{"id":139024,"date":"2023-07-01T13:56:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=139024"},"modified":"2023-07-01T13:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:56:46","slug":"dallas-stars-trade-colin-miller-to-new-jersey-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/01\/dallas-stars-trade-colin-miller-to-new-jersey-devils\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars Trade Colin Miller to New Jersey Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars<\/a> and New Jersey Devils<\/a> came to terms on a deal in the early hours of open free agency. The trade sent defenceman Colin Miller<\/a> from Dallas to New Jersey. In return, the Stars receive a 2025 fifth-round pick.<\/p>\n

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Colin Miller, traded to NJ, is a third-pair defensive defenceman. #NJDevils<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OPmBkg8Pdj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 JFresh (@JFreshHockey) July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New Jersey Devils Acquire Colin Miller via Trade<\/h2>\n

Colin Miller, 30, has 466 NHL games of experience under his belt. He enters the ninth season of his career, one that placed him with the Boston Bruins<\/a>, Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>, and Buffalo Sabres<\/a> as well to-date. In that span, Miller contributed 35 goals and 122 assists, for 157 goals in total. Additionally, this trade represents the third of Miller’s career.<\/p>\n

Last year, Miller scored six goals and 15 assists, for 21 points in 79 games for the Stars. He signed a two-year deal with Dallas last summer, worth $1.85 million annually. He now takes the last year of that deal with him as he joins the Devils blueline group.<\/p>\n

What this Means for the Future<\/h3>\n

New Jersey lost Ryan Graves<\/a> to free agency, though this trade for Miller doesn’t replace him perfectly. Graves, after all, is a left-handed defenceman, while Miller shoots right. Beyond that, Graves belongs in the top four, while Miller slots more comfortably onto a team’s third pair. The more likely situation here is Graves priced himself out, and the team wants Luke Hughes<\/a> to grow into that role. All that said, expect perhaps more activity on the Devils blue line before the season starts.<\/p>\n

For the Stars, this move clears cap space. The return looks underwhelming; a fifth-round pick two years from now doesn’t exactly raise eyebrows. So, more than anything, this Miller trade clears cap room and opens up a roster spot. Between Joel Hanley<\/a> and Thomas Harley<\/a>, they have assets they want to take that next step in Dallas too. Miller didn’t fit into the long-term plans and didn’t contribute enough in the short-term to keep around for that final year of his deal.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils came to terms on a deal in the early hours of open free agency. The trade sent defenceman Colin Miller from Dallas to New Jersey. In return, the Stars receive a 2025 fifth-round pick. Colin Miller, traded to NJ, is a third-pair defensive defenceman. #NJDevils pic.twitter.com\/OPmBkg8Pdj \u2014 JFresh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2377,"featured_media":139034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,29,4547,13],"tags":[1568,6105,7478],"class_list":["post-139024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stars","category-hockey","category-devils","tag-colin-miller","tag-dallas-stars-analysis","tag-new-jersey-devils-analysis"],"modified_by":"Alec Roberson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}