Texier on fire

[TruBlueFan_1970]

Honestly, good for him! I'm pretty sure I could score 20 playing with Suzuki and Caufield. I mean, even Buch could probably put a few in playing with those guys!

Let’s not be silly now. Buch would fan, shoot wide, or hit the goalie crest with his shot.

[theograce]

Texier over Broberg that shows your hockey knowledge.

It would be amazing if at 24 years old Broberg was on the same quality of team as the '13-'14 Blues team that had a 24 year old Pietrangelo, 111 pts. Shatty, Jbow, Jackman, Polak. Shatty actually led that team in playoff scoring vs the Hawks only 1 goal and 5pts in 6 games, not much of a playoff run for a pretty good team

So for Broberg vs Pietrangelo

Brobie:
Age
23 68 8 21 29 +21
24 44 2 12 14 0

AP
23 47 5 19 24 0
24 81 8 43 51 +20

What do you want to bet that next season Broberg will have a better year than AP did at 25??

You said Broberg was the best Dman since Pronger. That’s how how stupid you are.

That’s dumber than your ROR tattoo

[callitwhatyouwant]

I always liked Texier and I thought the pickup last year was a pretty fun move to try and add to the young group which is why they did it. Injury and consistency kept him out of the lineup last year especially when we made our run.

This year, he had his shot just like the rookies did and the rookies did better. It's that simple. Unless you want to keep texier over a guy like Kyrou, he wasn't going to be given those shots over and over again. In my opinion he actually did flash some really good plays this year for the Blues for whatever reason it would ring off the post, or he couldn't complete the pass after making some cool move.

It's cool that Texier is having a run right now. It's the same way Detroit fans felt after Berggren scored a couple for the Blues. It's a bummer when you see a skilled guy go do it somewhere else but it wasn't happening there.

[stlblue06]

Honestly, good for him! I'm pretty sure I could score 20 playing with Suzuki and Caufield. I mean, even Buch could probably put a few in playing with those guys!

You could pick up a point a game just by knowing how to stay onside.

[a smell of green grass]

What does this tell us about the state of Centers on the Blues?

[Phil Roberto fan]

Softest player on the Blues in years. I was so glad Army finally came to his senses and jettisoned AT. Let him dipsy-doodle in Montreal with the rest of the figure skaters. Don’t care how much he scores with the Habs - good riddance!

[icon]

Dudes gonna be 1st star on back to back nights

Killing the panthers

Didn’t see this coming

I never understood why he got on Monty's [shirt] list. I'm beginning to question whether Monty knows what he's doing. His 2.5 goal a game offense is pathetic.

[theograce]

Honestly, good for him! I'm pretty sure I could score 20 playing with Suzuki and Caufield. I mean, even Buch could probably put a few in playing with those guys!

You could pick up a point a game just by knowing how to stay onside.

Doesn’t always work that way. They wanted Perron to play with Crosby. Didn’t work.

The good thing the Habs got going is that they have several guys proving they can slide up and down top lines and not look out of place.

[Bluesfan1978]

Honestly, good for him! I'm pretty sure I could score 20 playing with Suzuki and Caufield. I mean, even Buch could probably put a few in playing with those guys!

You could pick up a point a game just by knowing how to stay onside.

Doesn’t always work that way. They wanted Perron to play with Crosby. Didn’t work.

The good thing the Habs got going is that they have several guys proving they can slide up and down top lines and not look out of place.

Perron is similar to Kyrou in that not everyone has chemistry with them.
Same with McDavid.

[MiamiLaw]

He was never really given a shot in STL for whatever reason. Moved on to a better fit

disagree. He had every opportunity to prove himself.

I felt like he was always in and out of the lineup and never got an extended look to find a groove while others got that luxury.

It doesnt matter at this point for the Blues Stenberg, Snuggerud, Dvorsky all need to be in the line up vs a guy like Texier.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not losing sleep over it or anything. He was not a good fit ultimately for whatever reason. Monty was clearly not a fan.

[Old_Goat]

Texier looked good the first few games last year under Bannister before he got injured.

He never really managed to get his place back.

