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J.T. Miller Returns to Vancouver as a Canucks First-Round Pick Set to Make NHL Debut


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Daniel Lucente
October 28, 2025  (1:01 PM)
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Vancouver Canucks' J.T. Miller celebrates a goal
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It's going to be a special night in Vancouver, as J.T. Miller returns for the first time with the Rangers, and Tom Willander is expected to make his NHL debut.

The Vancouver Canucks roller-coaster season rolls on. One evening, they collapse against Montreal, the next evening they throttle Edmonton.
It's going to be one of those rollercoaster rides with wild, unpredictable ups and downs, and tonight delivers one with a whole different tale: J.T. Miller's return.
The Canucks are hosts during the NHL's Frozen Frenzy, where all 32 teams play on a wild Tuesday night that also competes with the World Series.
Vancouver is currently 5-5-0 under new head coach Adam Foote, a reasonable record considering their injury issues, and most recently the loss of All-Star defenseman Quinn Hughes with a lower-body injury.
But everyone waits for Miller, the Rangers captain, to be back in Vancouver for the first time since being traded last season.

Canucks President Jim Rutherford admitted last season there was no good solution regarding the J.T. Miller-Elias Pettersson rift

He departed under the scenario of being cited as having had problems with Elias Pettersson, tension that Canucks president Jim Rutherford would go on to label as something that had "no good solution.".
How Miller is greeted by the fans tonight is among the Frozen Frenzy's best subplots.
There are those who believe he deserves a hero's welcome for spearheading the team during those thin years, adding swagger and scoring goals when nothing else was going right.
Others remember the tumult, the clear frustration, and the locker-room rift that defined the end of his Vancouver tenure.
Throwing yet another monkey wrench into the equation, the Canucks recalled 2023 first-round pick Tom Willander, who, Elliotte Friedman reports, will make his NHL debut tonight.
From wild outcomes to tearful reunions and debut outings by newcomers, the Canucks season is a never-ending soap opera. What's guaranteed is that tonight in Vancouver, there will be no shortage of storylines.
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