Player Leaves Organization Before Season Starts: Signs 7 Year Deal in Swiss League

The Blue Jackets dealt with a serious case of the Monday's, finding out that one of their top prospects was opting to stay closer to home in France to deal with some issues, caused by his mental health.

News of Texier's decision, came mere days after another one of their prospects Calvin Thurkauf notified the team that he was to sign a seven-deal in the Swiss league with HC Lugano. The 25-year-old's newly inked deal will carry through till he is 32.

Texier cited that he would stay in France with his family while he was going through some mental health battles.

All the best for Texier and his family, and the NHL will certainly look forward to have the young forward back as soon as humanly possible.

MUST READ

55 minutes ago  |  By Joshua Deeds Canadian NHL powerhouse releases a statement on signing Jonathan Toews

2 hours ago  |  By Sam Walker The Blackhawks call for a press conference after three players are missing at practice

3 hours ago  |  By Sam Walker A major turn of events surface in Seth Jones' departure from the Chicago Blackhawks

4 hours ago  |  By Sam Walker Washington Capitals Blame Bizarre Object For Edmonton Oilers' Third Period Goal on Tuesday

15 hours ago  |  By Joshua Deeds Hurricanes Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour Just Ruined Luke Richardson's Chances at Finding New NHL Job

17 hours ago  |  By Joshua Deeds Blackhawks Looking to Move on From Forward Philipp Kurashev

18 hours ago  |  By Alixandrea Gearey Chicago Blackhawks name Chris O'Hearn as vice-president of Hockey Operations

18 hours ago  |  By Joshua Deeds Blackhawks Connor Bedard makes a major revelation about teammate Lukas Reichel

MORE STORIES