The Boston Bruins could create cap space by trading defenseman Kevan Miller.
The Bruins signed Miller to a one-year deal with just a $1.25 million cap hit early this October. Miller hasn’t played a game since April of 2019 after suffering a kneecap injury.
At nearly 33 years old and having not played a game for over a year, Miller’s value is probably extremely low. However, before he was injured, Miller was playing over 17 minutes a game and was solid defensively.
With that being said, I don’t see the Bruins being able to trade Miller without other teams seeing him in game action first. If healthy, the Bruins will probably have to wait until after the season starts to deal him.
Even if the Bruins are able to trade him at all, I can’t see them getting very much for the veteran defenseman — probably at most a late fifth-round pick.
To be honest, I’m really unsure why the Bruins re-signed him. With all the setbacks Miller has had with his injury you would think they would have just let him walk.
But maybe the Bruins know something we don’t and think they can get something of value out of Miller, whether it be from him playing or from trading him.