Ben your content is unbelievable. You and Pinholes Graham are making the absolute best, most captivating hockey content rn. There are some other people who make good stuff too but you 2 are just absolutely crushing it every video. I'm not even an Oilers fan and I'm very invested in this.
39:55 I went to this game! I remember Gagner broke the record for most points in a game. Chicago came off a long road streak and seemed tired and sluggish I remember.
The one thing that I remembered from theat period is how the Oilers kept trying to catch lightning in a bottle, wanting to somehow recreate the 2006 team. It struck me as the wrong choice back then, and that was well before I realized this darkness would last a decade....
Just wanted to say you are an absolute legend for creating these videos! I am having a blast reliving these years and going through the history. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into all these videos.
Great video. It's weird though as a fan, not so much a stroll down memory lane as it is a midnight walk down a garbage filled alley where you got shivved ten years ago. Perfectly done! I really "appreciate" the Glencross highlight and the mention of the "excellent" trade of Brodziak, useful center, for a handful of half rotten magic beans. The attention to miserable details is impeccable.
The Ryan Smyth return trade is so great from a Kings perspective. Edmonton “threw in” Colin Fraser (I believe Brule was the original piece heading to LA), and Fraser anchored that 4th line of a cup team. That trade also allowed the Kings to re-sign Drew Doughty
The rare trade that was good for both teams. Some people whine about acquiring Smyth when he was already too old, but it was such a morale boost to have a player who wanted to be an Oiler at that time with his kind of hustle. He needed to retire an Oiler.
Only one that loss there was Smyth. The Kings win the cup that year regardless of having Fraser and it woulda given our boy his well-deserved ring. Hindsight is 20/20, just wish I coulda seen him hoist.
RNHs first season was also my first season as an Oilers Fan, so this Video is extra special to me. Love the format, looking forward to the next parts :)
Great video! A note on Souray's hand operation, he actually told the story first on Cabbie Richards old TSN podcast before the John Scott interview. The Cabbie interview has been a bit lost to time.
Watching this again, and I have to say that the color filter and frame stutter thing you do for the Hawks game at 44:19 is genuinely a cool aesthetic. Feel like it could work really well for a freeze frame moment or as a style choice.
Yeah I didn't really understand how to fix the copyright issues when making the video, I genuinely even tried putting family guy clips over it, but then I realized I just had to break up the clips lmao
I love this retrospective and your format + edit pacing. I will have to watch this tomorrow but I am commenting now so The Algorithm(tm) gets some juice
Big fan of this series but I have to ask. Were the Oilers allowed to trade with anyone besides the Ducks?? Absolutely incredible how many deals they struck
its so wild looking back that of all the 1st overall picks from the dark ages its Nuge that becane the only remaining one and the backbone of the team.
Totally random but to show you how tough Cogliano is he finished a game once with a fractured neck... always been on of my favourite bottom 6 players in the league
Been a fan since the 80’s and I’m not sure what’s worse; this decade of darkness or having two of the best players ever and not winning a Cup. Time will tell.
I still find it interesting that throughout the roster turnover of the Decade of Darkness, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has stayed with the Oilers (until being waived this season, this was Gagner's third stint with the Oilers, and who knows if he stays with the Oilers).
i don’t mean to bring misery to more fanbases but i think a cool series idea would be going over the years of teams who have met in the playoffs a lot where one team traditionally can’t beat them. wsh vs nyi, bos vs mtl, pit vs wsh as some examples
The way they handled Souray was such a microcosm of the Oilers franchise at the time. Egotistical and ridiculous management. So glad Lowe is not in charge anymore.
All of my footage is from UA-cam, usually the NHL's channel or serg72. If you search specific games, sometimes you'll find at least bits and pieces of what you're looking for
@@oakley22610 Do you remember where you got footage from the Oilers-Stars game at 8:51? My Dad and I were at that game (October 2009) and I haven't been able to see the highlights in years.
