Chosen One: Alexandre Daigle
The long road from great to grateful
Alexandre Daigle was a fairytale solution to all of the Ottawa Senators' many problems, a one-man dream come true for a team and a city that desperately needed goals and fans. The expectations were overwhelming – too much for Daigle to overcome. Now, decades later, following a turbulent career on the ice, Daigle reflects on how he steered the gap between people’s projections and his everyday existence, revealing the pressure and turmoil of not living up to the impossible hype.
Videos
Storyline
Alexandre Daigle was a fairytale solution to all of the Ottawa Senators' many problems, a one-man dream come true for a team and a city that desperately needed goals and fans. The expectations were overwhelming – too much for Daigle to overcome. Now, decades later, following a turbulent career on the ice, Daigle reflects on how he steered the gap between people’s projections and his everyday existence, revealing the pressure and turmoil of not living up to the impossible hype.
Recommended
Love, Antosha
2019
Making The Witcher
2020
Gilbert
2017
Facing Ali
2009
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
2022
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
McQueen
2018
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder
2020
National Gallery
2014
More Like This
Chinese Ping-Pong
1972
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938
The Masters Game - Ingo vs. Floyd
1959
Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster
2010
Florida Panthers' 2024 Stanley Cup Championship Film
2024
Um Craque Chamado Divino
2006
Premières danses
2023
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
2006
Marking Out
2016
Collingwood: From The Inside Out
2019
64 Day Hero
1986