The Vancouver Canucks reportedly turned down an offer from the New York Rangers to trade Mika Zibanejad for J.T. Miller earlier this season, according to

According to a report from Jose Yobe of The Athletic, the Rangers offered star veteran Mika Zibanejad to the Vancouver Canucks for veteran J.T. Miller earlier this season, but the trade proposal was turned down.

Trade buzz around the Vancouver Canucks has never been higher, especially with two of their stars, JT Miller and Elias Pettersson. There have been rumours that the New York Rangers have had serious interest in Miller,

With his name surfacing in the rumor mill, the Rangers center is more focused on turning his team's season around and improving his play.

The Canucks rejected a trade that would have sent J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers in exchange for fellow forward Mika Zibanejad earlier this season, The Athletic’s Josh Yohe reported on Tuesday.

More and more buzz continues to grow around the Vancouver Canucks and the futures of Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller. And now, word came out that earlier this season the New York Rangers offered a deal to the Canucks surrounding Mika Zibanejad for J.

On Tuesday, our colleague at The Athletic Josh Yohe reported the Canucks fielded and walked away from an offer from the New York Rangers involving a potential Mika Zibanejad for J.T. Miller trade. Zibanejad is still an enormously skilled power-play specialist but his foot speed and two-way game are trending in a direction that looks very much like a “worst-case scenario for what it could look like as Miller ages into his mid-30s” already,

The Rangers reportedly tried to land J.T. Miller in a trade with the Canucks, but saw a one-for-one offer rebuffed.

In New York, it’s not working anymore. The Rangers tried to remedy the situation by trading their former captain (Jacob Trouba) to Anaheim, and Chris Drury (GM) also sent Kaapo Kakko to Seattle. But it changes nothing: the team has won only six of its last 22 games,