Nine months ago, J.T. Miller became the seventh player in Vancouver Canucks history to register a 100-point season. “Right now, it doesn’t really even seem real,” a dejected Quinn Hughes told Sportsnet’s Dan Murphy after a 5-3 Canucks loss to the Dallas Stars on Friday.

The Vancouver Canucks made their long-anticipated move on Friday, trading J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers, the franchise that originally drafted the forward back in 2011. The trade follows months of speculation about a rift between Miller and teammate Elias Pettersson,

J.T. Miller’s departure will surely be felt in the Vancouver Canucks' locker room, but Elias Pettersson didn’t hesitate to send a clear message about the situation that caught many by surprise.