{"id":463414,"date":"2025-07-01T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=463414"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:00:59","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-acquire-defenceman-from-new-york-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/07\/01\/carolina-hurricanes-acquire-defenceman-from-new-york-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes Acquire Defenceman from New York Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Rangers<\/a> have decided to trade one of their younger defencemen. News emerged that the Rangers have made the K’Andre Miller<\/a> trade. The 25-year-old was sent to the Carolina Hurricanes. In exchange, the Rangers are acquiring Scott Morrow and a conditional first and second-round pick.<\/p>\n

Some thought the Rangers would hang onto Miller. However, the Blueshirts pulled the trigger on making a trade.<\/p>\n

After trading for Miller, the Hurricanes signed him to a contract extension. Miller agreed to an eight-year deal worth $7.5 million.<\/p>\n

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Hearing NYR working on sending K’Andre Miller to Carolina<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New York Rangers Complete K’Andre Miller Trade<\/h2>\n

Miller has only played for the Rangers across his five-year NHL career. The St. Paul, Minn. native had seven goals and 20 assists for 27 points in 74 games this season. He has a Corsi for of 48.0 and a relative Corsi of -2.7.<\/p>\n

The former University of Wisconsin product<\/a> had 36 goals and 96 assists for 132 points in 368 career games. New York originally drafted Miller in the first round, 22nd overall, of the 2018 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n

Miller has represented the United States on the international level. He was part of the silver-medal winning squad at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

What It Means<\/h3>\n

It seems that the roster turnover of the Rangers is continuing. Miller is a restricted free agent, and the main concern is that Rangers General Manager Chris Drury<\/a> wouldn’t be able to pony up the coming raise. The Rangers had to move on and make sure they got something in return.<\/p>\n

New York was supposed to be a Stanley Cup contender. However, some rough patches caused the Blueshirts to sell off some assets. Drury made a trade for J.T. Miller<\/a> prior to the deadline, and that did help for a bit. However, it doesn’t seem to be enough to keep the other Miller on the roster.<\/p>\n

The Carolina Hurricanes get a young defenceman with a lot of upside. With an extension set to come, Miller could be an important cog in the blueline group. He may become a fixture on the back end.<\/p>\n

Main photo by: Danny Wild-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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