The Ottawa Senators welcomed back a familiar face (one that hasn't aged a bit) on Thursday night, reconnecting with former winger Alexandre Daigle, their first overall pick from 1993. Daigle was ...

Literally, figuratively, there is no defense for the Rangers’ failure to compete in this spin cycle that is threatening to capsize the season even before the NHL’s eight-day holiday roster ...

Names like Alexandre Daigle, Nail Yaukopov and Claude Gauthier are examples of former No. 1 overall picks who displayed a ton of potential in their pre-NHL days only to flame out once they reached ...

It might have been even a tiny, and I mean a real tiny, improvement had they brought back Alexei Yashin and Alexandre Daigle. Mind you, these men probably would have declined the invitation.

Nobody is comparing Alex Lafreniere to Alex Daigle, but there are never any guarantees with first overall draft selections. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.