K’Andre Miller made the team out of training camp during his rookie season, and showed flashes of the player he ultimately became during his second season. He ended his first season as a member of the NHL’s All-Rookie team, and while there was an appreciation of his limited sample of work, many wondered what could happen in a full 82-game season.

Performance

Miller averaged 20:36 per game of the New York Rangers’ second pair along with Jacob Trouba, and together they were the NHL’s top defense pairing by minutes spent together. He skated in all 82 regular season games and posted a line of 7-13-20, and followed that up with a line of 2-5-7 in 20 playoff games while skating 24:47 a night.