Pettersson Not Invited? J.T. Miller Taking Former Canucks Teammates Out to Dinner Before Anticipated Reunion
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As the Vancouver Canucks gear up to battle against the New York Rangers on Saturday, the narrative behind the game is much more dramatic as it is the first time J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson will play one another since the rift was reportedly squashed.
Back in the end of January, amid a highly publicized feud between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson, the Vancouver Canucks opted to trade away Miller to the New York Rangers, finding no other way to find peace within the locker room.
Now, nearly two months later, Miller and Pettersson will have one of the highest anticipated reunions in recent memory.
J.T. Miller opens up before reunion with Elias Pettersson and the Vancouver Canucks
Obviously all the media attention is surrounding how it is going to play out when Miller and Pettersson step on the ice for the first time as opponents.
But, even in his own words, the whole situation of their drama is still been blown out of proportion and that we should not expect any fireworks between them.
J.T. Miller spoke to the media ahead of his first game against the Canucks.
«The whole me-and-Petey thing, it's still blown out of proportion,» Miller insisted. «I get what Jim was doing. I have a ton of respect for Jim, and I talked with Jim after that (story). I wasn't mad; I understand everybody has a job to do. Clearly, if me and Petey were better than we were, obviously this might be different. 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.»
«The whole me-and-Petey thing, it's still blown out of proportion,» Miller insisted. «I get what Jim was doing. I have a ton of respect for Jim, and I talked with Jim after that (story). I wasn't mad; I understand everybody has a job to do. Clearly, if me and Petey were better than we were, obviously this might be different. 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.»
Before the two teams get down to business, Miller told the media that he is more than anything excited to reunite with his old team mates. even quoting saying some of his best friends are on the Canucks and they will be all going out for dinner to celebrate.
«Some of my best friends are on that team,» Miller said regarding facing the Canucks for the first time since the trade. «We're going to dinner tonight, but once tomorrow comes, it's going to be a war, and I think we all understand that. We would rather it be that way anyway. It's all business when we get out there.»
Of course how the media goes, speculation is starting even about this, about if Pettersson will be invited to the dinner...
We believe it is time to leave this drama and rumor mongering about Pettersson and Miller in the past as it has been completely exhausted.
Regardless, they already faced one another at the 4 Nations Face-Off a month ago, and there were no issues during that.
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