Elliotte Friedman drops truth bomb over Canucks' J.T. Miller-Elias Pettersson trade speculations

The reported rift between Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller doesn't seem to be going anywhere. The Vancouver Canucks may be forced to trade one of them to prevent this thing from spiraling out of control and hockey insider Elliotte Friedman believes they've looked into it.

Friedman said (26:30) on his "32 Thoughts" podcast on Friday:

"I think this: Miller, he has not asked for a trade. He has no trade control. Would I do? I think he would consider things if they were presented to him, yeah, but he's not... but they're gonna have to go to him. He's not going to them. I don't think, okay, at least not now. Who knows what the future is going to hold. He's not doing it right now. He's not asking to go anywhere. He's not demanding to go anywhere."

The NHL insider does think that the conversations around Pettersson, the other half of this feud, are more realistic. He's only 26 and players of his caliber and age aren't available "very often," so Friedman thinks other teams have absolutely called about Pettersson.

He thinks the Canucks have discussed with other teams about a Miller trade even if they'd ultimately prefer to smooth this out and keep both star players. The price for either player to be moved would be "enormous" per Friedman.

Freidman also noted that a "perfect world" includes Pettersson adopting a bit of Miller's personality while Miller dials it back a little so there's not a butting of heads and big personalities.

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Paul Bissonnette believes Rangers would do a lot to get J.T. Miller

It remains to be seen if either J.T. Miller or Elias Pettersson will be traded. One of them could be, but the Vancouver Canucks would prefer not to go down that road if possible.

J.T. Miller may be traded (Imagn)

Paul Bissonnette believes that the New York Rangers, who asked about Miller during his leave of absence, are salivating at the chance to add Miller. Via Yahoo! Sports, he said on the "Spittin Chiclets" podcast on Thursday:

“I heard (GM Chris) Drury would do bad things to get Miller. I keep hearing that Rangers to J.T. Miller connection.”

Miller played his first six seasons in the NHL with the Rangers.