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If I'm the Isles, I keep my top prospect and deal with the last year and a half of Josh Bailey instead of trading for a guy with huge potential to become More Expensive Josh Bailey. Miller has much less value with that extension than he did as a rental - you really have to like a guy to give up a major asset to hitch your wagon to him through his age-37 season.
There's also the point I've made every time I've seen a JT Miller trade - you can't just treat these guys as names on a spreadsheet. Miller signed his extension in September; it doesn't even kick in until July 1, 2023. Not only that, but he has a full NMC that kicks in then - so trading him now, a few months before the clause *you* gave him would give him at least somewhat of a say in his destination, is a real kick in the balls to a guy that showed loyalty to your team. Every potential UFA (or hell, any of your guys you want to stick around long term like Pettersson) are going to see you going back on that deal this fast and just assume that you'd do the same to them. You think that's gonna be good for team morale going forward?