End of season Manitoba Moose 2023-24 Season media availability

It was an incredibly frustrating 2023-24 season for 2019 1st rounder Ville Heinola who looked like he had made the Jets out of training camp but suffered a lower-body injury in the last pre-season game. It was really tough news given head coach Rick Bowness later said Heinola would have made the Jets out of camp. Following successful ankle surgery in early October, Heinola returned to Finland where he recovered with family. As he progressed he returned to Winnipeg to be with the team.