All Purpose: Alexandre Texier thread.

[The Jones Zone]

say it was only 1 game all you want.....this dude is a player!

 

[Socks]

I like him.

 

[Columbus Jack]

He has the smarts to be really good, you can see the skill level. Excited for his future, just hope Torts gives him minutes. He's certainly better than Wennberg.

 

[Theo Von]

wow.. this is incredible that someone put this together. shift by shift for tex's debut



also, I didn't think coming into tonight that Tex was feisty.. I thought he was the opposite. I was wrong.

 

[EspenK]

Loved it on his first shift when he pushed the Ranger into the boards. Too bad he couldn't bury that pass form Zach. All in all a good debut.

 

[Ice9]

Hope it makes him and all the younger guys in the pipeline hungrier to make it to the big club! Work hard boys!

 

[Doggy]

Glad two regular season games can’t exempt his Calder run for next season

 

[Viqsi]

I'm assuming he will get limited minutes. Could be dead wrong but just assuming he will get a taste but not anything significant.

Turned out to be somewhat limited; he had the least time of any forward (Kukan and Harrington were below him overall). That was still a total of 11:49 from 15 shifts.
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[CBJWerenski8]

Thought he stood in there well for his first game. Had a good first and then was pretty scarce since. Hopefully we get a bit of a comfortable lead tonight in Ottawa so he can get his feet wet with more minutes.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

also, I didn't think coming into tonight that Tex was feisty.. I thought he was the opposite. I was wrong.

I've seen him play 6 or 7 times and I didn't see it, man if he has even a little bit of a edge, he is 6'1'' and about 200. If he fills out to 210 and uses that size, sign me up.

 

[Doggy]

Here is the all important question: what is the proper way to pronounce his last name?

• Teex-ee-ay: the guy on the highlight video above speaking in French
• Tex-ee-ay: Rimer during the broadcast
• Tesh-ee-ay: Weekes and the other guys on NHL Network

I would have thought Tesh-ee-ay like Weekes but the French video guy has me second guessing myself (he should know...right). On top of that I would have hoped Rimer had asked him directly how to pronounce his name before the game.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I saw he ended up with only around 11 minutes. Torts clearly shortened the bench when the game was tight in the 3rd but he didn't seem out of place in what I saw him play in the first. Hopefully they can get up a couple of goals tonight on Ottawa and let him get some more ice time to help get acclimated.

 

[letsgocaps]

Here is the all important question: what is the proper way to pronounce his last name?

• Teex-ee-ay: the guy on the highlight video above speaking in French
• Tex-ee-ay: Rimer during the broadcast
• Tesh-ee-ay: Weekes and the other guys on NHL Network

I would have thought Tesh-ee-ay like Weekes but the French video guy has me second guessing myself (he should know...right). On top of that I would have hoped Rimer had asked him directly how to pronounce his name before the game.

Yeah like the french guy in the video. I can't hear much difference between that and how they pronounced it during the broadcast though.
Another french pronouncing the name if it helps (old video):
Hope he scores today. Will watch.

 

[The Wheelchair]

Rimer's got it right, it's Tex-ee-ay. If he were Basque, the X would make the "sh" sound, but as far as I know, he's not, so I'm not sure what Weekes et al. were doing. The French X works just like the English one in most cases (Tex has one in his first name, even).

Also, I did not know his team in France was called the Wolf Burners. I thought I was just misunderstanding the announcer because my French is rusty, but nope, they're really called "les Bruleurs du Loups."

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Maetzold interviewing Tex after the game. Talking about scoring and whatnot. Presents him the puck and asks him what it means. Now I’m sure he’s already broken down the play and said it’s a great feeling and whatever. But the first thing out of his mouth is ‘I’m ready for the next one.’

I like this kid.

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

I feel like I could climb Everest after that speech.

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

I like this kid.

Ha. Let's see if you're still saying that after he wants to leave to play for the Panthers.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

“(Texier) has an attitude that he’s not afraid of anything. You can tell right away that he’s not nervous. It depends on the athlete. Some athletes may not be able to handle it. This kid can. You can see already in the couple games he’s played for us.”

