{"id":97815,"date":"2021-01-13T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=97815"},"modified":"2021-01-13T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:08:11","slug":"vancouver-canucks-j-t-miller-to-miss-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/01\/13\/vancouver-canucks-j-t-miller-to-miss-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks J T Miller to Miss Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> have announced that forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/millejt01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J T Miller<\/a><\/strong> will miss several weeks due to concerns related to COVID-19. This news comes just hours before Vancouver begins its 2020-21 regular season. Defenceman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordie Benn<\/a><\/strong> will also miss time as he had been hosting Miller. TSN&#8217;s Matthew Sekeres announced the news late Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My understanding is that due to COVID-19 concerns, D Jordie Benn and F JT Miller will not be with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canucks<\/a> for a couple of weeks. Both players are quarantining. Miller had been staying at Benn&#39;s Vancouver residence @tsn1040<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Sekeres (@mattsekeres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattsekeres\/status\/1349150858127290368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Canucks J.T. Miller to Miss Time<\/h2>\n<p>J T Miller was the team&#8217;s most productive player in 2019-20. He scored 27 goals and a team-high 72 points in 69 games. It was a huge breakout season for the then-26-year-old, who hadn&#8217;t scored more than 58 points in any prior season. Miller saw a spike in almost every metric including shot percentage, Corsi For and average ice time. It was everything the team could have wanted and more after they acquired him from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> in exchange for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mazanma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marek Mazanec<\/a><\/strong> and two draft picks.<\/p>\n<p>Benn was not a huge factor on offence last year. The veteran blueliner saw his scoring drop from five goals and 22 points in in 81 games in 2018-19 to just one goal and seven points in 44 games. He was still a physical asset with 45 hits and 62 blocks while playing plenty of defensive and short-handed minutes, but Vancouver just didn&#8217;t need the former undrafted free agent as much with their young defensive talent.<\/p>\n<h3>How Vancouver Adjusts<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s borderline impossible to adjust for Miller&#8217;s absence. He was going to be a team leader again this season and to help carry the offence. The Canucks will use a patchwork of options to cover up for however long Miller is out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easier to account for Benn&#8217;s absence. The 33-year-old wasn&#8217;t going to be a major factor this year and the team signed veteran <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hamontr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Hamonic<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to help bolster things in the meantime. Vancouver can also use a young skater like <strong>Olli Juolevi<\/strong> or <strong>Jack Rathbone.\u00a0<\/strong>Their blueline depth is inexperienced, but it&#8217;s still deep enough to weather this temporary setback.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"yAxhtvbhT2Z7kdIJwEAi5A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1187197847\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'yAxhtvbhT2Z7kdIJwEAi5A',sig:'d6vIj9ne8vs_7GoAnsp2iya9hfaL_klAhwYBko25fOU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1187197847',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks have announced that forward J T Miller will miss several weeks due to concerns related to COVID-19. This news comes just hours before Vancouver begins its 2020-21 regular season. Defenceman Jordie Benn will also miss time as he had been hosting Miller. TSN&#8217;s Matthew Sekeres announced the news late Tuesday evening. 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