Posts About "Ville Heinola"
Jets Can't Deal Connor or Ehlers to Fill Defensive Holes
February 15th, 2020 Kyle Connor trade rumours began last week, and this isn’t the first time the media rumoured the Winnipeg Jets trading a star forward. https://twitter.com/mikemcintyrewpg/status/1225985796580290560 During the summer, Nikolaj Ehlers was the subject of trade rumours between the Jets and Buffalo Sabres. A deal involving...
Jets' Heinola and Gustafsson to Play Key Roles at 2020 WJC
December 24th, 2019 In just two more sleeps, the first round-robin games of the year's most exciting hockey tournament will begin. Boxing Day is almost as (if not just as) highly-anticipated as Christmas Day for hockey fans around the globe, who enjoy seeing both their countries vie for gold medal glory and their favourite team's top prospects strut their...
2020 WJC Team Finland Final Roster
December 23rd, 2019 Can Team Finland be the first team in over 10 years to win back-to-back gold medals at the IIHF World Junior Championships? This roster definitely has the talent. They are in Pool A where their biggest, and arguably their only, competition is Team Sweden. It's very possible, and the team will be expecting nothing less. With the...
Jets' 2019 Draft Class Update
December 14th, 2019 With all the storylines that have surrounded the Winnipeg Jets in the past six months — high-profile offseason defensive departures, Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine's contract holdouts, Dustin Byfuglien's sudden and still-unresolved leave of absence, the uncertainty surrounding the squad going into the season, and their surprisingly...
Jets’ Top 10 Prospects – November Update
December 4th, 2019 As we enter the third month of the National Hockey League season, I figured now would be as good of a time as ever to follow-up on my Winnipeg Jets’ Top 10 Prospects piece I wrote back in August and see where the 10 players are at with their respected clubs. It is interesting to see some of the players on this list...
2020 WJC Team Finland Preview
December 4th, 2019 After a gold medal victory at the 2019 IIHF World U20 Junior Hockey Championship, Team Finland is coming back looking for a consecutive first-place finish. If they can pull it off, it will be the first time since Canada's five-year run from 2005-2009 that a team has won back-to-back World Juniors Championships. Finland will be...
Jets Need to Persevere with a Patchwork Defence
November 29th, 2019 The scrappy, hard-working Winnipeg Jets keep finding ways to win and are really starting to roll; they're 5-0-1 in their past six games. Related: Winnipeg Jets Are Embracing a New Work Ethic They are 9-2-1 in November and 15-9-1 overall, sit third in the Central Division at the all-important American Thanksgiving threshold. What...
Jets Weekly: Little, Heinola, Line Shuffling & More
November 11th, 2019 Welcome to Winnipeg Jets Weekly, where you can catch up on the past week of Jets hockey. From hot topics to news and notes, this is where you can find all things Jets related throughout the 2019-20 season. It was another interesting week in Jets land. This season has had no shortage of storylines, some good, some bad, some...
Jets Smarter to Send Heinola to AHL Than to Europe
November 2nd, 2019 Winnipeggers will be seeing more of Ville Heinola at Bell MTS Place this season, but not in a Jets jersey. https://twitter.com/NHLJets/status/1189967701332021248 The team ended weeks of "will they keep him, or won't they" speculation Thursday, opting for the latter and reassigning the 18-year-old to the Manitoba...
Jets Need to Keep Playing Heinola
October 20th, 2019 Ville Heinola is fast approaching the nine-game threshold — the maximum number the Winnipeg Jets can allow the rookie defenseman to suit up for before they must "burn" a year of his entry-level contract. In this case, the Jets should allow that year to burn, baby, burn, like a Disco Inferno. Heinola Makes Jets' Defence...
Jets Weekly: Laine, Heinola, Wheeler & More
October 14th, 2019 Welcome to Jets Weekly, where you can catch up on the past week of Winnipeg Jets hockey. From hot topics to news and notes, this is where you can find all things Jets related throughout the 2019-20 season. The regular season is in full swing and the Jets have had their fair share of ups and downs already. If one thing is for...
Winnipeg Jets: 5 Reasons to Be Thankful
October 13th, 2019 Tomorrow is Canadian Thanksgiving and the 2019-20 regular season has just begun. Even at the outset of a season full of uncertainty, Winnipeg Jets fans have plenty of reasons to be thankful. Here are five to consider as you celebrate all of life's blessings with family and friends. 1: A Dedicated General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff...
Jets' 3 Stars of the Week: Oct. 2-9
October 10th, 2019 The Winnipeg Jets played four games in the first week of the NHL regular season, all of which were on the road against Eastern Division opponents. For them to come out of the week with a 2-2 record is really good and a result few were expecting. The Jets came out hot, scoring 11 goals in the first two games, but unfortunately – as...