Pierre-Luc Dubois, 20, is rooming with Texier on the road. The Blue Jackets center appreciates his new teammate’s sense of humor and taste in music. Both love songs that are sung in French.

“He doesn’t ask too many questions about everything,” Dubois said. “He seems to know the answers. He’s going to have to solve some things by himself, but he’s smart enough and confident enough in his game.”

 

[PerimeterPlier]

Since Texier was drafted I've been occasionally checking on how he was doing, thought it was an interesting pick at the time. It's shocking how well he developed between years 1 and 2 in KalPa, despite the team itself being garbage this year with 18 wins out of 60 games. Excellent production, 41pts on a garbage team is well done when you think that for example Sebastian Aho had 45pts in 45 games on a dominant Kärpät team in 2015-2016. With the pace and direction of his development so far, looks like your scouts managed to dig out an NHL top-6 skilled forward from France, congratulations. It's interesting that on September 2017, recently named KalPa head coach Sami Kapanen (who also owns the team and is of course a former NHL plr) talked about a re-orientation in his team, which would be about, and I translate from a finnish newspaper here, "that the singular goal of the team he owns would be to develop young players to the top international levels of competition", and the story named Texier and Joni Ikonen among the first talents that would be taken into this "program".

Anyway, concerning Tex's development and settling into the team, I was wondering how many players are there in the Jackets who speak French? Dubois, right? Anyone else?

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Since Texier was drafted I've been occasionally checking on how he was doing, thought it was an interesting pick at the time. It's shocking how well he developed between years 1 and 2 in KalPa, despite the team itself being garbage this year with 18 wins out of 60 games. Excellent production, 41pts on a garbage team is well done when you think that for example Sebastian Aho had 45pts in 45 games on a dominant Kärpät team in 2015-2016. With the pace and direction of his development so far, looks like your scouts managed to dig out an NHL top-6 skilled forward from France, congratulations. It's interesting that on September 2017, recently named KalPa head coach Sami Kapanen (who also owns the team and is of course a former NHL plr) talked about a re-orientation in his team, which would be about, and I translate from a finnish newspaper here, "that the singular goal of the team he owns would be to develop young players to the top international levels of competition", and the story named Texier and Joni Ikonen among the first talents that would be taken into this "program".

Anyway, concerning Tex's development and settling into the team, I was wondering how many players are there in the Jackets who speak French? Dubois, right? Anyone else?

Savard for sure. That'd just be the ones who speak it natively. I don't know but perhaps one or two other other guys speaks as well?

 

[MoeBartoli]

IF Tex is for real it could solve the impending LW problem. Tex-Duchene-Cam would be a potent 1st line. Followed by Dzingel-PLD-Anderson. Jenner-Bemstrom-Bjorkstrand. May be too much to expect, or even hope for, for next season but that top 9 could be solid for years to come.

This tees up a question. Is Texier's future at LW or center?

 

[JohnnyJacket13]

IF Tex is for real it could solve the impending LW problem. Tex-Duchene-Cam would be a potent 1st line. Followed by Dzingel-PLD-Anderson. Jenner-Bemstrom-Bjorkstrand. May be too much to expect, or even hope for, for next season but that top 9 could be solid for years to come.

Not sure if I'd want to put both Bjorkstrand and Bemstrom together with Jenner, but I think we'll be alright on the wings as long as the top prospects continue to progress

 

[EspenK]

This tees up a question. Is Texier's future at LW or center?

If we sign Duchene then I think he's a LW although Duchene can play the left side as well.

Either way with the guys mentioned in my original post it strongly suggests that dumping Wennberg for a pick or a prospect makes sense. Nash can play 4th line C for the next two years. Foligno can play anywhere. Losing Wenny's $4.9mm per could be a big deal in a year or two cap wise.

 

[pete goegan]

"I think I've been put in a box that I always wanted veteran guys, which is totally wrong," Torotrella said. "If a kid can play, if he's going to be better than the guy that he can be in our 20 for the game, no matter what age he is, if we think he can handle it, he's going to play."

Texier slides right into Blue Jackets lineup