@@jonengler1296 so that clip specifically can be found in better quality here: ua-cam.com/video/mXbnLrAg9bg/v-deo.htmlsi=91YoTJBAC_AGn7a7 Not sure about the rest of the game though, I found it in a Mike Comrie goals compilation here: ua-cam.com/video/RfPKOdH79HY/v-deo.htmlsi=uGFthA_UvCFAZzza
21:21 the loss to Anaheim was painful in more ways than one for me. I had my share of wobbly pops in me, so did a dude with 2 ladies and another male friend. He went on loud rant about how bad we sucked and I foolishly smiled and said hey man they did the best they could with very little. He gave me some side eye as I may have interrupted his tirade. Sum bitch sucker punches me, gets held back by his buddy then screams bloody murder at me. 😂 I was just now realizing I was in a fight and bleeding (alcohol helps yo). Then they run away and I go for stitches. Learned a lesson. I just talk to people on UA-cam. Best part I never check for replies!
If there is any way to sum this up, Steve Tambellini is quietly one of if not the worst general managers in NHL history that isn't named Mike Milbury. It is easy to forget that the Oilers were treading water and at least in the playoff conversation later into seasons when he took over, the pain didn't truly begin until he took office.
Tambellini was very bad, but the wild thing is, I'm not sure he is even the worst GM of the DOD, that guy's coming probably in part 4, old Peter Chiarelli
@@oakley22610 I do disagree with that take, Chiarelli was extremely flawed but did some genuinely good things here. Fixed Edmonton's drafting and signed McDavid and Draisaitl to long term deals, he plays a large part as to why the Oilers are decent right now, a number of his draft picks in later rounds are playing on the team today. Tambellini's 2009 off season is easily the worst in Oilers history, he made the wrong moves in every single area of the organization.
@@devackroyd you're right, the Draisaitl and McDavid contracts alone help him. I guess he was just more extreme than Tambellini, very high highs and low lows. Tambellini just slowly made the team worse
@@oakley22610 To be fair, you aren't far off, he wasn't a great GM, the Lucic contract, the Koskinen contract, the 2015 first round pick deal that cost the Oilers Barzal, the Eberle deal which turned into one of if not the worst trade in Oilers history in the Strome for Spooner deal are some of the numerous missteps he took. However, he drafted players like Evan Bouchard, Stuart Skinner, Ryan McLeod and even Vincent Desharnais in the 7th round in 2016, which is actually one of the more successful late round picks in that entire draft, among others. The Draisaitl deal was also very heavily criticized when signed and actually paved the way to young players getting 8 year deals out of their entry levels in the NHL since. Great video regardless, this is an awesome retrospective!
Me: “oh sick the second part of the oilers series”
*begins with Dany Heatley all-star*
“Even better”
Tell that to Dan Snyder
This video could be made about every team in Canada for the last 31 years!
Yeah but the Oilers are the only one with an actual name for it
I think a flames series called "forever stuck in the middle" could be a cool series
Ironically enough what has always plagued the flames is them not bottoming out like the Oilers did during this decade.
@@mitchwheeler2233 most of the truly great teams of the cap era started absolute garbage
at least Perry is with the oilers now so at least that happened
Watching these videos is like strapping yourself to a time machine and blasting through the cosmos and i love it
Ben your content is unbelievable. You and Pinholes Graham are making the absolute best, most captivating hockey content rn. There are some other people who make good stuff too but you 2 are just absolutely crushing it every video. I'm not even an Oilers fan and I'm very invested in this.
Thank you friend! Graham makes some really great stuff, I hope he and I can continue to build up this little niche we've found ourselves in!
39:55
I went to this game! I remember Gagner broke the record for most points in a game. Chicago came off a long road streak and seemed tired and sluggish I remember.
Man thank you for the awful memories no but seriously thank you
“Have you ever heard of Three Mile Island?”
Well if that isn’t the most ominous of sentences
The one thing that I remembered from theat period is how the Oilers kept trying to catch lightning in a bottle, wanting to somehow recreate the 2006 team. It struck me as the wrong choice back then, and that was well before I realized this darkness would last a decade....
