LD Miro Heiskanen - IFK Helsinki, Liiga (2017, 3rd, DAL)

[Binister]

How is his skating?

Very good and smooth with the puck. Also does right things without it.

 

[BB88]

How is his skating?

Elite& effortless.

 

[FinPanda]

I remember skating being one of his biggest strenghts.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Elite& effortless.

Is it at Karlsson's level pre slice/Cooke and surgeries?

 

[BB88]

Is it at Karlsson's level pre slice/Cooke and surgeries?

 

[TheFinnishTrap]

Is it at Karlsson's level pre slice/Cooke and surgeries?

I'm not going to say it is, and it's hard to compare until we've seen Heiskanen at NHL level, but it looks very good.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Finland has had more junior succes

You have like three times more players in the NHL and no European country is ever going to catch you in neither quality nor quantity, yet you wish failure for other nations prospect. Come on.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Hard to compare, both to peers, ice and foremost age wise.

No one thought that Karlsson would some day become the best defenceman of his generation, when he was 17-18 years old.

Will be interesting to see how Heiskanen looks 5 years from now.

 

[Satan]

Kris Letang but actually good at defense?

lmao

 

[AppsSyl]

What Heiskanen is doing in Liiga this season is really fantastic. When you look at comparisons for U19 D playing in Liiga over the last 20 years it puts it into perspective. His ppg and goal totals are much higher than the guys above him on the list. It will be interesting to see if he can sustain this, but the sample size is growing and he is still producing.

1.	Sami Vatanen (D)	2009-2010	JYP	55	7	23	30	0.55	44	-1
2.	Joni Pitkänen (D)	2001-2002	Kärpät	49	4	15	19	0.39	65	2
3.	Robin Salo (D)	2016-2017	Sport	54	1	15	16	0.30	14	0
4.	Saku Kinnunen (D/F)	2013-2014	KalPa	51	7	8	15	0.29	16	3
5.	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	2012-2013	TPS	52	3	12	15	0.29	32	-7
6.	Miro Heiskanen (D)	2017-2018	HIFK	16	9	4	13	0.81	6	9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I think Heiskanen and Liljegren are really going to separate themselves from the other D in this draft class.

 

[Critical13]

Joni Pitkanen...there's a name I haven't heard in a while.

 

[WhatWhat]

How is his skating?

Very very good. I swear half his goals only happen because of how good of a skater he is

 

[WhatWhat]

What Heiskanen is doing in Liiga this season is really fantastic. When you look at comparisons for U19 D playing in Liiga over the last 20 years it puts it into perspective. His ppg and goal totals are much higher than the guys above him on the list. It will be interesting to see if he can sustain this, but the sample size is growing and he is still producing.

1.	Sami Vatanen (D)	2009-2010	JYP	55	7	23	30	0.55	44	-1
2.	Joni Pitkänen (D)	2001-2002	Kärpät	49	4	15	19	0.39	65	2
3.	Robin Salo (D)	2016-2017	Sport	54	1	15	16	0.30	14	0
4.	Saku Kinnunen (D/F)	2013-2014	KalPa	51	7	8	15	0.29	16	3
5.	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	2012-2013	TPS	52	3	12	15	0.29	32	-7
6.	Miro Heiskanen (D)	2017-2018	HIFK	16	9	4	13	0.81	6	9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I think Heiskanen and Liljegren are really going to separate themselves from the other D in this draft class.

What he is doing is amazing. The part about it that makes me think his pace is semi sustainable is the fact that he is generating his own points with goals right now. He is setting guys up and I have watched a handful of plays where I would almost expect him to get an assist but nothing becomes of it. So im fully expecting his goal scoring to fall back to earth because he is scoring at 0.56 goals per game, which alone would be top on that board, but at the same time the assists should start to pick up as 4 assists in 16 games for someone who moves the puck like he does is a little surprising honestly

 

[Diamonddog01]

What Heiskanen is doing in Liiga this season is really fantastic. When you look at comparisons for U19 D playing in Liiga over the last 20 years it puts it into perspective. His ppg and goal totals are much higher than the guys above him on the list. It will be interesting to see if he can sustain this, but the sample size is growing and he is still producing.

