Pittsburgh-area native J.T. Miller is unlikely to become a Penguin. A few months ago, however, Ron Hextall almost made it happen.
Miller came one point shy of his first triple-digit season in 2021-22, a feat that earned him a seven-year contract extension that kicks in next campaign and earns him $8 million per year until he is 37.
The Penguins wanted to take that deal on but could not work out a deal with the Canucks, per Sportsnet’s Elliott Friedman.
“We know it was a hugely-complicated move, very difficult to pull off,” Friedman wrote in his 32 Thoughts earlier this week.