Saturday's impressive Canucks victory felt more like a fun last ride for a once-promising core that seems bound for a breakup.

There was momentum on J.T. Miller getting traded to the New York Rangers on Saturday, but the deal collapsed per NHL insider Elliotte Friedman. Miller was supposedly being held out of Saturday night's game against the Edmonton Oilers while some AHL players in the Rangers organization were scratched.

It’s no secret at this point that the Vancouver Canucks are listening to trade offers on J.T. Miller. There is a reported rift between Miller and fellow Canucks star Elias Pettersson, and it seems as if a boiling point has been reached.

As the trade drama in Vancouver reached a peak, J.T. Miller blocked out the drama for an excellent performance in a win against the Oilers.

Center missed 10 games earlier this season for personal reasons, had 2 assists in win against Oilers on Saturday

The Vancouver Canucks were on the verge of trading J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers on Saturday, only for the deal to fall apart in the final moments.

The Vancouver Canucks are at an impasse with star forwards J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson. Both players are amid deep cold spells inspired by an off-ice rift, resulting in plenty of trade rumors.

More information continues to come out regarding trade discussions the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks had about J.T. Miller. Elliotte Friedman reported that trade talks for Miller were progressing between the Rangers and Canucks up to the point where Vancouver almost held the veteran forward out of their Saturday night matchup against the Edmonton Oilers.

The weekend featured intriguing developments on the trade front for the Vancouver Canucks and J.T. Miller, but nobody's moved yet.