The Mighty Duck Man
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I never realized how many penalties Nick took, at a rate higher than anyone in the league apparently. That's pretty rough, especially when many just aren't very good.
The league isn't about hard hitting anymore. That is why he gets so many of thoseI never realized how many penalties Nick took, at a rate higher than anyone in the league apparently. That's pretty rough, especially when many just aren't very good.
Yeah, I agree with you. He squanders chances and takes bad penalties. He’s constantly behind the play, but had a good game yesterday so that erases his years of crap.Ritchie hasn't done jack shit this year. He hasn't been very physical. Doesn't even fight, doesn't deter anyone. Takes stupid ass penalties every game. 90% of this board wanted him traded last season. Now that he's gone, it's the end of the world? Hahaha
Unfortunately many Anaheim fans love players like this and physical players like Ritchie are ripped to shreds. I can't wait for the Heinen Henrique Terry 2nd line must see tvBruins fan here: Danton Heinen is pretty solid defensively, but his offensive ability is really, really inconsistent. He will score, go 8-9 games and be absolutely invisible, then score, and repeat. I'm probably a "Heinen hater" on the Bruins board because he's just too, meh. Like he's just kind of there. He offers no physicality, and to this day i have never seen him enter a scrum, or come to any sort of defence of a teammate. That's one of the biggest issues I have with him. He's an every day NHL player, but he's just super, super vanilla. I hope he can get his game together for you guys, though. I also hope Nick can give us something we're lacking in our top 9, which is physicality and a bit of offense.
Honestly, it's feeling the same way with Bruins fans on our board these days too. One day these types of players were celebrated, now we have to get the guy who has that good defensive stick check per 60 stat.Unfortunately many Anaheim fans love players like this and physical players like Ritchie are ripped to shreds. I can't wait for the Heinen Henrique Terry 2nd line must see tv
Not good to hear it. Then again, the same can be said about Silfverberg. If nothing changes, I don't see Heinen sticking for long but if he's not working out here, won't get much for himBruins fan here: Danton Heinen is pretty solid defensively, but his offensive ability is really, really inconsistent. He will score, go 8-9 games and be absolutely invisible, then score, and repeat. I'm probably a "Heinen hater" on the Bruins board because he's just too, meh. Like he's just kind of there. He offers no physicality, and to this day i have never seen him enter a scrum, or come to any sort of defence of a teammate. That's one of the biggest issues I have with him. He's an every day NHL player, but he's just super, super vanilla. I hope he can get his game together for you guys, though. I also hope Nick can give us something we're lacking in our top 9, which is physicality and a bit of offense.
Ritchie should really help for you in playoffs, just find something to light a fire under his assNot good to hear it. Then again, the same can be said about Silfverberg. If nothing changes, I don't see Heinen sticking for long but if he's not working out here, won't get much for him
I can also fully admit that I'm hard on Heinen, because i just expect him to get a little angrier and hungrier. I think he's a decent hockey player, but i just wish he showed me more.Not good to hear it. Then again, the same can be said about Silfverberg. If nothing changes, I don't see Heinen sticking for long but if he's not working out here, won't get much for him
Bruins fan here: Danton Heinen is pretty solid defensively, but his offensive ability is really, really inconsistent. He will score, go 8-9 games and be absolutely invisible, then score, and repeat. I'm probably a "Heinen hater" on the Bruins board because he's just too, meh. Like he's just kind of there. He offers no physicality, and to this day i have never seen him enter a scrum, or come to any sort of defence of a teammate. That's one of the biggest issues I have with him. He's an every day NHL player, but he's just super, super vanilla. I hope he can get his game together for you guys, though. I also hope Nick can give us something we're lacking in our top 9, which is physicality and a bit of offense.
Unfortunately many Anaheim fans love players like this and physical players like Ritchie are ripped to shreds. I can't wait for the Heinen Henrique Terry 2nd line must see tv
Is heinen signed long term?
2017-18 16g | 31a | 47pts | 16pim | +10 |
A majority of his "bad penalties" are from clean hard hits something nobody on this team either than 4th liner Deslauriers does
Enjoy a worse team with less hitting and scoring
Bruins fans should like this deal
Add Sonny Milano to this list of punishersDon't worry, we still have heavy hitters in Rakell, Fowler, Terry... the list go on. Haven't you seen Guhle and Larsson dishing out the boom with the opponents shoulder into their chests. It's called great defense.
Bruins fan here. Heinen is a solid player, I think the main reason Bruins fans are so divisive on him is because we've needed someone that was more aggressive and active than he was, and someone who is a better scorer.
