Canucks players speak up in the wake of JT Miller's comments and the re-scheduling of tomorrow's game

“Playing a game tomorrow would be out of the question for a lot of us.”

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Published on April 15, 2021 at 12:43 p.m.

Canucks players speak up in the wake of JT Miller's comments and the re-scheduling of tomorrow's game — Photo Credit: Vancouver Canucks

UPDATE: The NHL has now officially postponed the Canucks' return to play. A revised schedule will be made available tomorrow.

NHL Delays @Canucks’ Return to Play. https://t.co/nenmqW3eFm pic.twitter.com/3vbck3cCNq
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 15, 2021

In case you missed it yesterday, Vancouver Canucks forward JT Miller did NOT hold back in his criticism of the NHL for forcing his team back onto the schedule after 22 days off and after 25 members of the organization were placed in COVID-19 protocol.

Here's some choice quotes from Miller's media availability yesterday:

"What we're being asked to do is not going to be too safe, if you're asking me" - J.T. Miller #Canucks
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) April 14, 2021

"This is nothing to do with hockey. To be brutally honest, we're going to need more time than this to come back and play hockey. Even the guys that didn't get it aren't ready." - J.T. Miller #Canucks
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) April 14, 2021

"We're going to need more time to get ready to play hockey," JT Miller says. "It seems like a very high hurdle to jump over, to play 19 games in a month."
— Patrick Johnston (@risingaction) April 14, 2021

"It's frustrating, we try to talk about our number one priority is our players health and their families safety and it's impossible to achieve that with what we're being asked to do." - J.T. Miller #Canucks
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) April 14, 2021

In response, the NHLPA held a virtual meeting with Canucks players and staff members last night and it appears now that tomorrow's game against the Edmonton Oilers has been postponed.

Oilers/Canucks — originally scheduled for tomorrow night — will be postponed. Not sure yet about Maple Leafs/Canucks on Saturday.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) April 15, 2021

Expect other players to come out and offer up their opinions now that Miller has broken the ice for him. Canucks insider Dan Murphy of Sportsnet shared one such opinion earlier today.

Check it out:

one member of the #canucks told me before the official postponement of Friday's game, "playing a game tomorrow would be out of the question for a lot of us." Adding, an extra two days to prepare would be HUGE.
— Dan Murphy (@sportsnetmurph) April 15, 2021

The fate of Saturday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs remains in doubt. Stay tuned.

Source: Dan Murphy