It was uncharacteristic behavior from Connor McDavid as he viciously cross-checked Conor Garland, and will no doubt find some extra punishment from the NHL.
The Avalanche passed the first of three straight tests against top Central Division teams and had a great Saturday all around. J.T. Miller almost didn’t play because of a potential trade but ended up dressing in a game that saw two players get ejected late.
Miller’s days as a member of the Canucks could be numbered. What does he bring, where could he land and what does Vancouver need?
J.T. Miller came very close to being held out of the Vancouver Canucks’ game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. That’s according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, who reported live on Hockey Day in Canada that the Canucks came very close to trading Miller.
Emma Lingan and Michael Augello discuss the J.T. Miller rumors, Connor McDavid's cross-check, the Blue Jackets and Senators' success, the Sharks' Yaroslav Askarov and more.
The Edmonton Oilers will be without suspended superstar Connor McDavid when they host the struggling Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night in the second game between the Pacific Division rivals in less than a week.
Rick Tocchet expressed a sentiment Tuesday that NHL head coaches almost never convey when an opposing player receives supplemental discipline, admitting he was disappointed that Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid received a three-game suspension for cross-checking.
The Canucks' best player on Saturday night may not even be part of the team on Sunday. All the conjecture made J.T. Miller's performance against the Oilers even more impressive and poignant.
With all the noise swirling around their team, all the acrimony that’s apparently driven the J.T. Miller experience to a finish, you would not have been surprised to see the Edmonton Oilers simply blow the Vancouver Canucks out of the water on Saturday night at Rogers Arena.
Vancouver did such a good job frustrating Edmonton that with less than three seconds left, Connor McDavid cross-checked Conor Garland ... from this game was J.T. Miller. Prior to puck drop ...
If the Canucks can’t come together and get engaged mentally and physically to battle the Oilers, then there is really no hope for them.