Ville Heinola

Ville Heinola Inks Two-Year Contract Extension in Winnipeg

Another restricted free agent (RFA) is off the board for the Winnipeg Jets, this time it’s Ville Heinola who signed a two-year contract extension carrying an average annual value (AAV) of $800,000. The contract will expire at the end of the 2025-26 season and Heinola will remain an RFA with arbitration rights. The contract will […]

Five Players Receive Winnipeg Jets Qualifying Offers

The Winnipeg Jets have extended qualifying offers to five players today. The Jets chose not to extend qualifying offers to two players. Defensemen Ville Heinola, Simon Lundmark and Logan Stanley were extended their qualifying offers. Forwards David Gustafsson and Cole Perfetti were also extended their qualifying offers. The two players not to receive their qualifying […]

AHL Playoffs Recap: Manitoba Moose vs Texas Stars (04/23/2024)

The Manitoba Moose and Texas Stars battled on Tuesday, April 23rd at the H-E-B Center in game one of the Calder Cup Playoffs First Round. Manitoba must win game two on Thursday, April 25th to push the three-game series to the third and final game. If you missed the game yesterday, don’t worry, we have […]

AHL Game Recap: Manitoba Moose vs. Texas Stars | 03/02/2024

The Manitoba Moose welcome the Texas Stars for a Saturday matinee game at the Canada Life Centre. The game is the first of a back-to-back weekend series; Saturday, March 2nd’s game is a 2:00 pm CST start, and the following Sunday happens to be the same start time. Back-to-back matinee games in Manitoba for the […]

It’s Time to Move On From the Logan Stanley Project

It’s hard to give up and move on from a project prospect. Kevin Cheveldayoff has given his 2016, 18th overall, first-round NHL Entry Draft selection too many chances. While we weren’t expecting Logan Stanley’s game to translate from the OHL to the AHL and eventually the NHL. It’s been not very reassuring to see the […]

Untimely Injury Keeps Jets Prospect Out 8-12 Weeks

What looked like a routine play and a slightly awkward hit from Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Brannstrom, Ville Heinola, one of the Jets’ top defensive prospects been placed on injured reserve with a fractured ankle. This injury is untimely as Heinola was on the cusp of achieving an NHL roster spot, not just the seventh […]

Top-10 Winnipeg Jets Prospects

Heading into the 2023-24 season, the Winnipeg Jets have quite an excellent showcase of prospects. While the Winnipeg Jets are looking to have a new identity on the ice and in the locker room, here are their top-10 prospects that you will most likely see in the navy blue and white really soon. 1. Brad […]

Josh Morrissey Injury Update

On Saturday night, the Winnipeg Jets were dealt a potentially huge loss in a 5-4 overtime victory over the Florida Panthers. All-Star defenceman and Norris Trophy candidate Josh Morrissey sustained a lower-body injury. Morrissey left for the locker room in the second period; he returned in the third period but took only one shift and […]

Winnipeg Jets Should Make Luke Schenn a Priority Trade Target

When a team has no glaring weaknesses and sits in second place in the Central Division past the mid-way point of the NHL regular season, finding trade targets who will fit in and not ruin team chemistry sometimes isn’t as simple as one may think. With a 31-16-1 record through 48 games, the Winnipeg Jets […]

Jets: All Defensemen in the System

Last week we looked at forwards under contract. Now let’s open up the trunk and peek at the back end. Seventeen defensemen are under contract for next season already. Assistant GM Craig Heisinger said it a few years ago; you can never have too many defensemen. They block shots. They get hurt. It’s a long […]