I love how in depth this is, gonna be like 4 or 5 parts at this rate, and I’m here for it 👍
Just wanted to say you are an absolute legend for creating these videos!
I am having a blast reliving these years and going through the history. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into all these videos.
@@TheRealJosh1-IYKYK thanks for the kind words and for watching friend!
Watching this on my hour long commute made it feel like ten minutes. Thanks for the incredible work Ben
that ty conklin gaff from 06' still breaks my heart, great video as always
Halls rancid attitude set the tone for the 1st overall floundering years. Too cool to practice.
Great video. It's weird though as a fan, not so much a stroll down memory lane as it is a midnight walk down a garbage filled alley where you got shivved ten years ago. Perfectly done!
I really "appreciate" the Glencross highlight and the mention of the "excellent" trade of Brodziak, useful center, for a handful of half rotten magic beans. The attention to miserable details is impeccable.
The Ryan Smyth return trade is so great from a Kings perspective. Edmonton “threw in” Colin Fraser (I believe Brule was the original piece heading to LA), and Fraser anchored that 4th line of a cup team. That trade also allowed the Kings to re-sign Drew Doughty
The rare trade that was good for both teams. Some people whine about acquiring Smyth when he was already too old, but it was such a morale boost to have a player who wanted to be an Oiler at that time with his kind of hustle. He needed to retire an Oiler.
Only one that loss there was Smyth. The Kings win the cup that year regardless of having Fraser and it woulda given our boy his well-deserved ring.
Hindsight is 20/20, just wish I coulda seen him hoist.
These videos are great man, the amount of research you put into them is unreal
Very cool series. Growing up in South Carolina, I didn’t get to see Edmonton very often during this period. Interesting team to learn about
RNHs first season was also my first season as an Oilers Fan, so this Video is extra special to me. Love the format, looking forward to the next parts :)
There 2006 run was my first season
Great video! A note on Souray's hand operation, he actually told the story first on Cabbie Richards old TSN podcast before the John Scott interview. The Cabbie interview has been a bit lost to time.
Good to know!
Love watching this series. It does remind me how fast time flies though
This guy reminds me of a channel called pinholes Graham with this crazy hockey content and I’m here for it
Watching this again, and I have to say that the color filter and frame stutter thing you do for the Hawks game at 44:19 is genuinely a cool aesthetic. Feel like it could work really well for a freeze frame moment or as a style choice.
Yeah I didn't really understand how to fix the copyright issues when making the video, I genuinely even tried putting family guy clips over it, but then I realized I just had to break up the clips lmao
@@oakley22610 Yeah I figured that's why it was in there, but it ended up being really nice visually.
@@rjhaney2614 well that's encouraging haha!
Just knew this would end with Yak. Was not disappointed. What a great cliff hanger to a great video and series.
Was waiting patiently after the first video and wasn’t let down with this one, well done can’t wait for the 3rd
i love the way you do these videos, brings a bit of light to that time of darkness
So excited for this, thank god it's out know
I love this retrospective and your format + edit pacing. I will have to watch this tomorrow but I am commenting now so The Algorithm(tm) gets some juice
Great video as always! Looking forward to the next installment
Oilers fan here in pain upon finding out that we gave up on Andrew Cogliano for the Belanger Triangle! 🤦♀️
This is a great breakdown of all of it.
Yet it made me want to weep.
Bravo!
LETS GOOOO PART 2 BABY. just what I needed before work 😎
Finally he’s back! Thank you for making this brother!
Ryan jones is an oilers country legend, that dude was a work horse
Thanks for doing these!
Great series so far, looking forward to part 3
Ah yes...remember watching some games in Dallas and having the OKC Barron faithful drive down to cheer for the good guys when in town. Go Oilers!
Your next series like this should be on the Devils from 2012 to 2023
Definitely a possibility!
