If the start of the NHL playoffs were any indication last year, J.T. Miller's up and down regular season wasn't going to be one to remember for him. Despite playing well in flashes, Alain Vigneault didn't trust his 22-year-old center -- to the tune of Miller playing 18 games with the Hartford Wolf Pack over the course of the year.
Things have a funny way of changing quickly in the NHL, though.
Miller started the playoffs being forced into a fourth line role, but he soon moved up the depth cart due to injuries and because of his solid play.