1.	Sami Vatanen (D)	2009-2010	JYP	55	7	23	30	0.55	44	-1
2.	Joni Pitkänen (D)	2001-2002	Kärpät	49	4	15	19	0.39	65	2
3.	Robin Salo (D)	2016-2017	Sport	54	1	15	16	0.30	14	0
4.	Saku Kinnunen (D/F)	2013-2014	KalPa	51	7	8	15	0.29	16	3
5.	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	2012-2013	TPS	52	3	12	15	0.29	32	-7
6.	Miro Heiskanen (D)	2017-2018	HIFK	16	9	4	13	0.81	6	9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I think Heiskanen and Liljegren are really going to separate themselves from the other D in this draft class.

Good stats, Juolevi should be on this list as well as he also has 13 points and the exact same ppg. Juolevi is a year older and thus his stats are a bit less impressive however.

 

[AppsSyl]

Good stats, Juolevi should be on this list as well as he also has 13 points and the exact same ppg. Juolevi is a year older and thus his stats are a bit less impressive however.

Juolevi is having a good year as well, but he isn't U19 and all the guys on the list are.

 

[Diamonddog01]

Juolevi is having a good year as well, but he isn't U19 and all the guys on the list are.

Right, the cutoff is normally U20 but that table is U19, missed that.

 

[danyhabsfan]

Wow he can skate

 

[DDRhockey]

You have like three times more players in the NHL and no European country is ever going to catch you in neither quality nor quantity, yet you wish failure for other nations prospect. Come on.

Finland is better at junior level. I envy you guys.

 

[Noma]

What Heiskanen is doing in Liiga this season is really fantastic. When you look at comparisons for U19 D playing in Liiga over the last 20 years it puts it into perspective. His ppg and goal totals are much higher than the guys above him on the list. It will be interesting to see if he can sustain this, but the sample size is growing and he is still producing.

1.	Sami Vatanen (D)	2009-2010	JYP	55	7	23	30	0.55	44	-1
2.	Joni Pitkänen (D)	2001-2002	Kärpät	49	4	15	19	0.39	65	2
3.	Robin Salo (D)	2016-2017	Sport	54	1	15	16	0.30	14	0
4.	Saku Kinnunen (D/F)	2013-2014	KalPa	51	7	8	15	0.29	16	3
5.	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	2012-2013	TPS	52	3	12	15	0.29	32	-7
6.	Miro Heiskanen (D)	2017-2018	HIFK	16	9	4	13	0.81	6	9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I think Heiskanen and Liljegren are really going to separate themselves from the other D in this draft class.

Kinnunen shouldn't be on that list, because he played forward that season, he moved to defence later.

 

[Ainec]

just gona brag that I ranked him #1

underhyped by Suomi, just like Barkov

go figure

 

[Hockeyisl1fe]

Why his weight and height are listed wrong everywhere? EP has him at 6'0 and 170lbs, irl he is 6'1 and weighs 185lbs.

 

[WhatWhat]

Right, the cutoff is normally U20 but that table is U19, missed that.

cutoff was set at U19 because it gives us players the same age as Heiskanen

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Why his weight and height are listed wrong everywhere? EP has him at 6'0 and 170lbs, irl he is 6'1 and weighs 185lbs.

EP rarely update prospect height/weight for many prospects.

 

[WhatWhat]

Why his weight and height are listed wrong everywhere? EP has him at 6'0 and 170lbs, irl he is 6'1 and weighs 185lbs.

Dont think EP really edit height and weight all that much. So I think they still have it a his pre combine measurements

 

[Brock Radunske]

Just out of curiosity, when was the last time Finland produced a top-pairing defenseman? I can't think of any that came into the league in the last decade or so. You could argue RR but I don't think he's reached that yet.

MH have a shot at being the best?