Vancouver Canucks goalie Ryan Miller (30) keeps his eye on the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

Ryan Miller has this sort of ‘screw you’ mentality. He has confidence. He has bravado, and he has flair – and a sick flow.

This is totally different than Miller’s predecessor, Roberto Luongo, who seemed to chafe at the constant drama that surrounded him.

Unlike when Luongo tended the crease, the numbers aren’t there yet for Vancouver goaltender Ryan Miller.

A 2.69 goals against average and .900 save percentage are quite poor, actually.

But when it comes to tending net in Canada’s ‘Lower Mainland’ you need more than just a high save percentage and a low goals against average. You need to be able to shake off constant scrutiny, and the ability to forget what just happened on the last score and move forward. And you also need to focus on the one number that matters … wins.

Currently Miller is 16-7-0, despite losing his last three starts.

We recently caught up with Miller and chatted about life in Vancouver, stopping his brother on a breakaway, and finding peace in training in Los Angeles over the summer.

Q. Your numbers probably aren’t what you would expect out of yourself, but does that really bother you?

MILLER: I think the numbers do indicate a consistency.

My numbers aren’t where I want them to be at the moment. There have been some changes to my environment. There have been some changes to the way I want to play the game and by the end of the season, I want to do it at a consistent level to the point where I think the numbers will align themselves. But right now I want to play well enough to help the team win. Winning is the ultimate thing. Basically it’s just get to the playoffs and get hot.

There are no gray areas in goaltending. You make the save, or you don’t. You seem like someone who can shake off goals pretty well. Does this ability help being in more of a fishbowl like Vancouver?

I hope that is something that’s going to help in the long run. You’re not going to play a long time in the NHL unless you’re able to forget the good and the bad. The good is not going to really be stacked up behind you like bricks on the goal line to help you make saves. But if you can feel the confidence that you know you can do something or make a certain kind of save going into a certain situation where you have that feeling. Ultimately it’s not going to be there to make it happen every time. And the same with the bad stuff. You’re not going to make the wrong read or a bad decision or get a bad break every time. You have to prepare yourself good or bad every time, and you have to try to bring the same kind of energy every time. That becomes a challenge.

We’re going through a stretch right now where it has been a little more difficult. We had a good start and a long road trip. Then we started to get a little bit of fatigue in our game, some habits crept in and we’re working our way out of it. But one thing that’s going to get out of it is, you have to trust the system. You have to trust the procedure, you have to be able to get back to the basic mentality where you don’t stray from the structure that makes you a good player and makes you a competitive team. You have to believe that’s what’s going to get you through.

You train in Los Angeles during the summer. You have a pretty good group currently. What was it like when you started and what’s it like now? Seems like people have caught onto your secret.

I think we kind of had a lull when we first got there. The Kings hadn’t won a Stanley Cup yet, so they had a few summer camps going on. But there was a lull where guys were in and out of town. Then when I got to know who was around and I got the idea I could be available and some of the other guys were available, we started to make a point to get on the ice a little earlier in the summer from time to time.

We connected with some of the local guys who were up and coming … guys in college and juniors and entering their early pro years like Beau Bennett, Emerson Etem, (recently retired) George Parros and Eric Nystrom. It’s a lot of fun to be around those guys, and I think we have a good core group of guys who lean on each other to make sure we’re pushing. From time-to-time, most summers we have a small group of guys we want to come in, just some of the local boys. They’ll stay for a week or two and skate – sometimes longer. The boys know we’re there if they want to come to LA during the summer. We’re there, we have ice-time, and it feels like there are a few more guys filtering out that way.

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