Player Discussion: Heinola Thread

[Skidooboy]

I can't even remember his NHL games before this season so I will have to take your word on it.

I was kinda including his entire development here. Since drafting him.NHL and AHL games. preseasons, camps etc the Kid has impressed the staff.

 

[Flair Hay]

I thought Ville looked pretty amazing out there last night...considering how rusty he must be....

I saw him make some amazing, simple, smart plays in the Dzone in the second and third period...i didn't see any real mistakes...and if there were? He was right back on it covering those mistakes and making a smart simple play to fix it...

His skating really does look elite, and his ability to angle guys off is going to be a game changer on the back end.... could he be the missing link on the back end? with him and samberg? I thin our D needs might be filled

Good old "draft and develop" ...

Yeah for a 23 year old with average size, it makes sense he is starting to turn into a full timer in the NHL.

Similar story to Perfetti. Not small, not slow... but when you are still a young man playing against grown men, if you aren't a half step quicker then everyone ypu will look slow because the other guys are stronger and will win most 50/50 battles.

Ville still looks young enough that bigger forwards can knock him off the puck if he gets boxed in. But his passing ability will be something we simply don't get from Stan or Fleury.

Looking forward to watching him adjust.

 

[GNP]

I'm just not sold on Heinola at all. Looks too small and weak to be a Jets defenseman. The only way I'd play him is if his stickwork, and exit passes out of the defensive zone supersede his lack of physical ability. I hope he proves me wrong, so I guess time will tell. Right now, I'd much rather have Stanley in there, or Samberg. I do think Salomonssen will work out very well though, so we could trade Heiny.

 

[Adam da bomb]

I'm just not sold on Heinola at all. Looks too small and weak to be a Jets defenseman. The only way I'd play him is if his stickwork, and exit passes out of the defensive zone supersede his lack of physical ability. I hope he proves me wrong, so I guess time will tell. Right now, I'd much rather have Stanley in there, or Samberg. I do think Salomonssen will work out very well though, so we could trade Heiny.

I thought he looked better than Fleury and Stan and that he can get the puck out of their end quickly instead of relying on size.

 

[Flair Hay]

I'm just not sold on Heinola at all. Looks too small and weak to be a Jets defenseman. The only way I'd play him is if his stickwork, and exit passes out of the defensive zone supersede his lack of physical ability. I hope he proves me wrong, so I guess time will tell. Right now, I'd much rather have Stanley in there, or Samberg. I do think Salomonssen will work out very well though, so we could trade Heiny.

I think he looks weak not small.

Obviously Samberg is better. He is taking steps towards being a legit top pairing shut down guy.

Stanley, we'll we have all season to see who plays better between these two I guess. Hopefully both play well.

 

[Gm0ney]

I thought Heinola had a bit of a bumpy start to the game but settled in and looked decent. Which is all you can hope for when he's been off for so long. He needs a run of consecutive games to both get up to game speed and show us what he's got.

I liked that he drew the penalty there and it worked out, but with NHL reffing, you never know if that's going to get called. Do the refs call that if it's the playoffs or if they have some money on the line at Bet365?

 

[surixon]

I'm not really going to start judging him until he gets around 5 games in.

 

[Howard Chuck]

I'm not really going to start judging him until he gets around 5 games in.

Me neither. But I thought he looked way better than I thought he would considering the time away from the game and a very short conditioning stint. I am already impressed with his ability to retrieve the puck and get out of trouble with the big fast fore check last night. His pinching and ability to skate also looked very good to me. This bodes well for his play once he gets a few more games under his belt. Hopefully he is one of our missing links on our D.

 

[ps241]

I thought Heinola had a bit of a bumpy start to the game but settled in and looked decent. Which is all you can hope for when he's been off for so long. He needs a run of consecutive games to both get up to game speed and show us what he's got.

I liked that he drew the penalty there and it worked out, but with NHL reffing, you never know if that's going to get called. Do the refs call that if it's the playoffs or if they have some money on the line at Bet365?

He needs about a 10 game stretch. Injuries have really set him back but the injury gods have thrown him a bone here with two of our top 7 out of the line up just as he is ready.

I thought he somewhat mirrored our team and looked better as the game went on.

At the end of the day every team needs to have quality affordable depth. There is a reason Chevy moved on from Schmidt and Dillon. My belief is he felt Samberg, Stan, and Ville were ready to backfill on the 2nd and 3rd pairings.

 

[Shlep]

Thought Heinola looked great for his first action in so long. Play was moving towards the offensive zone when he was on the ice.