{"id":309129,"date":"2025-11-23T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/309129\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:22:07","slug":"morning-notes-texier-misa-skinner-mccabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/309129\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Notes: Texier, Misa, Skinner, McCabe"},"content":{"rendered":"

While St. Louis Blues forward Alexandre Texier<\/a> is not yet a free agent as he awaits word on whether he\u2019s cleared unconditional waivers for the purposes of contract termination, that hasn\u2019t stopped reporters from getting info on which teams are most likely to land the 26-year-old\u2019s services once he becomes a free agent as is expected. On yesterday\u2019s Saturday Headlines segment on Sportsnet, Elliotte Friedman reported that \u201cthe favorite\u201d to land Texier at this point is the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s Pierre LeBrun did report yesterday<\/a> that Texier\u2019s representatives are deciding between two Eastern Conference teams, and with Friedman naming the Canadiens as a favorite, it appears one of those two teams has been revealed. The Ottawa Citizen\u2019s Bruce Garrioch reported yesterday<\/a> that the Ottawa Senators expressed interest in acquiring Texier, but it\u2019s unclear at this time whether they\u2019re one of the two finalists. Texier\u2019s tenure as a St. Louis Blue was unequivocally a disappointment, as he played just 39 games across two seasons and scored just 12 points. While he might not seem like the kind of player who would merit this kind of league wide attention as a free agent, it\u2019s worth noting that Texier did score 30 points in 78 games in 2023-24. But perhaps more importantly, it\u2019s very difficult at this early stage of the season for teams to add external talent that is NHL-caliber. The fact that Texier is available for just a small cap hit investment (and doesn\u2019t carry the additional asset cost associated with a trade) is likely contributing to the high level of interest in his services. As NHL teams grapple with injuries testing their depth, the chance to add an NHL-ready bottom-six forward for a small amount of cap space is an opportunity most teams likely want to take advantage of.<\/p>\n

Other notes from across the NHL:<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks forwards Michael Misa<\/a> and Jeff Skinner<\/a> are inching closer to a return to the ice, Curtis Pashelka of Bay Area News Group reported yesterday<\/a>. Head coach Ryan Warsofsky told the media yesterday that both Misa and Skinner have resumed skating, and while Skinner is currently ahead of Misa in his recovery, Warsofsky is hopeful both will be back participating in practice by the end of next week. Misa, 18, was the No. 2 overall pick at this most recent NHL Entry Draft, and has three points through seven games this season. Getting healthy and back on the ice is arguably more important for Skinner, who is a pending UFA playing out a one-year, $3MM deal. Skinner, who scored 29 points in 72 games in 2024-25, has seven points in 17 games so far this year.
\nIt was a difficult night for the Toronto Maple Leafs yesterday as they lost 5-2 to their arch rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, and now sit second-to-last in the Eastern Conference, one point above the Buffalo Sabres, who have a game in hand. Making last night\u2019s game worse was the fact that veteran defenseman Jake McCabe<\/a> left the game due to an upper-body injury, according to a team announcement<\/a>. While we await an update revealing the extent of McCabe\u2019s injury, it\u2019s clear any extended absence for McCabe would be a major loss for Toronto. The team is already dealing with an injury to veteran Chris Tanev<\/a>, and losing McCabe for any duration of time would mean the Maple Leafs would lose one of their most relied-upon defensemen. McCabe ranks second on the team among defensemen in time-on-ice per game, and leads Toronto defensemen in shorthanded time-on-ice per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While St. Louis Blues forward Alexandre Texier is not yet a free agent as he awaits word on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[27478,159873,5697,6525,1787,385,835,99,1788],"class_list":["post-309129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-alexandre-texier","tag-jake-mccabe","tag-jeff-skinner","tag-michael-misa","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}