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Let's be honest, I've never been a big fan of Miller. But, I have given him credit where credit is deserved. Unlike somebody like Luongo who is inconsistent from game to game, Miller is streaky for months at a time. When he's hot, he's hot for a long time. When he's cold, you can bet he'll be cold for a while. A big part of the dialogue for the last several months has been to get rid of the cancers of the "core". Miller is part of the core. Derek Roy continually get hammered because of his metrosexual party boy lifestyle which many considered to be a detriment to the locker room. Move on to Ryan Miller..... he has never been one to keep his opinions to himself. After every single game the media will ask him for his critique of the game and he won't hesitate to throw his temmates under the bus and until recently he rarely took the blame for a bad game. On the other hand, his teammates NEVER have the nads to criticize Miller for losing a game which leads me to believe that he is favored no matter what happens. He is the golden boy. How can this not be a locker room distraction? The rest of the team seems like they are more concerned about making Miller happy than they are winning a game. So my question is, why is he not chastised about his attitude and his contributions as a "core" player when guys like Vanek, Stafford, Roy and P-Ville are picked on? With a Vezina on his resume and an MVP in the olympics how is he not considered trade bait? He has to be worth something on the market not to mention ridding the team of a huge cap hit. He only has two years left which means a prospective team doesn't have to worry about a Luongo-like contract. And it has been proven that elite goaltenders do not necessarily win a Cup. (I think the Kings would have won without Quick, although it wouldn't have been so easy). Miller for some reason is considered "elite" but in actuality he really isn't. So why all this talk about ridding the team of guys like Stafford, Vanek, P-Ville, (at the time Roy), and Ehrhoff to get an elite center? Why can't Miller be thrown into the equation?