The NHL trade deadline of March 8th is quickly approaching, and the potential fate of prospects hangs in the balance of their respective organizations.
I have been watching the Manitoba Moose on a full-time basis for the past four seasons, providing me the opportunity to watch young players like Ville Heinola, David Gustafsson, and Cole Perfetti start their professional careers.
The Winnipeg Jets announced their 2023-24 opening day roster today, featuring 13 forwards, 8 defensemen, and two goaltenders. Hello everyone, and welcome
It shouldn’t be a complete surprise that the Jets are hanging on to whatever life they have left.
The Winnipeg Jets got bad injury news prior to the start of the new season with Ville Heinola breaking his ankle in the final preseason game. Heinola had the ability to be a key piece to the Jets blueline due to his mobility and offensive instincts.
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ville Heinola has a significant rehab ahead of him after suffering a fractured ankle in preseason action. Surgery has not yet been ruled out for the former 20th overall pick.
According to head coach Rick Bowness, Ville Heinola suffered a fractured ankle and is expected to be out on an eight- to 12-week timeline.
The Winnipeg Jets are in a strange position right now. Trade rumors have dogged the team the past few years, and that won’t stop heading into the regular season.
The Jets have 10 defensemen under legitimate consideration for NHL jobs in the fall but are likely to only be able to keep seven or eight on their 23-man active roster.
Winnipeg Jets’ 2019 first-round pick Ville Heinola has yet to get an extended look in the NHL. Until this point, he has played 35 games over four years and has failed to stick with the big club.
Here are 10 prospects who could be on the move ahead of the trade deadline as contending clubs look to add the missing piece they hope could carry them to a Stanley Cup.
In a corresponding transaction, the Jets reassigned youngster Ville Heinola to the Manitoba Moose of the AHL.
NHL fandom, and by inference Winnipeg Jets fandom, has a size problem. I posit that size with equal skill is an asset. Size on its own is not. Yet that does not seem to be the prevailing wisdom amongst hockey fans.
The Jets are off to a strong start to their season, entering tonight’s game in Vancouver with a 19-9-1 record despite missing several regulars due to injuries.
There is definitely NHL upside in the 5-foot-11 Heinola, but it remains to be seen whether the Jets will give him that “shot” he is looking for. At least he’ll make the NHL portion of his contract for the duration of this latest recall.
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The Winnipeg Jets have begun finalizing their opening night roster. The roster will need to be finalized on Tuesday, and they will get in a few skates before their opening game on Friday against the New York Rangers.
Prior to their afternoon matchup against the Calgary Flames on Monday, the Winnipeg Jets have optioned defenceman Ville Heinola to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League, the club announced Sunday.
As the Winnipeg Jets await their next game, unfortunately, their skaters keep dropping like flies as they placed four additional players in the National Hockey League’s COVID-19 protocol, the club announced Tuesday.
Ville Heinola was drafted in the first round of the 2019 Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets — since then he has only played 13 games with the club. He’s spent the majority of his last two seasons with the Jets’ AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose.
Amid the current COVID-19 surge, the National Hockey League has reintroduced taxi squads across the hockey world and for the Winnipeg Jets, they’ve since added their first member to this list.
Prospect Ville Heinola is headed back to the show, the National Hockey League that is. With defenceman Neal Pionk suspended for one more game, and also on the NHL’s concussion protocol, the Winnipeg Jets were in desperate need of an extra blueliner and will receive just that during their upcoming road trip to the Pacific Northwest.
Selected 20th overall in 2019, Heinola made an immediate impact at Jets camp, and after several injuries (and disappearances) hit the blue line, he was forced into NHL game action as a teenager.
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