Vancouver Canucks centre J.T. Miller is taking an indefinite leave from the team for 鈥減ersonal reasons.鈥�

General manager Patrik Allvin announced the news in a statement Tuesday, saying the club鈥檚 focus is making sure Miller knows 鈥渢he entire organization is here to support him.鈥�

Miller, 31, has six goals and 10 assists in 17 games for Vancouver this season, and is second on the team in points behind captain Quinn Hughes (18 points).

鈥淥bviously he鈥檚 a massive part of our team and a superstar in the league. So any time you miss a guy like that, you鈥檙e going to feel it,鈥� Hughes said.

鈥淏ut at the same time, we have a lot of confidence in the guys we have here. Coming into the year we thought we had a contending team, and it鈥檚 not just one guy, it鈥檚 our whole group. And we鈥檙e very confident who we have in here.鈥�

Miller posted a career-high 103 points (37 goals, 66 assists) last season.

The six-foot-one, 218-pound forward from East Palestine, Ohio, was selected 15th overall by the Rangers in the 2011 draft and has played for New York, Vancouver and the Tampa Bay Lightning over 13 NHL seasons.

鈥淥bviously, a very big hole to fill. But we wish him well in his personal matter, and we鈥檙e here to support him, the whole organization,鈥� said Canucks centre Elias Pettersson.

鈥淭he player will be hard to replace. But that means other guys gotta step up, have an opportunity to step up and get chances. So it takes a whole team effort tonight to move forward.鈥�

The Canucks were already without some key players, including goalie Thatcher Demko (knee), sniper Brock Boeser (upper body) and defenceman Derek Forbort (lower body).

Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet said Boeser and Forbort both skated on Tuesday, and that Demko has strung several good practices together.

The team may be without Conor Garland when Vancouver hosts the New York Rangers on Tuesday, though, as the winger awaits the birth of his first child.

鈥淲e鈥檝e dealt with a lot of stuff. Dakota鈥� (Joshua鈥檚) cancer, there鈥檚 a lot of stuff that鈥檚 been thrown at this team. But we鈥檝e got a pretty good record, considering a lot of stuff,鈥� Tocchet said.

鈥淎nd you look around the league, teams are going through it, and we鈥檙e a resilient group, and there鈥檚 going to be some guys that we鈥檙e going to rely on, obviously, to get their game going. But also some good young players here, they get a chance to play. I think that鈥檚 a it鈥檚 a positive in that respect.鈥