Danton Heinen is far from the flashiest player out on the ice.
The 28-year-old forward doesn’t inundate his O-zone shifts with an array of dekes and dangles. He’s not the player that will bring a raucous Garden crowd to its feet by way of a thunderous, bone-crunching check or spirited scrap.
He may not fit the mold of what some might envision as a prototypical player draped in a black-and-gold sweater.
But for Jim Montgomery, the most important attribute for any player is adhering to winning hockey. And Heinen has followed that script over a steady pace in 2023-24 — and at a bargain-bin price.