The agreement will see Heineman earn $750,000 at the NHL level in 2022-23, and $832,500 in 2023-24 and 2024-25. The deal also contains signing bonus payments of $92,500 each year. Heineman is set to make $80,000 per season at the AHL level.
Heineman, a 6-foot-1, 185 lbs winger, scored 11 goals and added five assists for a total of 16 points in 38 games with Leksands IF in the SHL this season. The Leksands, SWE native is in his third season on the Swedish circuit. He has 31 points (18 goals, 13 helpers) in 92 contests since 2019.
Heineman, 20, was selected in the second round (43rd overall) by the Florida Panthers in the 2020 NHL Draft. He was then traded to the Calgary Flames on April 12, 2021, along with a second-round pick in 2022, in exchange for Sam Bennett and a sixth-round pick in 2022. He was finally acquired by the Canadiens on February 14, along with Tyler Pitlick, a first-round pick in 2022 and a 2023 fifth-round pick for Tyler Toffoli.
Heineman will sign a PTO in the coming days and report to the Laval Rocket for the end of the current season.
