The New York Rangers may be four points out of a playoff spot with 30 games to go, but if anything was evident before and now after their back-to-back weekend games, it's that they are closer to a Stanley Cup with J.T. Miller than they were without him.

J.T. Miller’s return to the New York Rangers became successful very quickly when he scored in the opening period against the Boston Bruins, a day after he was acquired in a trade from Vancouver.

The center who got over the 100-point mark last year is heading from the Vancouver Canucks to the team that drafted Miller 15th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft. Will it be enough to make the Rangers a contender again, in a season in which they haven’t looked like the team that was so close to a Stanley Cup Final last year?