"The Rangers didn't exactly set the tone for the season very well when they traded one of their best defensemen purely because he was in a rough spot in his career. K'Andre Miller was a guy who was in line to be the Rangers next big defenseman, however to start the 2025/26 season, he was traded to Carolina where he is thriving as one of arguably the league's best offensive d-men, something the New York Rangers could really do with right now."
"They are lacking strong puck moving defenders, they are lacking size on the blue line, and to put it quite simply, they are missing what K'Andre Miller always brought every night. In terms of being the tip of the iceberg, the Miller trade seems to have been the first of what would turn out to be a string of potentially franchise altering trades,"
New York traded K'Andre Miller to Carolina at the start of 2025/26, and Miller is excelling as a top offensive defenseman with 22 points and 18 assists. The Rangers are now short on puck-moving defensemen and size on the blue line and are missing Miller's nightly contributions. The trade appears to have kicked off a series of potential franchise-altering moves with Alexis Lafreniere rumored available and interest reported for Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin. The return for Miller did not clearly benefit the team, and the transaction has added complexity to New York's roster and rebuilding decisions.
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