Great documentary. It offers lots of insight into Alex's hockey life but for me it was a beautiful reminder of how important it is not to judge people. We never know the shoes a person walks. A dark side to early success is the pressure, expectation and critic that follows it. Congratulations to Alex for working through all this and for achieving happiness!
100% agree. He was 18 and the press was all over him. He ended up focusing on what really mattered to him. He enjoyed life in Switzerland, has a gorgeous wife, children, and spends time with them. At the NHL's highest levels, you sacrifice a lot of that. I'm happy he found peace.
He's actually a pretty likeable guy! And no you don't owe anybody to follow through with any talent you may have. You owe yourself happiness and doing what you want to do with your life.
I enjoyed it! He seems like a good guy who just wasn't ready to be the savior. My only issue with the documentary is that they didn't provide translation for his French speaking father. I have no idea what he said.
It takes a lot or everything just to play one game in the show. He had it made but the will to win is what make players stay there. Good documentary. I hope he's happy in life. Seems like a really good dude tbh.
Great inside look at hockey cultural differences, impact on young player drafts, expectations from media, fans, organizational pressures & constant competition in NHL market.
Great hockey player and family man.. had Alex in my taxi cab in Montreal in the 90s what I remember is that he seemed very humble which surprised me because in the French media hockey is big time ( radio shows from 5 pm all the way to midnight) and they had painted Daigle as very arrogant ...
He's right. Nobody remembers who second is. Especially who was drafted second back in 93. That's a trivia question. But every casual hockey fan remembers Chris Pronger and knows who he is.
Alexandre Daigle (C) selected 1# overall by the Ottawa Senators.... And what tallents did the Senators miss out on in 1993? - Here are 30 players from the same Draft that had great to fine to respectable NHL careers and/or International sucsess. Arguably: the team "Winners"; 1. Whalers (3), 2. Nordiques (2), 3. Mighty Ducks (2), 4. Oilers (2), 5. Islanders (2) - The "Losers"; 1. Sabres (0), Jets (0), Flames (0), Lightning (0) 2# Chris Pronger (D) - Hartford Whalers. 4# Paul Kariya (LW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 10# Jocelyn Thibault (G) - Quebec Nordiques 14# Adam Deadmarsh (RW) - Quebec Nordiques 21# Saku Koivu (C) - Montreal Canadiens 7# Jason Arnott (C) - Edmonton Oilers 23# Todd Bertuzzi (RW) - New York Islanders 36# Janne Niinimaa (D) - Philadelphia Flyers 111# Miroslav Satan (RW) - Edmonton Oilers 118# Tommy Salo (G) - New York Islanders 39# Brendan Morrison (C) - New Jersey Devils 12# Kenny Jonsson (D) (underrated tallent that got career cut short due to many concussions) - Toronto Maple Leafs 5# Rob Niedermayer (C) - Florida Panthers 227# Pavol Demitra (RW) - Ottawa Senators 17# Jason Allison (C) - Washington Capitals 35# Jamie Langenbrunner (RW) - Dallas Stars 40# Bryan McCabe (D) - New York Islanders 164# Todd Marchant (C) - New York Rangers 71# Vaclav Prospal (LW) - Philadelphia Flyers 108# Mikhail Shtalenkov (G) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 188# Manny Legace (G) - Hartford Whalers 156# Patrick Lalime (G) - Pittsburgh Penguins 41# Kevin Weekes (G) - Florida Panthers 174# Andrew Brunette (LW) - Washington Capitals 250# Kimmo Timonen (D) - Los Angeles Kings 58# Ville Peltonen (LW) - San Jose Sharks 72# Marek Malik (D) - Hartford Whalers 124# Scott Walker (RW) - Vancouver Canucks 24# Anders Eriksson (D) - Detroit Red Wings 28# Shean Donovan (RW) - San Jose Sharks
Awesome. No "blueprint" to what your life is supposed to be (how others think it's supposed to be and how you yourself might think it's supposed to be.)
