Pettersson, 20, the No. 5 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, won the Calder Trophy voted as the top rookie in the NHL last season with 66 points (28 goals, 38 assists). Boeser, the No. 23 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, was runner-up for the Calder in 2017-18, when he had 55 points (29 goals, 26 assists) in 62 games. The 22-year-old had 56 points (26 goals, 30 assists) in 69 games last season.
Miller, the No. 15 pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, has had as many as 58 points (23 goals, 35 assists) in a season, when the 26-year-old had 40 points (13 goals, 27 assists) in 63 games with the New York Rangers and 18 points (10 goals, eight assists) in 19 games with the Lightning in 2017-18.
His game is about skating, winning battles and getting the puck to his linemates. He also wins face-offs and plays net front on the power play. He has won 61.1 percent of his face-offs, sixth in the NHL among players who have taken at least 50, and has three power-play points (two goals, one assist).
"I want to be the guy that works and gets the puck back and opens up ice for those two that see the ice better than most guys in the League," Miller said. "I try to keep it simple. If I try to play really skilled like them, I get away from my game, start standing still. So I try to use my speed and size and stick with what works for me normally."
That has helped Boeser and Pettersson one way in particular.
"Me and [Pettersson] sometimes want to make plays when we should get it deep, and that's what we're kind of learning from him," Boeser said. "Sometimes, we don't need to force those plays and (should) just get the puck deep, because we'll get it back if we get on the forecheck.
"So that's something that he's really talked to us about, because if you don't turn the puck over, you're going to be in the offensive zone. We won't spend as much time in the [defensive] zone.
"Even if we're not scoring, I think we're creating chances. I think we haven't spent that much time in the [defensive] zone probably the longest stretch in our careers so far. We've been barely in our [defensive] zone and getting pucks deep and going to work."