Sometimes a rumor is just a rumor. And other times it's a precursor of fact.
Friday night was evidence of the latter as the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks finally pulled off a long-discussed deal that sent disgruntled center J.T. Miller to Broadway as the highest-profile piece of a transaction involving four other players and a draft pick.
It's actually a return to Madison Square Garden for the 31-year-old Miller, who was picked 15th overall by the Rangers in 2011 and spent parts of six seasons there before he was traded to Tampa Bay in February 2018, then subsequently moved to Vancouver in June 2019.