Alexandre Daigle

Alexandre Daigle
Daigle with the Manchester Monarchs in 2006
Born (1975-02-07) February 7, 1975 (age 49)
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Ottawa Senators
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Minnesota Wild
Davos
Fribourg-Gottéron
SCL Tigers
National team  Canada
NHL draft 1st overall, 1993
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 1993–2000
2002–2010

Alexandre Daigle (born February 7, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A highly touted junior prospect, Daigle was drafted first overall in the 1993 NHL entry draft by the Ottawa Senators. After recording a modest career high of 51 points in three separate National Hockey League (NHL) regular seasons, Daigle briefly retired from hockey at age 25 but returned to the NHL two years later. Although he played ten seasons in the NHL and four in the Swiss NL, he failed to live up to the high expectations put forth when he was drafted first overall and is therefore regarded by many to have been a draft bust.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Ottawa Sun - Top 10 draft-day busts". Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved 2008-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Whyno, Stephen (June 27, 2013). "The top bargains and busts from the past 20 years of the NHL draft". Globe & Mail. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. ^ Joyce, Gare (June 15, 2010). "It begins with Daigle, and then ..." Insider – NHL Draft Blog. ESPN. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.