He's playing on a top line with players who are very good. Im not surprised he is doing well.

We won a cup with Zach Sanford on our 1st line .... doesnt make Zach Sanford a top line player.

Very good point.
Wonderful things can be done with statistics and context. It's kind of like a closeup photo and a professional makeup artist on faceBook.

[Old_Goat]

He was never really given a shot in STL for whatever reason. Moved on to a better fit

disagree. He had every opportunity to prove himself.

I felt like he was always in and out of the lineup and never got an extended look to find a groove while others got that luxury.

It doesnt matter at this point for the Blues Stenberg, Snuggerud, Dvorsky all need to be in the line up vs a guy like Texier.

Correct, both the day he got released as well as today.

[Harry S Deals]

He was never really given a shot in STL for whatever reason. Moved on to a better fit

disagree. He had every opportunity to prove himself.

I felt like he was always in and out of the lineup and never got an extended look to find a groove while others got that luxury.

It doesnt matter at this point for the Blues Stenberg, Snuggerud, Dvorsky all need to be in the line up vs a guy like Texier.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not losing sleep over it or anything. He was not a good fit ultimately for whatever reason. Monty was clearly not a fan.

I thought he showed some promise but seemed to float around and we have that department covered in spades

[bluetunehead]

Honestly, good for him! I'm pretty sure I could score 20 playing with Suzuki and Caufield. I mean, even Buch could probably put a few in playing with those guys!

You could pick up a point a game just by knowing how to stay onside.

Doesn’t always work that way. They wanted Perron to play with Crosby. Didn’t work.

The good thing the Habs got going is that they have several guys proving they can slide up and down top lines and not look out of place.

Perron is similar to Kyrou in that not everyone has chemistry with them.
Same with McDavid.

I do wonder if Perron would have had better luck in Pittsburgh later in his career. I think he was a much smarter player after Vegas.

[theograce]

Honestly, good for him! I'm pretty sure I could score 20 playing with Suzuki and Caufield. I mean, even Buch could probably put a few in playing with those guys!

You could pick up a point a game just by knowing how to stay onside.

Doesn’t always work that way. They wanted Perron to play with Crosby. Didn’t work.

The good thing the Habs got going is that they have several guys proving they can slide up and down top lines and not look out of place.

Perron is similar to Kyrou in that not everyone has chemistry with them.
Same with McDavid.

I do wonder if Perron would have had better luck in Pittsburgh later in his career. I think he was a much smarter player after Vegas.

It just wasn’t a fit on multiple levels. He called it the worst experience of his career. I think there were many issues for him there.

[callitwhatyouwant]

Texier looked good the first few games last year under Bannister before he got injured.

He never really managed to get his place back.

He's playing on a top line with players who are very good. Im not surprised he is doing well.

We won a cup with Zach Sanford on our 1st line .... doesnt make Zach Sanford a top line player.

Very good point.
Wonderful things can be done with statistics and context. It's kind of like a closeup photo and a professional makeup artist on faceBook.

there's a couple good points in this statement. was listening to some outside market hockey podcasts over the holidays and they brought this point up in nashville. Everyone wants to play on ROR's line. They were talking about how over the last couple seasons, guys would be moved off ROR's line and they would start complaining and wondering what they did wrong, because they all believe they were going to get more points by being on ROR's line.

In regards to Sanford, he was able to produce 20/30 points in back to back seasons with the blues. He couldn't get double digits anywhere else. So players, even bad ones get big boosts by just being adjacent to good players. The issue with the current Blues and their "top lines" is that no one is seizing the opportunity and making a run with it. So who do you point this fingers at? Is it Thomas having a down year? is it a lack of talent with the guys getting the chance? Is it coaching?

The fact of the matter is, Texier got a couple top line shots with the Blues, and nothing happened. They tried him in the middle 6 and he got beat out by rookies. It's the same issue Kyrou is having right now. He goes to the top line and the top line stinks. He plays in the middle and he is getting worked over by younger players and players off the dang waiver wire. There's no flipping reason Otto Stenberg should have more points in his first 10 games than Kyrou has in his last 10.