Alexandre Daigle was a fairytale solution to all of the Ottawa Senators' many problems, a one-man dream come true for a | dG1fa2Rham85cXZJZGc
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00:00 In Canada, hockey is like a religion.
00:03 Hockey was the only focus, the only thing I wanted to do.
00:07 There are no holes in Alexander Degg's game.
00:10 People truly believed that Alex was the next coming.
00:13 The first pick, Alexander Degg!
00:15 They were expecting him to be some kind of saviour.
00:18 A lot of good athletes have the ability not to get distracted.
00:22 Alex did not have the ability not to get distracted.
00:27 It goes so quick that it becomes a blur.
00:30 This was the worst team in hockey.
00:32 Alex became the scapegoat.
00:34 When it got too hard for him, you look away.
00:36 It's your social life, a bit of a distraction.
00:39 He's never going to meet the fans' expectations.
00:41 The knock on Alex was that he didn't love the game enough to ever be the best that he could be.
00:46 I never recaptured the edge I have, and when you lose that edge, you're done.
00:52 Maybe there's more to it.
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