It’s been over five months since Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning paid a premium to land J.T. Miller from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The polarizing general manager received plenty of criticism and backlash for making the trade. He attached a future first-round pick to pry Miller away from the cap-strapped Lightning. Should the Canucks miss the playoffs in 2020, the pick defers to 2021.
Miller entered this season as a three-time 20-goal scorer with two 50-point seasons on his resume. Players of his caliber never come cheap, but the critics of Benning were still baffled by the first-round pick price tag.