Rick Stevens

That third line struggling in all aspects.

Brendan Gallagher, there's been a lot of talk about Brendan Gallagher and his struggles.

He got a goal this week, but we'll touch on Brendan Gallagher a little bit later.

He did.

He didn't participate in Friday's practice, which was held in Ottawa.

Alex Texier also took a therapy day on Friday.

I thought this was hilarious that the team needed to tell Lane Hudson that he wasn't allowed to come.

Lane Hudson said he wasn't happy about it, but he understands there's a lot of games in the season.

That's right.

Um, it's, um, yeah, Alex taxi is certainly made the most of, um, um, what, what was a bad situation for him, um, this season, his, his, his career was in a downturn.

Um, the St.

had signed him as a free agent.

And in November, they placed Texier on unconditional waivers for the purpose of contract termination.

In the Blues' first 21 games, Texier just appeared in eight of those games, scratched for 13 games, only had one point in his tenure with the Blues.

But the Canadians grabbed him off the waiver wire.

And he's been described as a Swiss Army knife.

He's been plugged in in various places.

He has some puck skills.

He can skate.

He has some puck skills.