The Good
- Versatility: he was a center in his development but the Bruins always used him at wing in the NHL. He's not the strongest or fastest player, but is smart enough to play the position for sure. Whether that happens in Anaheim I don't know, but I think there's a possibility he could do it. Regardless, it genuinely does not matter whether he's at LW or RW, which you can't say about everyone. He was always the guy on the Bruins that you just fit into any spot because he's equally adept at both sides and has played all over the line-up in his short career. He saw his most success when playing on the Bruins 3rd line in 2017/18: Heinen-Nash-Backes. He's mostly been with Bjork-Coyle-Heinen lately but they used DeBrusk-Krejci-Heinen as well.
- Really cerebral player, understands and processes the game well and makes smart plays on both sides of the puck, albeit not all the time.
- Has great touch on his passes, can thread it through or sauce it over with regularity.
- Has a really good defensive stick, it can help him with puck battles and stripping players of the puck.
- Has a lot of PP experience in a pretty unique role; along with DeBrusk, who they traded out at different times in this spot, he was the down-low puck retrieval guy. It didn't lead to a lot of PP points, but he was still pretty effective at it.
The Bad
- He's one of the more passive players you'll find and seems to play with no aggressiveness at all. He's still effective because he's so smart though. His temperament and style REALLY reminds me of Loui Eriksson (before he fell off a cliff). Difference for Eriksson was that he could clean up the garbage around the net with regularity whereas Heinen doesn't really have the nose for the net.
- I'm really disappointed in how he responded to adversity lately. The trade rumors around him were swirling for a while and he recently got scratched because of performance. I think he's responded to it awfully, and has been playing the worst hockey of his career as of late.
- There's a very clear downward trajectory for his production. He actually came in on fire in his first full year and had 38 points in his first 48 games of the 2017/18 season, but finished that year with 9 in 29 with a very poor playoff showing. You can kind of see where it went from there.
- Has a very clear trend of over-passing. He'll regularly pass off good scoring opportunities, which is a shame because his wrist shot is solid. It's nothing amazing, but you'll find some highlights out there where he's picked corners nicely.
- It's not a negative really but he's pretty vanilla for skills and physical traits. He's kind of a jack-of-all-trades in this regard. Outside of passing and defensive stick he seems very average at everything.
- Despite his good defensive stick he wasn't used on the PK, although the Bruins are deep for PK forwards.
Bruins fan here. Heinen is a solid player, I think the main reason Bruins fans are so divisive on him is because we've needed someone that was more aggressive and active than he was, and someone who is a better scorer.
The Good
- Versatility: he was a center in his development but the Bruins always used him at wing in the NHL. He's not the strongest or fastest player, but is smart enough to play the position for sure. Whether that happens in Anaheim I don't know, but I think there's a possibility he could do it. Regardless, it genuinely does not matter whether he's at LW or RW, which you can't say about everyone. He was always the guy on the Bruins that you just fit into any spot because he's equally adept at both sides and has played all over the line-up in his short career. He saw his most success when playing on the Bruins 3rd line in 2017/18: Heinen-Nash-Backes. He's mostly been with Bjork-Coyle-Heinen lately but they used DeBrusk-Krejci-Heinen as well.
- Really cerebral player, understands and processes the game well and makes smart plays on both sides of the puck, albeit not all the time.
- Has great touch on his passes, can thread it through or sauce it over with regularity.
- Has a really good defensive stick, it can help him with puck battles and stripping players of the puck.
- Has a lot of PP experience in a pretty unique role; along with DeBrusk, who they traded out at different times in this spot, he was the down-low puck retrieval guy. It didn't lead to a lot of PP points, but he was still pretty effective at it.
The Bad
- He's one of the more passive players you'll find and seems to play with no aggressiveness at all. He's still effective because he's so smart though. His temperament and style REALLY reminds me of Loui Eriksson (before he fell off a cliff). Difference for Eriksson was that he could clean up the garbage around the net with regularity whereas Heinen doesn't really have the nose for the net.
- I'm really disappointed in how he responded to adversity lately. The trade rumors around him were swirling for a while and he recently got scratched because of performance. I think he's responded to it awfully, and has been playing the worst hockey of his career as of late.
- There's a very clear downward trajectory for his production. He actually came in on fire in his first full year and had 38 points in his first 48 games of the 2017/18 season, but finished that year with 9 in 29 with a very poor playoff showing. You can kind of see where it went from there.
- Has a very clear trend of over-passing. He'll regularly pass off good scoring opportunities, which is a shame because his wrist shot is solid. It's nothing amazing, but you'll find some highlights out there where he's picked corners nicely.
- It's not a negative really but he's pretty vanilla for skills and physical traits. He's kind of a jack-of-all-trades in this regard. Outside of passing and defensive stick he seems very average at everything.
- Despite his good defensive stick he wasn't used on the PK, although the Bruins are deep for PK forwards.