, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reported that Miller had been close to being held out of Saturday’s game as the Canucks worked to finalize a trade that would send him to the New York Rangers.

Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller was benched by head coach Rick Tocchet in Thursday night's brutal 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, and given his struggl