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Miller, 31, has six goals and 10 assists in 17 games for Vancouver this season, and is second on the team in points behind captain Quinn Hughes (18 points).
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Miller posted a career-high 103 points (37 goals, 66 assists) last season.
The six-foot-one, 218-pound forward from East Palestine, Ohio, was selected 15th overall by the Rangers in the 2011 draft and has played for New York, Vancouver and the Tampa Bay Lightning over 13 NHL seasons.
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The Canucks were already without some key players, including goalie Thatcher Demko (knee), sniper Brock Boeser (upper body) and defenceman Derek Forbort (lower body).
Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet said Boeser and Forbort both skated on Tuesday, and that Demko has strung several good practices together.
The team may be without Conor Garland when Vancouver hosts the New York Rangers on Tuesday, though, as the winger awaits the birth of his first child.
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