Alex we are all only human beings and we each have to go with what we feel in life. We will not always be right but that is how we learn and improve our life. If you are doing something you love and getting paid to do it then you are not working. Hating it is work.
Daigle still had good stats with the Sens, before he left the team. Some people didn't remember how bad this team was before 1996, while the goals per team in the league was under 2 per game, in the mid 1990's comparing to over 3 right now. The actual Sens team is also way better despite the ranking.
@@TpsTerminator... LMAO... and you believed him... Lindros did not play for us because his mom did not want him to come... for a reason that everybody should know by now : culture. So to not come to Quebec because of Aubut is a total lie.
It has to be pretty hard to carry the weight that was placed on his shoulders. In my opinion the biggest "what if" has to be "what if" an actual NHL organization would have chose and developed him properly. What if? Well no-one will NEVER know!
It's not the Market the problem... We're losing our reputation of National Sport... The development in America and outside are getting so much better while we're stagnant... The expectations and the medias are the final nails in the coffin.
These talented athletes shoot themselves in their foot. I worked hard at 5'10 but knew that I wasn't going to have a career in this game. So I focused on my education.
Goes to show you nothing Is a sure thing..except chris pronger was #2 in that draft and Scott neidermeyer #5 and kariya #6. Poor Ottawa, missing out on 3 franchise players including 2 stud dmen inc pronger who was an absolute game changer at the pro level including an MVP as a defenseman! And obviously smoothe skating neidermeyer who ended up being equally impressive
Lol. These sob stories from incredibly privledged people are always so cringy. They have exactly zero understanding how fortunate they were to live a sportsman's life, and to be compensated thusly.
He wasn’t privileged. His parents couldn’t afford to buy him new skates. No one going to turn down the money they were giving. Also I don’t think it’s sob story. What is a sob story are the hockey inforcers who complain in having to fight. If they didn’t do that they wouldn’t be making NHL momey
I didn't see this as a sob story, just a man looking back on his career while being completely honest about how he felt at the time and how he remembers it.
Great documentary. It offers lots of insight into Alex's hockey life but for me it was a beautiful reminder of how important it is not to judge people. We never know the shoes a person walks. A dark side to early success is the pressure, expectation and critic that follows it. Congratulations to Alex for working through all this and for achieving happiness!
100% agree. He was 18 and the press was all over him. He ended up focusing on what really mattered to him. He enjoyed life in Switzerland, has a gorgeous wife, children, and spends time with them. At the NHL's highest levels, you sacrifice a lot of that. I'm happy he found peace.
@@gastondeveaux3783 the gift a beautiful family is worth much more than any NHL contract. It’s a great story.
He's actually a pretty likeable guy! And no you don't owe anybody to follow through with any talent you may have. You owe yourself happiness and doing what you want to do with your life.
I enjoyed it! He seems like a good guy who just wasn't ready to be the savior. My only issue with the documentary is that they didn't provide translation for his French speaking father. I have no idea what he said.
It takes a lot or everything just to play one game in the show. He had it made but the will to win is what make players stay there. Good documentary. I hope he's happy in life. Seems like a really good dude tbh.
Great inside look at hockey cultural differences, impact on young player drafts, expectations from media, fans, organizational pressures & constant competition in NHL market.
Love this! Thanks for the upload on this video and the Sakic video 🙏🏽
I'm thinking, this guy should have played 12 years in the Swiss league. That's the real beautiful life.
THANK YOU AGAIN !!! So awesome you do this !!!!!
Great hockey player and family man.. had Alex in my taxi cab in Montreal in the 90s what I remember is that he seemed very humble which surprised me because in the French media hockey is big time ( radio shows from 5 pm all the way to midnight) and they had painted Daigle as very arrogant ...
Man its sad looking back at what could have been with his career
Should get someone to do closed captions on the video for the french parts pleaseeeee
Do you have the March 9 2017 Montreal/Calgary game in your collection or do you know where I could find it please? Thank you very much!
