When Benning joined the Canucks, where was his expendable elite prime asset (Duchene)? Where was his elite young core of O'Reilly, MacKinnon,Barrie, and Landeskog ?
We had one young impact asset in Horvat. (and a barren prospect pool), and one impact player on the team entering his prime years (Tanev).
What Benning and Sakic inherited are night and day.