I have not been impressed with Emil Heineman’s season, and the situation in general brings up questions about the Montreal Canadiens’ development of its European prospects. The case of Mattias Norlinder last year and Emil Heineman this year and the two standouts in this regard, two players who aren’t playing near the level you would expect.
The previous management group learned from the mistake with Sebastian Collberg and left most of its overseas prospects to develop within their home systems. It seems Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton didn’t take the same lesson from the situation they inherited last year with Norlinder.