He's right. Nobody remembers who second is. Especially who was drafted second back in 93. That's a trivia question. But every casual hockey fan remembers Chris Pronger and knows who he is.
But they couldnt tell you when he was drafted.
The media are jerks. Love Daigle even more now.
Alexandre Daigle (C) selected 1# overall by the Ottawa Senators....
And what tallents did the Senators miss out on in 1993? - Here are 30 players from the same Draft that had great to fine to respectable NHL careers and/or International sucsess.
Arguably: the team "Winners"; 1. Whalers (3), 2. Nordiques (2), 3. Mighty Ducks (2), 4. Oilers (2), 5. Islanders (2) - The "Losers"; 1. Sabres (0), Jets (0), Flames (0), Lightning (0)
2# Chris Pronger (D) - Hartford Whalers.
4# Paul Kariya (LW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
10# Jocelyn Thibault (G) - Quebec Nordiques
14# Adam Deadmarsh (RW) - Quebec Nordiques
21# Saku Koivu (C) - Montreal Canadiens
7# Jason Arnott (C) - Edmonton Oilers
23# Todd Bertuzzi (RW) - New York Islanders
36# Janne Niinimaa (D) - Philadelphia Flyers
111# Miroslav Satan (RW) - Edmonton Oilers
118# Tommy Salo (G) - New York Islanders
39# Brendan Morrison (C) - New Jersey Devils
12# Kenny Jonsson (D) (underrated tallent that got career cut short due to many concussions) - Toronto Maple Leafs
5# Rob Niedermayer (C) - Florida Panthers
227# Pavol Demitra (RW) - Ottawa Senators
17# Jason Allison (C) - Washington Capitals
35# Jamie Langenbrunner (RW) - Dallas Stars
40# Bryan McCabe (D) - New York Islanders
164# Todd Marchant (C) - New York Rangers
71# Vaclav Prospal (LW) - Philadelphia Flyers
108# Mikhail Shtalenkov (G) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
188# Manny Legace (G) - Hartford Whalers
156# Patrick Lalime (G) - Pittsburgh Penguins
41# Kevin Weekes (G) - Florida Panthers
174# Andrew Brunette (LW) - Washington Capitals
250# Kimmo Timonen (D) - Los Angeles Kings
58# Ville Peltonen (LW) - San Jose Sharks
72# Marek Malik (D) - Hartford Whalers
124# Scott Walker (RW) - Vancouver Canucks
24# Anders Eriksson (D) - Detroit Red Wings
28# Shean Donovan (RW) - San Jose Sharks
I thought him and Yashin were gonna make ottawa a good team back then.
Great stuff…kudos
Awesome. No "blueprint" to what your life is supposed to be (how others think it's supposed to be and how you yourself might think it's supposed to be.)
Great video seems like lif e is great for him great to see
Rest in Peace Daigle Sr.
Great video!
Alex we are all only human beings and we each have to go with what we feel in life. We will not always be right but that is how we learn and improve our life. If you are doing something you love and getting paid to do it then you are not working. Hating it is work.
STUD!!!🇨🇦❤️💥
Daigle still had good stats with the Sens, before he left the team. Some people didn't remember how bad this team was before 1996, while the goals per team in the league was under 2 per game, in the mid 1990's comparing to over 3 right now. The actual Sens team is also way better despite the ranking.
It was very true. Daigle got the heat, but he was very good
This was excellent.
Great doc. People in the comments should be fucken embarrassed for how little they get whats going on here
I totally agree. Hilarious but also kind of pathetic. They have no clue.
Now i get why Lindros didnt want to play in Quebec
???😊
@@claudejuniormalo3012 Canadian press is ruthless
@@JDonzsabres10 Lindros explained that he didnt want play for Quebec because of Marcel Aubut (accused of s*xual harrasement)
@@TpsTerminator... LMAO... and you believed him... Lindros did not play for us because his mom did not want him to come... for a reason that everybody should know by now : culture. So to not come to Quebec because of Aubut is a total lie.
