“It’s abundantly obvious that they’re trying to make something work with JT Miller. And I think some of the pushback that I got was from the Rangers end, was not so much that it was a clause that was related to the first-round pick being moved, but that it was the Rangers not being willing to take on the entirety of JT Miller’s contract. That ended up being the hangup.”

“If you’re looking from it from a Vancouver perspective, you’re looking to get some assets back from Miller, and then potentially use that cap space and assets to then go out and get players or pieces that make your team better right now – if you can’t do it in one transaction. That would kind of defeat the purpose of taking on money from the Miller deal and for a long period of time. The point would be to move off from the contract entirely, which of course then limits and or damages your return.”