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Ville Heinola

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Winnipeg Jets
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($800.0K CapHit)
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	181	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	25
Age (DOB)	25 (Mar 2, 2001)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2019, Round 1, Overall 20 (WPG)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 17, 2026	Winnipeg Jets	Recalled from AHL
Oct 6, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Assigned to AHL
Oct 6, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Placed on Waivers
Oct 5, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Placed on Waivers
Nov 24, 2024	Winnipeg Jets	Recalled from AHL
Nov 18, 2024	Winnipeg Jets	Assigned to AHL
Nov 18, 2024	Winnipeg Jets	Activated from SOIR.
Oct 7, 2024	Winnipeg Jets	Placed on IR
Jul 15, 2024	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 2 years @ $800K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 15, 2019	Winnipeg Jets	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2019-20	WPG	8	3.17	3.34	0.86	3.60	-	-0.88	-	1.47
2020-21	WPG	5	-1.63	-1.40	-0.83	-0.62	-	-0.81	-	-2.15
2021-22	WPG	12	3.77	6.39	-1.00	-1.42	-	-1.07	-0.90	-1.75
2022-23	WPG	10	-0.74	0.05	-0.95	-3.42	-	-0.89	-0.40	-3.74
2024-25	WPG	18	-1.61	-1.38	-0.94	-2.08	-	-0.68	0.26	2.25
2025-26	WPG	5	-1.67	-1.61	-0.95	-2.46	-	-0.70	-	1.14

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2019-20	WPG	8	-0.06	-0.89	-2.16	-0.92	0.18	1.77	-
2020-21	WPG	5	-0.89	-1.11	-2.34	-2.57	-0.33	3.13	-
2021-22	WPG	12	-1.36	-0.90	-2.17	-1.26	0.18	2.35	-
2022-23	WPG	10	-2.11	-0.52	-2.20	-2.35	-3.08	0.00	-
2024-25	WPG	18	-1.66	-1.30	-1.84	-0.07	-0.48	-0.50	-
2025-26	WPG	5	-2.10	-0.60	-2.04	3.43	1.72	-4.38	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Reb.
2019-20	WPG	8	134:08	0.45	1.34	1.79	0.12	0.33	11.11	2.98	8.13	0.00
2020-21	WPG	5	69:24	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	-0.11	0.00	1.64	-1.64	0.00
2021-22	WPG	12	163:43	0.00	1.47	1.47	0.29	-0.29	0.00	3.77	-3.77	0.00
2022-23	WPG	10	118:37	0.00	0.51	0.51	0.09	-0.09	0.00	8.57	-8.57	0.00
2024-25	WPG	18	248:17	0.00	0.24	0.24	0.14	-0.14	0.00	4.82	-4.82	4.00
2025-26	WPG	5	63:47	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	-0.40	0.00	7.16	-7.16	11.11

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2019-20	WPG	8	134:08	40.71	3.58	2.25	48.76	2.24	2.79	61.54	44.65	0.03	0.53	-4.86
2020-21	WPG	5	69:24	37.18	0.86	1.96	46.69	3.46	2.39	20.00	45.04	-0.38	0.48	-9.98
2021-22	WPG	12	163:43	41.78	2.20	2.34	45.81	3.30	2.68	40.00	46.63	-0.19	0.24	-4.25
2022-23	WPG	10	118:37	32.37	1.52	2.24	44.01	4.05	2.36	27.27	48.69	-0.70	-0.40	-2.87
2024-25	WPG	18	248:17	36.73	2.17	2.37	38.91	0.72	2.32	75.00	50.49	0.10	0.03	0.73
2025-26	WPG	5	63:47	47.03	1.88	3.65	36.69	1.88	2.28	50.00	61.52	0.95	-0.96	16.09

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

2026 IIHF World Championship update for the six Winnipeg Jets players after day 2 of the tournament at Jets Nation (Sun May 17, 2026)
Ville Heinola to play for Finland at the World Championship at Illegal Curve Hockey (Sun Apr 19, 2026)
Ville Heinola set to make Jets season debut Wednesday in Vancouver at Jets Nation (Wed Feb 25, 2026)
Moose Weekly Recap: Heinola continues red-hot stretch at Jets Nation (Mon Jan 12, 2026)
Ville Heinola: "I Kind of Wish Someone Would Have Picked Me Up" at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Ville Heinola and Walker Duehr clear waivers; can be assigned to the Manitoba Moose at Illegal Curve Hockey (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Jets Cut Ville Heinola Again - Former First Round Pick Dangled on Waivers at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets place Ville Heinola and Walker Duehr on waivers at Illegal Curve Hockey (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Ville Heinola’s injury is heartbreaking for both fans and the player at Jets White Out (Fri Oct 6, 2023)

Current Contract

Ville Heinola signed a $1,600,000 2-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on July 15, 2024 with an AAV of $800,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.91% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	23	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA
2025-26	24	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000

Signed: July 15, 2024

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.91

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Ville Heinola signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on July 15, 2019 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.13% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	18	$925,000	$1,137,500	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2020-21	19	$894,167	$1,106,667	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2021-22	20	$863,333	$1,075,833	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2022-23	21	$863,333	$1,075,833	$212,500	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
2023-24	22	$863,333	$1,075,833	$425,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$637,500	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 15, 2019

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2014-15	U16 Aluesarja	KJK U16	26	42	40	82		14
2015-16	U16 SM-sarja	Ässät U16	17	7	10	17		12
2015-16	WSI U15	Finland Selects U15	5	1	2	3
2015-16	U16 Suomi-sarja	KJK U16	2	2	1	3
2016-17	U18 SM-sarja	Ässät U18	35	4	17	21		10
2017-18	U20 SM-liiga	Ässät U20	33	3	14	17	+4	12
2017-18	U18 SM-sarja	Ässät U18	17	6	16	22		16
2017-18	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	0	3	3
2018-19	U20 SM-liiga	Lukko U20	9	1	8	9	-2	2
2018-19	WJC-18	Finland U18	5	1	3	4	-1	10
2018-19	WJC-20	Finland U20	5	1	1	2	+3	2
2018-19	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	4	0	2	2
2018-19	Liiga	Lukko	34	2	12	14	+7	26				7	1	3	4	-3	2
2019-20	Liiga	Lukko	29	0	7	7	+13	12
2019-20	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	8	1	4	5	+3	4	10	10.0	18:04
2019-20	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	0	5	5	+1	8
2019-20	AHL	Manitoba Moose	3	0	1	1	-2
2020-21	AHL	Manitoba Moose	19	4	7	11	+4	4
2020-21	Liiga	Lukko	19	1	13	14	+10	4
2020-21	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	0	4	4	+3	4
2020-21	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	5	0	0	0	-2	2	9	0.0	15:32
2021-22	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	12	0	5	5	-2	10	25	0.0	14:54
2021-22	AHL	Manitoba Moose	41	5	21	26	+7	18				5	1	4	5	+1
2022-23	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	10	0	1	1	-5	2	5	0.0	13:16
2022-23	AHL	Manitoba Moose	48	4	33	37	+20	46				4		1	1	+1	4
2023-24	AHL	Manitoba Moose	41	10	17	27	+6	24				2		2	2	-1	4
2024-25	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	18	0	1	1	+6	4	12	0.0	14:11
2024-25	AHL	Manitoba Moose	2	0	1	1	+1	2
2025-26	AHL	Manitoba Moose	44	3	18	21	-2	24
2025-26	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	5	0	0	0		4	7	0.0	14:06
NHL Career			58	1	11	12	0	26	68	1.5	14:49