Confirmed with Link: CBJ trade Texier to St Louis for a 2025 4th round pick

[Viqsi]

A) They may not be willing to part with a 3rd for him
B) Its a 4th this year. Thats is more valuable than a 3rd next year because its only a 1 round difference and its a pick this year. Can be used to move up or for a piece and GM will already have several players circled for that pick.

It is not this year.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Okay not a good start on the trade route. He is a better 4th liner that can play the PK

I will judge the entire body of work. This roster needs to change and freeing up the roster spot and cap space wil help bring in somebody else to change this team.

Somebody has to go and probably multiple somebodies.

 

[VT]

So the first of my favorite players is leaving. I'm starting to hate the others, hopefully this helps and they stay.

 

[JohnnyJacket13]

I will judge the entire body of work. This roster needs to change and freeing up the roster spot and cap space wil help bring in somebody else to change this team.

Somebody has to go and probably multiple somebodies.

A lot of people are understandably emotionally tied to certain players. But this team will never get better if there aren’t drastic changes.

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

Liked his tools, but the reality is that he had some of the worst one ice results in the team.

Hopefully he'll find more success in Blues

 

[Viqsi]

Just to clarify - if it was Tex for a 3rd next year, I'd be a little disappointed 'cause I like him but could live with it. Screwing up the return when there is a clear, measurable, and obvious chart indicating the value is legit f***ing inexcusable.

 

[MissADD]

It is not this year.

So the title of this thread lied to me?

 

[JohnnyJacket13]

He came in and played well during the Tampa series and I thought we really had something.

I think a lot of us thought so too. It’s been 5 years since then, time to move on unfortunately

 

[JacketFanInFL]

So the first of my favorite players is leaving. I'm starting to hate the others, hopefully this helps and they stay.

He will be replaced by someone better, younger, cheaper.

 

[Viqsi]

So the title of this thread lied to me?

I see no sources indicating it's 2024.

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806775430902325324

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806773445075804633

 

[LJ7]

We literally could have done better by just telling St. Louis to negotiate the contract themselves and taking the offer sheet compensation.

This was an unforced error.

That doesn't mean the Blues would be willing to do that for a 3rd.

 

[VT]

He will be replaced by someone better, younger, cheaper.

Hope MALATESTA can replace him.

 

[Napoli]

That's pretty f***ing bad.

Tex is a very good bottom 6 forward, who's damn good defensively.

He was one of the guys you keep.

0/1 Don

 

[Viqsi]

That doesn't mean the Blues would be willing to do that for a 3rd.

Are we so desperate to get rid of effective yet surplus players that we should be giving them away for objectively, conclusively, irrefutably less than their RFA offer sheet compensation?

If we are, this team is turbo-f***ed and there's no reason for hope.

 

[JacketFanInFL]

Just to clarify - if it was Tex for a 3rd next year, I'd be a little disappointed 'cause I like him but could live with it. Screwing up the return when there is a clear, measurable, and obvious chart indicating the value is legit f***ing inexcusable.

The difference between a 3rd round pick and a 4th round pick is negligible, it’s not that big of a deal.

 

[Viqsi]

The difference between a 3rd round pick and a 4th round pick is negligible, it’s not that big of a deal.

It's a clear indicator that he can't even get the simplest, most objective and deterministic basics right.

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

Waddell is Don doing?!?

 

[Viqsi]

PuckPedia has confirmed it's 2025.

 

[Ice9]

See if something else evolves from it

 

[Aaaarrgghh]

I guess Texier told Waddell he needed a fresh start. Still a disappointing return. I had hoped they would use him as a sweetener in a Laine trade or something if they were going to move him.

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

See if something else evolves from it

Looks like we'll have a natural selection in the 4th round of 2025

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

Good luck sweet shootout prince

 

[Viqsi]

That doesn't mean the Blues would be willing to do that for a 3rd.

They clearly thought he was worth it, because literally the very first info we had at all about this was release of the contract info. Settling for less is an extremely bad sign.

You literally could not come up with a more perfect textbook case of Not Getting Proper Value For An Asset. Like, this is an example that could be pointed to for years to show the concept. I'm just relieved it's with something so relatively small.

 

[MissADD]

Are we so desperate to get rid of effective yet surplus players that we should be giving them away for objectively, conclusively, irrefutably less than their RFA offer sheet compensation?

If we are, this team is turbo-f***ed and there's no reason for hope.

They just can't keep guys they don't want because they won't get the same pick comp for signing an offer sheet. How was Don supposed to know what St Louis was going to sign him for. He took the best offer. The other option was to let him walk for free if he had no plans to sign him.