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Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel doesn’t think Ville Heinola skating yet (no timeline on return)

Both Ville Heinola and Logan Stanley began the 2024-25 season on the shelf with the Finnish Dman having an infection which required surgery on his ankle, which is what cost him a lot of time during the 2023-24 campaign, while the big Ontario product needed to have surgery to deal with a meniscus issue back in late September. At that time Jets head coach Scott Arniel indicated both would require around a month saying for Heinola “minimum four weeks” and Stanley would be out of the lineup for at least four weeks.

This week (about three weeks post-surgery) Stanley went from yellow, non-contact uniform to a regular one as he works on getting his conditioning back. Now this is no surprise as Arniel indicated that Stanley was slightly ahead of Heinola in terms of progress.

We’ve seen Heinola quite a bit at hockey for all centre but whenever he’s on the ice it’s in slides and not skates. He spends time working on his hands.

Today after morning skate Scott Arniel was asked if Heinola is skating:

“Ville is not on the ice. If he is he’s quietly on the ice. Nothing heavy yet. I don’t even think he’s on yet.”

And then if they have a timeline:

“Nope. Gotta wait on that one.”

Not a big surprise as it’s still earlier than his original assessment back in September.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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