News Article: Ten Ottawa Senator First-Rounders Who Weren't as Good as Alexandre Daigle

[AchtzehnBaby]

Alexandre Daigle never became the generational talent people expected, but he still had a career to be proud of.

• STEVE WARNE
• APR 1, 2024 11:46 AM EDT

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/ottawa-senators/latest-news/ten-ottawa-senator-first-rounders-who-werent-as-good-as-alexandre-daigle

Compared to some first-rounders the Senators chose in their history, Daigle was an absolute star. So it's time to put some respect on his name. It's not his fault that the hockey world expected so much from him. And it's not like there haven't been others who failed to live up to their lofty draft status.

Using 2017 as our cutoff, The Hockey News presents 10 Senator first-rounders who wish their careers panned out as well as Daigle's:

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[Micklebot]

Alexandre Daigle never became the generational talent people expected, but he still had a career to be proud of.

• STEVE WARNE
• APR 1, 2024 11:46 AM EDT

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/ottawa-senators/latest-news/ten-ottawa-senator-first-rounders-who-werent-as-good-as-alexandre-daigle

Compared to some first-rounders the Senators chose in their history, Daigle was an absolute star. So it's time to put some respect on his name. It's not his fault that the hockey world expected so much from him. And it's not like there haven't been others who failed to live up to their lofty draft status.

Using 2017 as our cutoff, The Hockey News presents 10 Senator first-rounders who wish their careers panned out as well as Daigle's:

I mean, comparing 1OA guys taken outside the top 10 in most cases is a really strange way to find fodder for an article... Must be a really slow news day,

 

[Alf Silfversson]

LOL

Coming soon to a list near you... TYLER BOUCHER!!

But man we had bad run there from White through to Bowers.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

I mean, comparing 1OA guys taken outside the top 10 in most cases is a really strange way to find fodder for an article... Must be a really slow news day,

April fool's piece. Everyone knows Shane Bowers was better than Daigle

 

[dumbdick]

Daigle first 131 games: 88 points
Lafrenniere first 135 games: 52 points

Daigle career: 0.53 ppg (616 games)
Laff career: 0.49 ppg (291 games)

 

[bicboi64]

In all seriousness, I wonder how Daigle would've turned out if we had some quality vets, some semblance of mental health support, and not the crazy $ the organization through at him which I believe led to rookie contract caps