Alexandre Daigle

Alexandre Daigle ( born February 7, 1975 in Montreal ) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who, as well as during his career, among other things for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League HC Davos, Fribourg- Gottéron and SCL Tigers played in the Swiss National League A. Daigle had been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 as the first overall by the Ottawa Senators.

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Career

Alexandre Daigle was considered one of the greatest hockey talent in North America and a possible successor to Wayne Gretzky. Already in the Junior League Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec, he broke several records and received several awards for his skills on the ice. Daigle should be selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 by an NHL team. The Ottawa Senators played at the end of the season, as they had missed the playoff places, particularly poor, so that they occupied the last place in the league and thus had the right to vote first in the NHL Entry Draft, as they were particularly interested in Daigle. They chose her total first suffrage Alexandre Daigle and pulled him so that even later NHL strain forces such as Chris Pronger and Paul Kariya before.

Daigle received a five -year contract, which should earn him a total of 12.25 million U.S. dollars, the largest contract that ever rookie in the history of the NHL had received. This meant that the NHL a little later introduced a salary cap for Neuprofis.

Daigle could never live up to expectations. He was asked playfully in the shade by the Russians Alexei Yashin and was often criticized that he does not show enough commitment and motivation. After several disappointing seasons, the management and the fans had enough and Daigle was transferred in January 1998 to the Philadelphia Flyers. In the following two years, he also still played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers. In 2000 he finished his hockey career because he wanted to start an acting career in Hollywood.

In 2002 he returned to the hockey business. He signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he played one year. The contract expired and was not renewed. The Minnesota Wild took him under contract and in his first season he set a new personal record with 51 points a.

In March 2006 was sent to the American Hockey League with the Houston Aeros. But for this, he completed no play and was discharged after only a week within the league to the Manchester Monarchs.

On 5 May 2006 it was announced that Daigle has signed a two -year contract with the Swiss team HC Davos. In the season 2006/ 07 National League A, he finished second in the scorers list with 61 points in 44 games and won the league title with the HC Davos. His contract was extended to 2011 in December 2006. In the 2008 /09 season he won his second championship with the Davosern, but scored less points scorer than before. The following season the Canadians spent mainly in the SCL Tigers, where he was the Players out on loan in use and this also thanks to his performance managed in the league. Nevertheless, his contract was canceled by the HC Davos in April 2010, Daigle was after a free agent.

Awards and achievements

Internationally

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented Canada at:

• World Youth Championship 1993
• World Youth Championship 1995

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )