- K’Andre Miller won the Stanley Cup in his first season with Carolina
- He fired back at his doubters after Game 6: “I can’t wait for them to see my ring”
- Read below for Miller’s playoff run and what he said about staying in Carolina
K’Andre Miller heard the doubters for years. Now he has a Stanley Cup ring to wave back at them.
Miller won it all in his first season with Carolina. After the Hurricanes closed out Vegas in Game 6 on Sunday night, Daily Faceoff’s Jonny Lazarus asked him whether the title felt sweeter given the criticism he has dealt with. Miller did not hold back.
“100 percent. I had a lot of people count me out, had a lot of people talking shit,” Miller said with a smile. “I can’t wait for them to see my ring.”
Watch Miller’s full answer:
The scrutiny followed Miller through his years in New York. Teams loved his size, his skating and his offensive upside, but the mistakes drew just as much noise. Carolina traded for him last offseason and handed him heavy minutes right away.
He delivered. Miller put up nine points in 19 playoff games and drew the toughest matchups every night on a Hurricanes blue line that smothered everyone in front of it.
Carolina swept Ottawa and Philadelphia, knocked out Montreal in five, then beat Vegas in six. The matchup was set two weeks earlier:
Miller also made it clear he wants to run it back. Asked about the group around him, he credited the whole organization.
“I’m just happy that I’m a Carolina Hurricane and we get the opportunity to do this again next year,” Miller said. “You look at this team and how it’s assembled, the coaching staff, even our trainers, everyone was really pulling the same way this year.”
The ring is real now. So is Carolina’s first championship since 2006, the one the Hurricanes wrapped up with a 3-0 shutout in Game 6.
