BLUE JACKETS LOAN DEFENSEMAN EMIL ANDRAE, FORWARD DANTON HEINEN TO MONSTERS
The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters announced Thursday that the Blue Jackets loaned defenseman Emil Andrae and veteran forward Danton Heinen to the Monsters. Heinen appeared in ten games for Columbus this season while Andrae supplied 0-2-2 with four penalty minutes and a +3 rating in five appearances for the Blue Jackets.
A 5’9”, 194 lb. left-shooting native of Vastervik, Sweden, Andrae, 24, was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round (54th overall) of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. In 112 career NHL appearances for Philadelphia and Columbus spanning parts of four seasons from 2023-26, Andrae supplied 3-19-22 with 42 penalty minutes and a +12 rating. In 103 career AHL appearances for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms spanning parts of four seasons from 2022-26, Andrae posted 10-49-59 with 99 penalty minutes. In parts of three SHL seasons from 2019-21 and 2022-23, Andrae registered 6-27-33 with 77 penalty minutes in 92 appearances for HV71. Internationally, Andrae represented Sweden at the 2021 and 2022 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships, earning a Bronze Medal in 2021, along with inclusion on the 2021 World J...