{"id":778849,"date":"2026-07-23T00:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778849\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T00:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:15:15","slug":"blue-jackets-sign-danton-heinen-to-one-year-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778849\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jackets sign Danton Heinen to one-year, two-way contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed forward Danton Heinen to a one-year, two-way National Hockey League\/American Hockey League contract for the 2026-27 season, club President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Don Waddell announced today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanton is a competitive and versatile two-way forward who earned increased responsibility after joining our club in a trade last season,\u201d said Waddell. \u201cHe provides valuable NHL experience and depth to the organization, and we are pleased he will remain a Blue Jacket for the upcoming season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heinen, 31, has registered 102 goals and 151 assists for 253 points with 147 penalty minutes, 919 shots on goal and a cumulative +35 plus\/minus rating in 612 career games with the Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks over 10 NHL campaigns since making his league debut in 2016-17. He has registered five seasons with double-digit goals and four campaigns with 30-plus points. The forward has added 6-7-13 in 48 career Stanely Cup Playoff games. He was originally selected by Boston in the fourth-round, 116th overall, at the 2014 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-2, 187-pound forward combined for 6-6-12, 16 PIM and a cumulative +7 plus\/minus rating in 46 games split between Columbus and Pittsburgh in 2025-26. He posted 5-5-10, eight PIM, 30 shots and was +6 in 33 appearances with the Blue Jackets after being acquired in a trade from the Penguins on Dec. 29, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Langley, British Columbia, Heinen set single-season career highs in assists and points in his first full NHL campaign, finishing with 16-31-47 in 77 appearances with the Bruins in 2017-18. He had a career high in goals with Pittsburgh in 2021-22 with 18-15-33 in 76 outings.<\/p>\n<p>Heinen has added 21-51-72 with 24 PIM and a cumulative +17 plus\/minus rating in 83 career AHL games with the Cleveland Monsters, Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins and Providence Bruins over four campaigns from 2015-18 and 2025-26. He recorded 6-12-18 in 13 contests split between Cleveland and Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>The winger played two seasons at the University of Denver, totaling 36-57-93 in 81 games between 2014-16. He was named NCHC Rookie of the Year in 2014-15 and was the league\u2019s Forward of the Year in 2015-16 after notching 20-28-48 in 41 outings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/bluejackets\/player\/danton-heinen-8478046\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FULL DANTON HEINEN STATS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed forward Danton Heinen to a one-year, two-way National Hockey League\/American Hockey League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-778849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}