Embed from Getty Images 19 year old Alexandre Texier from Grenoble, France, has been called up by the Columbus Blue Jackets. He will join the team tonight as the Jackets take on the New York Rangers in a huge game for Columbus. Texier has one of the highest ceilings in the entire Blue Jackets pipeline of prospects.
Alexandre Texier, has a genuine chance to be special with his play. He plays both center and left wing. Texier isn’t a one-dimensional player, he plays very well in the defensive end of the ice. Alexadre is a dynamic offensive talent who is mature and can handle playing against any competition.
Current Columbus Blue Jacket Alexander Wennberg seems to have fallen out of favor with the entire Blue Jackets organization. His poor play and lack of goals at $5.4 million per season has placed him as a regular healthy scratch.
Tonight, the Columbus Blue Jackets will play their biggest game of the season. Win and they will enter the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The team has once again scratched Wennberg in favor of the speed demon Texier who possesses good goal-scoring ability and puck-handling skills that set him above Wennberg skill wise.
If you can not tell I am VERY bullish on Alexadre Texier because he has the tools and pedigree to become a top-line player. Alexadre projects as having a point-per-game potential.
The young player from France, skates well, handles puck well and and also has good sense. Very good upside. One more point, if fans want something else to drool over Texier has lightning fast speed. When he takes the ice tonight at Madison Square Garden Alexandre Texier will be the fastest player on the ice for both teams.
In what is critical to his development Texier rarely looks overmatched on the ice. That could be the reason Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen made the call to bring the young player up and give him ice time right off the bat. It is a daring move to be sure. But, it is a move that could pay high dividends for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Texier is a fun player to watch!