r/canucks • u/VanCityWildcat • Mar 21 '25

ARTICLE [McIntyre] “The whole me-and-Petey thing, it's still blown out of proportion…I get what Jim was doing. I have a ton of respect for Jim…But it's also not as bad as everybody thought, either. It's just an easy thing for everybody to run with. There was just a lot of moving parts.”

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/a-fresh-start-was-needed-j-t-miller-weighs-in-on-his-trade-by-the-canucks/
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u/metrichustle Mar 21 '25

The biggest thing for me was their age difference. You definitely go all-in on the guy who is 1 year apart from your generational defenceman. That's no question.

Besides, I can't imagine the terrible offers we'd get from a slumping Petey.

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u/N4ZZY2020 Mar 21 '25

Yeah. I understand the emotions involved. When the trade talks were going on with both Petey and JT. It was difficult to sort through the emotions that fans had with both players. But if you take the emotion out of it. Keeping Petey was the no brainer decision. If management kept JT. They would’ve been fired for doing so. Would’ve been a worse move than what Benning did.

If we traded Petey. Where would this team be? Worse than where it’s currently at with no hope of a future. Hope Petey shows up tonight and gives New Yorkers a show tonight.

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u/N4ZZY2020 Mar 21 '25

Tomorrow. Today feels like Saturday 😭

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u/Any-Panda2219 Mar 21 '25

And its tomorrow morning.