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Player Discussion Danton Heinen
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Mainehockey33
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I haven’t seen anyone claiming he’s the second coming of Pavel Bure, but ok.
Good to have a winger in the bottom 6 that can move up into the top 6 if needed.
Fenian24
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May have been wrong here. Loved the first goal last night with the drive to the net and thought he was solid in his limited ice time. Still say we need grit and size up front but when healthy X-Backes-Heinen is potentially a very good third line.
Ideally with Backes as number 3 center you can move Spooner for a 3LW with that size and grit to play with Backes and Heinen.
Ideally with Backes as number 3 center you can move Spooner for a 3LW with that size and grit to play with Backes and Heinen.
I actually agree with you for once X-Backes-Heinen is who I would put as my 3rd line when Krejci is back. Not sure who we bring in for the 3rd line wing though. Vatrano is my first thought but he hasn't proven nearly enough so far.
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I’d love to see Cehlarik there. Big body and can protect but also has good vision and playmaking ability.
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I'd put JDB with 42 and 43 and put Cehlarik with 46 and 88 when Krejci comes back
Jean_Jacket41
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I liked the Cehlarik-Krejci-Pasta line last year.
Marchand-Bergy-Bjork
Cehlarik-Krejci-Pasta
DeBrusk-Backes-Heinen
Lots of skills.
Maybe I'm getting too caught up in age, but that is a lot of young guys in there. Ideally we bring in more of a vet get from outside the organization, but if Cehlarik is ready I could see that line dominating.
NCBruinsfan
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Bure is a poor man's Heinen.
I'm sure we will see him at some point. 1000% certainty. Sweeney needs to see all the ready or close to ready kids in the NHL because this summer he is going to have to make some choices.
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Which would be a valid argument if anyone was claiming stardom.
And this goes both ways. When some mentioned how Heinen looked over matched last year in his NHL time, people fired back about "writing him off."
BruinsFanSince94
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I honestly forget Cehlarik is only 22 years old. While young, he does have 3 years of SHL hockey under his belt on top of a year at the AHL. He's been pretty dominant at the AHL level this year (granted short sample size). I think he's ready, in the general sense. However, it seems he's dealing with some surgery effects (what was it, shoulder?) so maybe he's not really ready for the full grind of the NHL on that basis.
LOL. Heinen is an inch taller and 10 pounds heavier than Krejci.
BruinsFanSince94
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I'd be more than 'ok' with that. It gets JDB, who I think has looked good, away from top pairing defenseman (which he's more apt to see in a top 6 role).
BruinsFanSince94
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Hmm.....I have yet to see anyone proclaiming he's a star? Seems like you're the one who needs to take the breath.
Incredible how when Heinen shows what the haters and non-believers were asking for, they double down in him "not being a star."
Didn't see anyone calling him a star either. Played in a role where he is getting less than 9:00TOI and still remains productive, I think that should silence some unwarranted comments about his potential.
The 1st goal was an absolute "goal-scorers" goal. He set the play up in the neutral zone (while on the PK, mind you) and then set it up in the offensive zone after gaining the line. After that, he didn't skip beat, Backes through on net, and Heinen scored a beauty of a goal, with his extremely soft hands in close. I can tell by the comments of the non-believers in this thread that they haven't watched much of Heinen when he played for Denver.
Bottom line? The kid is a top-6 forward in the making. That's his potential in which he is developing towards nicely.
Also on the subject of Cehlarik since I saw it mentioned here, he IS indeed NHL ready. He's a big body and dominates the playing field in the AHL. He also has a step above other players as he was playing against men in Sweden as teenager. Just like Heinen, Cehlarik is an up and coming, developing top-6 forward as well. Currently, he can contribute anywhere in a top-9 but don't be fooled by his versatility, he's got legit top-6 forward potential. It won't be long until you see him.
Didn't see anyone calling him a star either. Played in a role where he is getting less than 9:00TOI and still remains productive, I think that should silence some unwarranted comments about his potential.
The 1st goal was an absolute "goal-scorers" goal. He set the play up in the neutral zone (while on the PK, mind you) and then set it up in the offensive zone after gaining the line. After that, he didn't skip beat, Backes through on net, and Heinen scored a beauty of a goal, with his extremely soft hands in close. I can tell by the comments of the non-believers in this thread that they haven't watched much of Heinen when he played for Denver.
Bottom line? The kid is a top-6 forward in the making. That's his potential in which he is developing towards nicely.
Also on the subject of Cehlarik since I saw it mentioned here, he IS indeed NHL ready. He's a big body and dominates the playing field in the AHL. He also has a step above other players as he was playing against men in Sweden as teenager. Just like Heinen, Cehlarik is an up and coming, developing top-6 forward as well. Currently, he can contribute anywhere in a top-9 but don't be fooled by his versatility, he's got legit top-6 forward potential. It won't be long until you see him.
Regardless of who is bigger, I don't think we should trust posted weights for guys.
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Hopefully he will slot in statistically between Pavel & Valeri
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I was a Lori Laughlin guy myself
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If kuraly/schaller are on 4th line one of them can center and that frees nash for rw duty
Nash/backes/heinen should be pretty solid defenisvely and if heinen scores at a 15 goal/30 point pace i think theres enough offense here too
But i still prefer spooner get tryout with krejci/pastrnak... moving debrusk onto line with backes/kuraly and nash/accari/schaller on 4th line
I think heinen is still behind bjork and debrusk for a top 9 role and i still think kuraly and accari are important for bottom 6...
Cant have too many kids
Heinen has passed vatrano on depth chat imho
Right now id say the kid wingers that play top 9 are ranked
1 bjork
2 debrusk
3 heinen
4 celherik
5 agostino
6 vatrano
7 senshyn
Since marchand, pastrnak, backes arent going anywhere i only see room for 3 of these 7 guys to become contributors in boston
Heinen to me still feels like trade bait... but the better he plays the better his value goes up.
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Both of Heinen's goals last night were impressive. First one was some very nice touch and skill while getting to the right spot. Second goal I absolutely loved. Bs need more players doing what Heinen did on that second goal. The pass he made to Nash was also very slick and could have easily resulted in a goal had Nash done more with the puck. Heinen made the most of his TOI.
As for Cehlarik, for whatever reason I am extremely high on him. I thought he showed outstanding stuff last season. Just seemed to be snake bitten in the goal scoring category. He's going to be a good one.
As for Cehlarik, for whatever reason I am extremely high on him. I thought he showed outstanding stuff last season. Just seemed to be snake bitten in the goal scoring category. He's going to be a good one.
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