NEW YORK (AP) — K’Andre Miller skated at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday for the first time since being traded from the Rangers to the Carolina Hurricanes and acknowledged it was a little weird to be back.

Once that initial feeling passed, Miller sounded at peace with the move , enjoying a slower, more relaxed life in Raleigh than the fast pace of New York and took a chance to reflect on his first five NHL seasons with the Rangers and how it did not end according to plan.

“Confidence-wise and just what I wanted from myself, I wasn’t getting a lot of the results I wanted here,” Miller said. “I blame myself for that. I had some struggles throughout my years here. The ups and downs, I think, just kind of took a toll and was in my head for a lot of the time I was here.”

Miller was a big

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