Serious Allegations Strike Chris Drury and the New York Rangers About the J.T. Miler Trade
The New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury was hit by some serious allegations about the J.T. Miller trade with the Vancouver Canucks.
Just over a week ago, the Vancouver Canucks made a massive decision when they sent J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers after months of rumors. In return, the Canucks got Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a first-round pick.
What surprised many people was how J.T. Miller decided to waive his no-trade clause to get back to the organization that drafted him in 2011.
In a new development, we learned that the Rangers found a way to speak indirectly to Miller, which could be considered as tampering.
With Miller being longtime friends with Rangers' forward Vincent Trocheck, it appears that Trocheck and Miller's wives met less than a month ago, and were pushing the players to make the deal happen.
This is what Peter Baugh of The Athletic reported:
"A little less than a month ago, Hillary Trocheck surprised Natalie Miller for her birthday, flying across North America for a surprise visit in Vancouver.
Both their husbands, Vincent Trocheck and J.T. Miller, were on hockey road trips for the Rangers and Canucks, respectively, and the wives reached out.
«The two of them, they were pushing us: 'Oh you guys have got to get this trade done!'» Vincent Trocheck said. «We're like, 'We don't have any say.'"
Both their husbands, Vincent Trocheck and J.T. Miller, were on hockey road trips for the Rangers and Canucks, respectively, and the wives reached out.
«The two of them, they were pushing us: 'Oh you guys have got to get this trade done!'» Vincent Trocheck said. «We're like, 'We don't have any say.'"
Trocheck also opened up about the trade, saying his input was small in making the deal happen:
"I don't think at the start of the year we were thinking about playing with each other, but when the opportunity came it's something that, for our families, is really special,» Miller said. «For us to be here together, trying to work together for a common goal, it's a really cool feeling."
Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury said the Rangers' front office did «a lot of homework» on Miller before making the deal. During that process, he talked to Trocheck, who has emerged as a key voice in the Rangers dressing room and a potential option to fill the team's vacant captaincy.
«(Drury) came to me whenever he thought it might be a possibility that J.T. would be traded,» Trocheck said. «Just asked if it was something that J.T. would be willing to do, come to New York. That was just the start of the process. And then talking to J.T., seeing if New York was somewhere he wanted to be was the next step.»
Trocheck sensed that «originally he didn't really want to leave Vancouver. His family had made a home there.» But Miller clearly warmed to the idea of getting traded and acknowledged «it got a little ugly (in Vancouver) at the end.» He called it a team effort between his camp and the Canucks to find him a different place to play.
«It was something we've always dreamed of, playing together,» Trocheck said. «Obviously the logistics of it, he's closer to home: his family can come up any time, and he's got friends here outside of hockey. All of that put together, once he kind of processed it, then he wanted to come."
Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury said the Rangers' front office did «a lot of homework» on Miller before making the deal. During that process, he talked to Trocheck, who has emerged as a key voice in the Rangers dressing room and a potential option to fill the team's vacant captaincy.
«(Drury) came to me whenever he thought it might be a possibility that J.T. would be traded,» Trocheck said. «Just asked if it was something that J.T. would be willing to do, come to New York. That was just the start of the process. And then talking to J.T., seeing if New York was somewhere he wanted to be was the next step.»
Trocheck sensed that «originally he didn't really want to leave Vancouver. His family had made a home there.» But Miller clearly warmed to the idea of getting traded and acknowledged «it got a little ugly (in Vancouver) at the end.» He called it a team effort between his camp and the Canucks to find him a different place to play.
«It was something we've always dreamed of, playing together,» Trocheck said. «Obviously the logistics of it, he's closer to home: his family can come up any time, and he's got friends here outside of hockey. All of that put together, once he kind of processed it, then he wanted to come."
For it to be tampering, team employees must talk directly to players. Organizations can't control what players' wives tell each other, hinting at a possible loophole in that rule.
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