Overall, Jari Heikkinen had a successful season. While he could have been more productive offensively, his eight goals coming on a whopping 165 shots tanking any notion of efficiency in his play, he did put together a very successful defensive year: tying for the title of most takeaways in the league, while nothing the highest plus/minus of any player. Overall, it was exciting to see how effective he played a two-way, speed based game: getting to the right spaces to record takeaways whenever possible. That being said, there is clear room for improvement, and that will largely have to come in the form of offense if he is to take on a larger role for the team next season.

It's safe to say that Heikkinen more or less met expectations, but he didn't quite achieve his goals. After not receiving a nomination for Rookie of the Year last season, a nomination that was fairly widely expected, the goal was to put together a more noticeable campaign this year to force those that overlooked him to walk back on whatever lack of regard they might have had.


Jari Heikkinen regularly supports charities which encourage children to get active and participate in hockey from a young age. Generally, this takes the form of both encouraging the donation of second-hand equipment, and helping provide new equipment when possible to lower income communities. Hockey has seen its price of entry grow higher and higher as equipment gets more advanced, in a way that other sports like basketball or soccer haven't. Initiatives like this are a key way to ensure that kids can pursue the sport of their choice, and really get excited for an active lifestyle, as well as a way to ensure that the game continues to grow.

For the most part, Heikkinen's work in this area has been centered in and around Quebec City, under the Citadelles umbrella. By tying it so closely to the team itself, he can both increase the amount of awareness he draws to individual charity drives and refurbishing initiatives, as well as get additional funding from the Citadelles organization itself.


This is going to sound like bias, but the Quebec City Citadelles. The Citadelles were absolutely dominant all season, possessing both one of the best blue-lines and some of the top offensive players to make a solid unit that was tough to beat. I would suspect that the sheer strength of the Citadelles' line-up this year led most people to pick them at least to make the finals, if not to win it all. This was a team sufficiently deep that capped players were sitting on the lower lines, with many of its top players in their peak seasons in the SMJHL. When you add to that consideration a responsive and adaptable coaching staff that managed stamina troubles far better than some other teams, you should have had a recipe for Four Star Cup success.


Perhaps the best comparison I can think of would be the Hamilton Steelhawks as compared to the Detroit Red Wings of old. The Steelhawks are a franchise that has managed to put together an exceptionally long-lasting string of successful years, usually achieved through a combination of clever drafting, smart signings, and a strong team culture. While I can't say that I agree with all of their decisions over the years, they mirror the success that the Detroit Red Wings had through most of the 90s and 00s in putting together consistent, successful, and largely familiar teams. They don't change their identity, and they don't change their level of success.

While the teams themselves might have a different make-up, and while they might employ differing strategies, it's that ability to create a legacy for long-term success that really stands out. Similarly, the Steelhawks have enjoyed a consistent head office with some very good management -- management who, similar to the Red Wings, might be more or less popular with you individually depending on how many times you've been knocked out of the playoffs by their team.


Jari Heikkinen is not a very provocative person. If he was so compelled to create an OnlyFans account, it would likely be in order to share his cost-prohibitive hobby with the world. That is, creating model zeppelins and airships. You've heard of model train collectors. That can get expensive enough on its own, especially when you have expansive sets. But Heikkinen? He goes all in for model airships that fly automatically from one stop to the next, simulating a form of air travel that was at once dangerous, majestic, and painfully slow.

It's no wonder, given the cost of actually setting up such models, that OnlyFans would be his primary way to display it: similar enthusiasts could pay a small fee for access to videos and pictures, and in return he could put that money right back into his model airships and the day to day expenses that come with them. For an additional surcharge on top, you could even get one of the airships named after you or a loved one -- or a joke of your choosing. Heikkinen is, after all, full of hot air.