What will become of Mitchell Miller's contract?
While nothing has become finalized yet, there are some possibilities that are becoming clear, according to Sportsnet's Jeff Marek.
"A couple of things are starting to emerge," Marek said on Saturday during Hockey Night in Canada’s 32 Thoughts segment. "The NHL, the Players' Association and the Miller camp could come to some type of understanding on what to do with the contract, how to terminate it and what the compensation would be, but as of earlier on today, I was told none of those conversations have happened yet."
The Boston Bruins signed Miller, 20, to an entry-level contract last week with the intention of sending him to AHL Providence. That was met with intense criticism and, a few days later, the Bruins released him.
Miller was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 NHL Draft but his draft rights were relinquished when a story was published about how he was convicted in 2016 of assaulting and bullying Isaiah Meyer-Crothers, a Black classmate with developmental disabilities.
"What might be more likely is Miller stays in the American Hockey League, earns his AHL salaries on a two-way deal, as we all know, and then in the off-season gets bought out at one-third of the remaining two years on that contract," said Marek. "That would be a value of $516,000 spread out over four seasons, according to cap friendly. That would be the NHL contract, not the AHL contract that is mandated in the CBA."
