Alex Texier Signs with Montreal Canadiens

Texier now joins a squad that includes superstars Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki , Alex Newhook, Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson, among others. He is joining a group that is young and is on the rise and is looking to make some noise after getting into the postseason last year and losing in the first round to the Washington Capitals.

This is Texier's chance to really show St. Louis what he can do and that general manager Kent Hughes signing him was not a mistake. He is going to be surrounded by all of those playmakers and needs to show them what he's got.

Texier Signing Will be a Good Thing

Every hockey fan should remember that starting out in his career that Texier was with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He was on the Blue Jackets team that upset the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2018-19 Stanley Cup Playoffs. That Lightning team was the league's best and had won the President's Trophy and Texier was a big reason why the Blue Jackets won that series.

And the Canadiens taking a gamble on him by signing him to a one-year deal and putting him around their core superstars is definitely worth it. He is going to be surrounded by so much talent that he is bound to put up points and help out on the powerplay and just be a good player.

The Blues do not have a lot of firepower or superstars on their team, and he was playing in the bottom six of the lineup, Texier was not going to be successful that way and in Montreal he should be getting better minutes and better linemates.

It remains to be seen how well Texier will do with his new team, but it was worth the gamble. He should be just fine in a new role.