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Was searching for prospects today and found him posting decent stats in the French League any chance he will a late rounder in June? http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=296904
Very interesting stats, not a lot of players perform Under 20 in that league and at 17, he is having a very nice season. Solid WJC-1A tournament, too. Plus he is born September 13th, so one of the youngest eligible players, just making the cut. Had he been born 2 days later, he would have been eligible only in 2018.
How good is the French league anyways?
This assessment doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The German and Czech leagues require significantly more skill than the top 6 in the ECHL, they generally draw from strong or average AHL players, or average players from the SHL/KHL, and the DEL especially is a heavy import league so teams will have almost half a team of imports. Depends on what productive is of course but they wouldn't be productive enough to be worth noting. I wouldn't read into a player like Chinouard, performance tends to have regressed exponentially by 35 and the DEL is stronger than where it was say 5 years ago.Probably right around Denmark/Slovakia/Belarus. I'd say the best best players in France could likely cut it in the Germany/Czech leagues as productive players. The top-tier players could be Top6 forwards in the ECHL too.
This assessment doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The German and Czech leagues require significantly more skill than the top 6 in the ECHL, they generally draw from strong or average AHL players, or average players from the SHL/KHL, and the DEL especially is a heavy import league so teams will have almost half a team of imports. Depends on what productive is of course but they wouldn't be productive enough to be worth noting. I wouldn't read into a player like Chinouard, performance tends to have regressed exponentially by 35 and the DEL is stronger than where it was say 5 years ago.
Season is 2/3 done, Texier started out really hot but has cooled, 15 in 28 still not bad of course. As I said before reminds me of the Rudolfs Balcers situation but I suspect Balcers is slightly better.
I sure hope. I feel like Balcers wasted a year staying in Norway, his clip actually declined. I'm sure he has an agent. I would think his agent would be able to get him on a CHL team unless he got a more attractive offer from say a Swiss/Swedish club, or Texier himself really wishes to stay in Grenoble (bad idea, Alex if you're reading this don't do it!). But I'm pretty sure if he was offered to a few CHL teams one of them would pick him up, probably in the first round too.This is along what I was thinking of too (the Blacers situation is comparable). Do you think Texier is CHL bound?
1st tournament for the senior NT.
Assisted on the lone goal in the 1st game
1 goal and 1 assist in 3-1 won vs Slovakia
Kid has talent !
Any footage?
Given the league, after the 4th round seems already a good thing, but who knows. If he makes the World championship team in may, or has a good showing in U18 D1, maybe higher...Where's he projected to go? And who does he play like?
Could be a decent comparison, yes.Reminds me a bit of Pavelski from the footage I've seen. Interesting player.