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Report: Leksand preparing for life with Emil Heineman

It appears that if Montreal Canadiens prospect Emil Heineman does not make the NHL roster, he won’t be going to the Laval Rocket of the AHL. His Swedish team, Leksand, seems to be planning to get him back for one more SHL season.

“I have highest of hopes in regards to [Emil] Heineman,” says Leksand’s GM Tomas Johnsson in a podcast hosted by Expressen, that will be released on Thursday. “He goes over for rookie camp and main camp, but it’s on the basis of the NHL agreement which has a “return policy” if he doesn’t take a [roster] spot in Montreal.