@@TpsTerminator lol that was a load of BS
It has to be pretty hard to carry the weight that was placed on his shoulders. In my opinion the biggest "what if" has to be "what if" an actual NHL organization would have chose and developed him properly. What if? Well no-one will NEVER know!
Score 50 goals! Sounds like Austin Matthews goals.
Je ne parle pas francais
Can you post more 2024 leafs games
LOL
Great video
Real tough and fast is the only good lane to the big leagues.
He's got himself a nice aboriginal family.
He had a good rookie year as a 18/19 yr old...
So much and if you look top 5-10 of his draft most not had more that a 60 point season at their best with the exception of Kariya and Arnott.
Can you upload August 3 2020 Chicago Blackhawks game 2?
Curious why you want that uploaded
Canadian markets are atrocious
It's not the Market the problem...
We're losing our reputation of National Sport...
The development in America and outside are getting so much better while we're stagnant...
The expectations and the medias are the final nails in the coffin.
Didn’t the senators draft Yashin that draft?
The year prior.
92 Yashin
93 Daigle
Thank you! Could you upload the Gretzky trade documentary "King's Ransom" by ESPN? thank you
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@@Serg72 thank you sir but the link is soooo slow....do you have a mega link?
@@mikalcheuk cloud.mail.ru/public/8tmx/1tPxNv5u7
@@Serg72 you are a king amongst men, sir. thank you.
The unbearable weight of massive talent
I wonder if he is related to Lauren Daigle.
also shows what a joke the scouting industry can be.. unless you are mcdavid, you never know.
No French subtitles. This will go down well
Its a chance for you to hear the most beautiful language in the world : Quebec French!
Ribbit
@@mrfake675racist piece of crap
@savoirancien4093 not even in the top 25
It's a dad talking with his son. It's pretty universal.
Ahead of his time
No wonder canadian teams don't win the cup
He play in beer ligue
Sounds like he realizes now that his attitude towards the game really dragged down his game, rightly or wrongly.
If the head say no is no
These talented athletes shoot themselves in their foot. I worked hard at 5'10 but knew that I wasn't going to have a career in this game. So I focused on my education.
LOLOLOL ya…..because you had a chance of making the show. 😂
@@Pattyboytheking hey stupid, what part so I focus on my education didn't you understand, because I knew I didn't have a chance.
He made millions in the league
@@BarDownBoys you don't make millions when you keep getting traded.
@@brownwolf152 Do you even know how NHL contracts function? This guy was a multi millionaire at age 20.
Goes to show you nothing Is a sure thing..except chris pronger was #2 in that draft and Scott neidermeyer #5 and kariya #6. Poor Ottawa, missing out on 3 franchise players including 2 stud dmen inc pronger who was an absolute game changer at the pro level including an MVP as a defenseman! And obviously smoothe skating neidermeyer who ended up being equally impressive
Lol. These sob stories from incredibly privledged people are always so cringy. They have exactly zero understanding how fortunate they were to live a sportsman's life, and to be compensated thusly.
He wasn’t privileged. His parents couldn’t afford to buy him new skates. No one going to turn down the money they were giving. Also I don’t think it’s sob story.
What is a sob story are the hockey inforcers who complain in having to fight. If they didn’t do that they wouldn’t be making NHL momey
Jesus Christ did you even watch the doc lol, how is this what you got from it?
Your bitterness blinds you.
Commenter probably tells the whole bar every night how he could've made it big in the NHL. If only not for that hangnail.
I didn't see this as a sob story, just a man looking back on his career while being completely honest about how he felt at the time and how he remembers it.
Man this guy was a flop.
Yes, but he still scored 327 points in the NHL, which is 327 points more than you and me.
Check the game notes kid 🤕🤛