On the Line: Thomas Hickey on Emil Heineman

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00:00I love Heinemann. I saw him I think five times last year and a lot of the game I was doing like

00:08Habs games at ice level and for the first four games I saw them his line was the best line on

00:14the ice. Sometimes he was third line, sometimes he was fourth and I thought he was like each game

00:19I kept coming away saying Heinemann's he's been one of their best players tonight and in the

00:25timing of what he did like he was really good don't get me wrong he was playing like 13 minutes

00:29tonight but he was just really effective and I think my understanding is his game sort of dropped

00:34off after that freak injury the car accident but I think he's a really good player so I'm excited to

00:42see how he looks because I think he's a guy that Islanders fans are are gonna love but I don't

00:48know how good he can be either like I think he was a second round pick and he's got some skill

00:53so I don't think he's really showed that side of his game completely yet so

00:58I think so