A look at J.T. Miller’s Rangers captaincy — the highs, lows and how he’s changing the culture
NY Post
The number of people who have asked me what the “J.T. Miller Experience” has been like since the Rangers brought the impassioned forward back to New York is comical.
Coming off of his well-documented ups and downs during his time with the Canucks in Vancouver, where the phrase appeared to be coined, the question is often asked with a negative connotation to it.
The 32-year-old has been a magnet for opinions over his 14-season NHL career, but I believe the Rangers received the most authentic and mature version of Miller in the club’s second go-round with the J.T. Miller Experience.
On the heels of ex-captain Jacob Trouba’s return to Madison Square Garden with the Ducks on Monday, I figured it would be a good time to dive into Miller’s first few months with the “C.”
A tanking Brooklyn team turned in a perfect performance.
He had one last throw left in that 44-year-old wing of his. For most of the afternoon, he’d been able to fool Father Time and frighten 68,771 Seattle Seahawks fans inside Lumen Field who’d come to bury Philip Rivers and, instead, watched him push their football team to the very brink of an impossible upset.
As longtime franchise staple Chris Kreider and former captain Jacob Trouba prepare to make their returns to the Garden on Monday night, one of the players brought in with the salary cap savings generated by their trades has established himself on the Rangers first defensive pairing.
The New England Patriots held a moment of silence before kickoff in their game against the Bills at Gillette Stadium on Sunday after the deadly shooting at Brown University on Saturday in nearby Providence, Rhode Island.
Michael Porter Jr. has put on a pretty spectacular show this season.
Merrill Kelly, considered one of the top starting pitchers in what is a relatively weak market for them this offseason, is headed back to where he’s spent most of his major league career.
He was Old Man Rivers when he retired at 39, and now? He is 44-year-old Grandpa Phil, back in the saddle on a desperate colt for an emergency rescue playoff mission.
The duality to this Rangers team was encapsulated by Saturday’s 5-4 overtime win over the Canadiens.
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