Elite defender, Miro Heiskanen

[King Weber]

He is ridiculously good. If Honka can turn into a solid top 4 D, then their defense might honestly be one of the best one's in the league. Quite the turnaround from what they were not that long ago.

 

[BL92]

He is ridiculously good. If Honka can turn into a solid top 4 D, then their defense might honestly be one of the best one's in the league. Quite the turnaround from what they were not that long ago.

I don't think that's possible.

 

[Kcb12345]

He is ridiculously good. If Honka can turn into a solid top 4 D, then their defense might honestly be one of the best one's in the league. Quite the turnaround from what they were not that long ago.

Honka just won't turn into a top 4 dman at this point. He is such a liability defensively. Someone else can jump up and fill that spot though. If only Johns was healthy ugh

 

[BB88]

Close to 30mins with AHL D-men as a rookie is something else, against one of the best teams in the league.

 

[Bizzare]

I think by the end of his career he will be 1 or 2 in a redraft. The guy is phenomenal.

 

[crowi]

I'm Finnish and all but holy shit - the way Heiskanen started in NHL has just blown my mind. I knew to expect a solid top-4 presence as a rookie, but jumping right into top-pairing minutes and play so young... don't think this has ever happened to a Finnish defender.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Very impressed with him in the game today. Dallas has some young talented puck movers on that blueline.

 

[TrillMike]

He has been an absolute treat to watch. It’s crazy to see him doing this as a teenager.

 

[Henkka]

Time for the Olympic tournament... now!

We finally have everything.

 

[SenzZen]

Stars need to get him some help. Games like yesterday are not going to be good for his development. He’s a remarkable player, but you can’t just lean on him to carry all the water.

I think if he wasn’t exhausted he plays the GT and GW goals better than he did.

 

[BB88]

Stars need to get him some help. Games like yesterday are not going to be good for his development. He’s a remarkable player, but you can’t just lean on him to carry all the water.

I think if he wasn’t exhausted he plays the GT and GW goals better than he did.

He had a 2min shift in OT due to the pp there, they just couldn't get a change in time.

 

[dechire]

Stars need to get him some help. Games like yesterday are not going to be good for his development. He’s a remarkable player, but you can’t just lean on him to carry all the water.

I think if he wasn’t exhausted he plays the GT and GW goals better than he did.

He'll get help when the Stars get healthy. Until then he's in an unfortunate situation where he has to carry a huge load but so far he's been stepping up beyond expectations. Can't do anything about the defense being about wrecked with injuries though.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Stars need to get him some help. Games like yesterday are not going to be good for his development. He’s a remarkable player, but you can’t just lean on him to carry all the water.

I think if he wasn’t exhausted he plays the GT and GW goals better than he did.

What does that mean? Most organizations don't have 14 NHL caliber defenders.

 

[glovesave_35]

What does that mean? Most organizations don't have 14 NHL caliber defenders.

Seriously. Who are J. Hanley, B. Gleason, and D. Heatherington? That D-corps yesterday actually was an AHL D-corps outside of Heiskanen and Lindell. Honka a tweener or low end NHL guy.

 

[WhatWhat]

Stars need to get him some help. Games like yesterday are not going to be good for his development. He’s a remarkable player, but you can’t just lean on him to carry all the water.

I think if he wasn’t exhausted he plays the GT and GW goals better than he did.

Our entire back end is dead. Gleason, a guy probably at 13th or 14th on the depth chart and was just signed as an undrafted FA after a nice showing at the prospect tournament, had to play 18 minutes yesterday. I dont think I can recall the last time a team took such a massive hit to a single position. On a healthy roster Miro isnt tasked to do this much, its just we are in a tough spot and making a move for a top 4 Dman right now would be bad because teams know we are in a pickle so we would get fleeced. Then when bodies get healthy we would need to trade someone and teams would again take advantage of our situation and we would lose another trade.

Unfortunately Dallas just needs to ride this out

 

[badboy1994]

I can see Heiskanen playing 35 minutes tonight

 

[Kcb12345]

I can see Heiskanen playing 35 minutes tonight

No way he plays that much. 30 at most imo especially since Polak is back tonight and he will likely get 20+ minutes so they can take a little load off the rookies

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[KPower]

Nice pass...Radulov was a little bit happy.

 

[Kcb12345]

He's not known for being a flashy player, but this was pretty fancy

 

[olop]

He's not known for being a flashy player, but this was pretty fancy

Based on this and the clip of the assist, I'd expect Foligno to remember #4 next time they play against Dallas.

 

[vanarchy]

I think by the end of his career he will be 1 or 2 in a redraft. The guy is phenomenal.

I don't think it will take the end of his career to come to that conclusion. It's already looking that way, just needs a few more years to prove it.

 

[Pez68]

This kid is really good. Couple of 19 year old defensemen making their mark this year. (Jokiharju has been really, really good, as well)

 

[Keeptdos]

This kid is really good. Couple of 19 year old defensemen making their mark this year. (Jokiharju has been really, really good, as well)

Great time to be a Finnish hockey fan with all the up and coming players, specially defensemen: Heiskanen, Jokiharju and Välimäki all getting high minutes.

EDIT: oh and I'm only pointing 19 and under aged defenseman.

 

[strattonius]

Hes the best rookie defenseman right now and if he continues this play should be considered a Calder favourite with Pettersson.