I think Dorion could him a run for his money

the perspective team at the end is not cap compliant in any way.

Idk Peter cherillie was ass

And on top of that, retired players were eligible to be selected in that Expansion Draft.

He’s really not, there are so many worse GMs across the league

Let’s not forget he also threw coach Green under the bus by leaving all the press up to the coach while the team was devastated by Covid.

As a lifelong fan who’s spent time working at the sharks games, I really appreciate this video giving me some more hope for seasons to come. You contextualized the rebuild in a way no one else has for me. Great video. Can’t wait for Jumbo jersey retirement night

I'm a Kings fan, but was cheering for the Sharks in 2016. I wanted them to do it, but of course...they didn't.

Yeah Benning was terrible but his worst offence was being horribly mediocre/incompetent. He's no Harold Ballard.

This one hits close to home. I’ve grew up in San Jose born here. Played hockey throughout grade school and have been a diehard shark fan as long as I can remember. I was there for most of these moments.

Here after Perry lost in the cup finals again with the oilers lmao

Hey guys, unfortunately, Sportsnet thinks that the 2011 clip of Vancouver beating San Jose in double overtime is from a 2021 game between Winnipeg and Edmonton, they copyrighted the entire video because of that clip so we had to trim it out. If you're interested in watching or learning about the 2011 run, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLN2iaafx7jFhmg.html <-- that's a link to the goal that Bieksa scored. Sorry it had to be trimmed out. Hope it doesn't ruin the video for you guys!

Can you roast the Pierre Dorion Era in Ottawa next!? What a dumpster fire that team was for so long...still cleaning up his mess with a new owner and GM

Its almost worth reuploading your video so you can include the braindead quote he gave of "We live day to day"

Ive never seen a GM give picks away for free like Benning

Bittersweet watch for me. I lost so much money, time, and energy obsessing over this team. They ruined my childhood, but taught me so many life lessons and brought me closer to my family. Was cool to take a trip down memory lane. Thanks for this.

Benning was clueless

I’ll be honest I’ve been trying to put the Bennington era behind me (my therapist says it’s not good for my rage), so I almost skipped this one. But I’m glad I didn’t because you managed to make it funny and it was somewhat therapeutic to look back on all the missteps and absolute flubs that were sold as hope by Jimbo and the boys. Plus the absolute spit take of a lineup you posted at the end. I think it’s easier to accept now that things are back on track and Allvin is busy building penguins west

That OEL trade still haunts me to this day, brutal work by Jimmy

GM "I've lost more talent than your team can hope to ever have!"

That dream lineup would be so over the salary cap it wouldn't be funny

Public enemy no. 1 in every canucks fan’s eyes.

Benning really that bad? Or was he Francesco puppet

I know this is insanely nitpicky but losing Markstrom was totally fine, the guy had only a couple years left in him and signing him would force us to expose Demko to Seattle for the entry draft

I resisted watching this... Didn't wanna relive the pain. I've been a sharks fan since I was 5 and my parents drove me to kindergarten passing the SAP center construction site. I'm 38... Love my team, would never deny them.. but damn... 🤞 They win one in my 40's I'm not a very outwardly emotional man, but I'll admit that when the sharks won the draft lottery.. I got teary eyed. And it was on my 38th birthday. I'm ready, we're ready for the "climb up".

This video made me sad

If all this wasn’t bad enough, the worst was a section of the Canuck fans aka Benning Bros who thought he could do no wrong and argued like Trump supporters as every time someone mentioned for letting Jud Brackett was that he was overrated yet had two drafts with over 70% hit on NHL games lol yeah overrated

Wasn't as bad any of the Sabres general managers (I'll go hide now).

im a sharks fan and think these vid are so entertaining learning more about my team that i didn't know

At least he didn't call Gretzky at 3am... 🙃

I’ve been really enjoying your vids bro. Keep up the hard work. I hope to see more this offseason and during the season!

Canadian teams are not trying to win a cup. Thats the plan.

I'll be a villan here, ALL OF THIS is Linden's fault, in fact he has done more harm to the Canucks then good in the last 20 years. His action as president of NHLPA in 04-05 led to the Cap system, and then 10 years later when named Canucks president hires a guy who had no understanding on how to use cap, which would take another 10 years to fix.

Listing that lineup they "could" have had is wildly unrealistic because we have a salary cap. There's no way they keep all of those players to this day. Tkachuk would have wanted out anyway because he wanted to play in the US, and who knows what they would have gotten for him? That centre depth alone would have cost them their entire forward budget plus more. Otherwise, great points.

Bro use NHL rating every video on every player 🤣🤣🤣🤣

funny thing is, trevor linden screamed at benning to pick petterson and hughes and walked after arguments about those picks. You can argue that benning only good pick is boeser and jt miller trade

When Bonino was traded to PIT... BONINO BONINO BONINO

Now do the Ottawa shit-nators (you wont)

To be fair Virtanen was cleared of all charges, there's no proof that he did anything inappropriate with that girl. It's annoying that these days an allegation with zero proof is enough to destroy someones reputation

i mean kesler asked to be traded to the ducks so not on benning there but firing a hall of fame coach like tortorella after just 1 season is pretty ridiculous. Obviously it sucks to see a guy lose his job but if i were them i would've either waited until after the first round 2015 playoff exit if they were to have stayed successful then if he had been still there or maybe midway into the 2014-15 season if they were to have had a rough start to the season. Seeing juice leae was rough but i kinda knew it would occur and im sure he was wanting to reunite with kes in anaheim. And while it wasn't cool to see hamhuis leave in free agency in 2016, i kinda saw it coming givne the cap situation and how his final 2 seasons wee somewhat injury marred. And Buying out Higgins and trading burrows certainly were rough moves if you ask me and shouldn't have happened.

A great thing about this, is how many people in media and from fans saying "Benning was great at drafting players" Like... Yeah, great track record on that I legit forgot Holtby was ever even on the Canucks

Maybe you can make detailed video ( like u did about Sharks ) about Leafs and their failures from 2000s to these days!? Tht would be nice

Keep making videos, they are really good and entertaining shoutout from Latvia

Forsling and hell markstrom had been through and never claimed on waivers multiple times before their breakout seasons. So easy to critcize these moves with hindsight Not gonna defend benning but he was clearly handcuffed by ownership in the beginning of his tenure. Just be glad the Canucks didn't become Buffalo-tier bad

Can't be worse than Milbury

Damp housse😂😂😂

5:27 that’s how he got his nickname “no show joe” always disappeared in the playoffs

Underrated channel keep it up

Most loses ever because games could end in a tie then? Someone fill me in

It’s pronounced “ur-bay”