NHL Trade Buzz: Miller expects to remain with Canucks after deadline

Welcome to the NHL Trade Buzz. The 2022 NHL Trade Deadline on March 21 (3 p.m. ET) is 11 days away.
Here's a look around the League at the latest deadline doings:

Vancouver Canucks

J.T. Miller said he expects to remain with the Canucks after the 2022 NHL Trade Deadline.
"They're all rumors to begin with, so I don't really look into it," Miller said. "I'm not really talking to anybody. I talk to my agent all the time. We're just going about our business. I don't think I'm getting traded. I never thought I was getting traded.
"Everybody is not making things up, but everybody is speculating, so I never looked into that and considered that they were even trying to trade me to begin with."
The Canucks (29-23-6) have won three in a row and are three points behind the Dallas Stars for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
Miller leads Vancouver with 67 points (23 goals, 44 assists) in 56 games, five shy of his NHL career high he set in 69 games in 2019-20.

Chicago Blackhawks

The Blackhawks must decide if they want to keep Dylan Strome as a building block or see what they can get for him before the deadline.
The 25-year-old forward can be a restricted free agent July 13. He has points in four straight games (six goals, three assists) and scored four points, including his second NHL hat trick, in an 8-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks at United Center on Tuesday.
"I mean, I've said it a bunch of times, I love playing in Chicago," Strome said. "It's not really up to me to decide. If another team wants me and that happens, then that's what happens."
Strome has been the center on the Blackhawks' top line with Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane.
"It's fun to play here, it's fun to be on a line with those two guys," Strome said. "It's fun to be on a line with a lot of the guys on our team.
"Whatever happens, happens. It's part of life. Have to adjust on the fly and enjoy this night and get ready for Boston."
The Blackhawks (21-29-8) are seventh in the Central Division and trail the Dallas Stars by 17 points for the second wild card in the West. They visit the Boston Bruins on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; SN360, SNE, SNP, TVAS, NESN, NBCSCH, ESPN+, NHL LIVE).

Montreal Canadiens

General manager Kent Hughes told Sportsnet the Canadiens are not trying to trade defenseman Shea Weber.
"No. We've had phone calls. There's a lot of speculation and rumors," Hughes said in remarks published Tuesday. "I've read all kinds of things of we have scouts in different buildings. If they are, I'm not aware of it. There's probably a lot out there that's not necessarily accurate."
Weber hasn't played this season because of multiple injuries and the defenseman's NHL career could be over. The Canadiens captain has five seasons remaining on a 14-year contract he signed with the Nashville Predators, who matched an offer sheet he was given by the Philadelphia Flyers prior to the 2012-13 season. It has an annual NHL salary cap charge of $7.85 million.
Montreal (15-35-7) is last in the NHL with 37 points, 35 behind the Washington Capitals for the second wild card from the Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia Flyers

The Flyers are hoping to avoid the upcoming Trade Deadline becoming a distraction.
Philadelphia (18-28-10) is last in the Metropolitan Division and 25 points out of the second wild card from the East. Captain Claude Giroux can become an unrestricted free agent July 13.
"You can tell how much its weighing on him ... someone like 'G,' how long he's been here, how much he has invested in this organization," coach Mike Yeo said.
Forward Derick Brassard, who has dealt with a hip injury, has been traded four times around the deadline during his 15 NHL seasons.
"I think that probably he's been sort of hardened by some of that stuff that has gone through his career," Yeo said. "I would also say I think his biggest focus right now is just sort of getting back and getting his game going. ... I think that's his biggest priority right now. And then, like everybody, take care of what you can take care of and see what happens." -- Adam Kimelman