LD Miro Heiskanen (2017, 3rd, DAL) Part II

[LT]

Maybe less talk about girlfriends and politics. If we go down that road it's not going to be pleasant.

Yes, let's do this.

 

[The Colonel]

Is this a good time to compare Heiskanen and Dahlin's progress? Both have risen to the forefront of their teams D core.

 

[tellermine]

Is this a good time to compare Heiskanen and Dahlin's progress? Both have risen to the forefront of their teams D core.

This season I have seen 4 games of Dahlin and 2.5 of Heiskanen.

Heiskanen has impressed me mutch more but then again he is year older.

Though I have a feeling Dahlin is ordered to play defence first and learn little by little.

I feel that both need some shooting practice and surpricingly Dahlin is not to good at straight skating.

Hard to compare. Both are damn goid though Heiskanen is better now. Is he after 4 years? Who knows.

 

[BB88]

This season I have seen 4 games of Dahlin and 2.5 of Heiskanen.

Heiskanen has impressed me mutch more but then again he is year older.

Though I have a feeling Dahlin is ordered to play defence first and learn little by little.

I feel that both need some shooting practice and surpricingly Dahlin is not to good at straight skating.

Hard to compare. Both are damn goid though Heiskanen is better now. Is he after 4 years? Who knows.

What's really impressive with Miro is that there's no sheltering, he has to play in every situation against the best.
& his partners aren't star players by any means, more like Methot/Polak/Honka/Ahl guys.

 

[Kcb12345]

Is this a good time to compare Heiskanen and Dahlin's progress? Both have risen to the forefront of their teams D core.

I don't know that there will be a good time anytime soon. Both have completely different usages and roles on their team right now. Best comparison is a few years away imo. Maybe next season. Maybe

 

[lawrence]

Is this a good time to compare Heiskanen and Dahlin's progress?

it be great if those 2 can be talked about on their own threads for the time being.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

The Stars PP needs some Klingberg for sure. Miro is still a great prospect by at 19 he can’t do it all and the PP is an area where he needs some work.

 

[tellermine]

The Stars PP needs some Klingberg for sure. Miro is still a great prospect by at 19 he can’t do it all and the PP is an area where he needs some work.

Dallas people said Miro was ok at PP until he was asked to imitate Klingberg

 

[LT]

Dallas people said Miro was ok at PP until he was asked to imitate Klingberg

He was fine on the PP.

Klingberg is a very unique, special player - it would be insane to expect Heiskanen to instantly replicate that. The whole PP is built around Klingberg and his zone entries, and so far the coaches haven’t seemed to change their approach too much yet.

Give it some time.

 

[tellermine]

He was fine on the PP.

Klingberg is a very unique, special player - it would be insane to expect Heiskanen to instantly replicate that. The whole PP is built around Klingberg and his zone entries, and so far the coaches haven’t seemed to change their approach too much yet.

Give it some time.

That what I ment. Miro has his own way to play PP, if he is asked to play like Kling he will need some time to adabt.

 

[MMANumminen]

Someone put it well in another thread that Miro's development strategy is to throw him into the inferno and not letting him out. So far he's been phenomenal, let's see if he still has energy left by the spring time. I believe so

 

[WhatWhat]

Someone put it well in another thread that Miro's development strategy is to throw him into the inferno and not letting him out. So far he's been phenomenal, let's see if he still has energy left by the spring time. I believe so

Well that wasnt the planned development strategy. He was supposed to start as a 3rd pairing guy and break the top 4 by December according to our coach. Preseason happened and he was in the top 4 as of day 1, partly because he earned it and partly because a key top 4 piece for us, Johns, was out. He straight up looked amazing and thats why he creeped into the 22+ minutes category. However he still was a "2nd pairing" guy thanks to Kling and Lindell still holding down the top pairing.

Now with Klinger out he gets bump to almost 25 a night and with how well he started the year you could make a strong case for him being our best Dman right now or at least its a 1A and a 1B between him and Lindell. Im sure Dallas would love to lower the minutes a little bit but as of right now we legit have no choice.

 

[LT]

Heiskanen definitely seems to be #1 over Lindell. Their TOI is the same, but Heiskanen’s minutes are arguably more important.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all too see him finish the year averaging close to 25 minutes a game. That would put him up near the top all-time for rookie defensemen since TOI started being recorded.

 

[Kcb12345]

Possibly the biggest test of his young career today. Will be going head to head with one of Crosby or Malkin/Kessel while playing with his AHL D-partner Joel Hanley.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

He might have the best wrist shot on our team.

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

And a wrister assist now. Good tip by Spezza.

Edit: Nvm looks like it was Chabot. Two goals on the game.

 

[BB88]

And a wrister assist now. Good tip by Spezza.

Edit: Nvm looks like it was Chabot. Two goals on the game.

Spezza was celebrating like it was his, but yeah it looked to get Chabot on the way.

 

[Kcb12345]

Yeah that assist has been changed to Heiskanen's goal!

The kid has his first career 2 goal game

 

[Kcb12345]

Oh my god he was inches from a hat trick. Threw the puck from his own end towards the empty net and it hit the post and went wide

 

[Agent Zub]

dudes a left handed finnish erik karlsson.

what a player

 

[FinlandPanther]

What a dynamite player. Sucks Florida has SHITblad, but I enjoy watching him dominate.

 

[Kcb12345]

This is the one that went off Chabot's stick and they thought it was Spezza

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Scoring against Ottawa,shouldn't even count.

 

[AvsCOL]

Watched him for the first time vs. Colorado last night, and he's definitely got some great hands. He got walked like 3-4 times by COLs top line, but so have many D this year. His poise is great for his age, very active stick for a young player.