Big fan of this series but I have to ask. Were the Oilers allowed to trade with anyone besides the Ducks?? Absolutely incredible how many deals they struck
its so wild looking back that of all the 1st overall picks from the dark ages its Nuge that becane the only remaining one and the backbone of the team.
Nice, been looking forward to this.
Little did Edmonton know… the Nuge would become one of the Oilers all time greats… and a fan favourite
That Dubnyk goalie looks pretty good as a number 1. Theres's no way the oilers will trade him for a 4th line player.....
Let’s go!! Looking forward to this one!!
You missed when the oilers offered Hossa a 10×10 contract in the 2008 off-season but he signed a one year with detroit.
Cant wait for part 3
Totally random but to show you how tough Cogliano is he finished a game once with a fractured neck... always been on of my favourite bottom 6 players in the league
29:47 when you do something completely unexpected at work and it goes off without a hitch
29:44
Yes! Thanks for doing this
15:53 just hears the line for the matrix: “not like this, not like this”
Great vid❤
Nail in the coffin sounds perfect for part 3
Could you do something on Toronto Maple Leafs? Thanks
@@bowler9749 I will try!
Been a fan since the 80’s and I’m not sure what’s worse; this decade of darkness or having two of the best players ever and not winning a Cup. Time will tell.
The latter in my opinion
Imagine being a Sabres fan and watching all those draft picks going to Edmonton after the Vanek offer sheet.
I still find it interesting that throughout the roster turnover of the Decade of Darkness, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has stayed with the Oilers (until being waived this season, this was Gagner's third stint with the Oilers, and who knows if he stays with the Oilers).
So good....the video that is
Oh yes, bring on the Dallas Eakins days
i don’t mean to bring misery to more fanbases but i think a cool series idea would be going over the years of teams who have met in the playoffs a lot where one team traditionally can’t beat them. wsh vs nyi, bos vs mtl, pit vs wsh as some examples
That is a good idea, I'll definitely keep that in mind!
How far are we going with these? To the modern era? Or just to McDavid?
McDavid's first 2 season
Part three has mcdavid I’m gunna assume
Right up to him at least, I'm still thinking about how to divide it up
The beginning of the end for the decade of darkness
@@oakley22610I think you have to at least bring it to the moment they clinched the 2017 playoffs
@@xlr0gd205 my thought right now is the final part will be McDavid's first two seasons, including the playoffs
Nah 1hr dedicated to Yakupov
The way they handled Souray was such a microcosm of the Oilers franchise at the time. Egotistical and ridiculous management.
So glad Lowe is not in charge anymore.
Why is this the first time Im knowing that Craig Anderson played for the Panthers
Where do you get all these old links from? I bet it would be fun trying to get the original videos and upscaling them with AI.
All of my footage is from UA-cam, usually the NHL's channel or serg72. If you search specific games, sometimes you'll find at least bits and pieces of what you're looking for
@@oakley22610 Do you remember where you got footage from the Oilers-Stars game at 8:51? My Dad and I were at that game (October 2009) and I haven't been able to see the highlights in years.
@@jonengler1296 so that clip specifically can be found in better quality here: ua-cam.com/video/mXbnLrAg9bg/v-deo.htmlsi=91YoTJBAC_AGn7a7
Not sure about the rest of the game though, I found it in a Mike Comrie goals compilation here: ua-cam.com/video/RfPKOdH79HY/v-deo.htmlsi=uGFthA_UvCFAZzza
@@oakley22610 Thank you for the fast reply!
Yes!!!! Let’s go!!
such a W
21:21 the loss to Anaheim was painful in more ways than one for me. I had my share of wobbly pops in me, so did a dude with 2 ladies and another male friend. He went on loud rant about how bad we sucked and I foolishly smiled and said hey man they did the best they could with very little. He gave me some side eye as I may have interrupted his tirade. Sum bitch sucker punches me, gets held back by his buddy then screams bloody murder at me. 😂 I was just now realizing I was in a fight and bleeding (alcohol helps yo). Then they run away and I go for stitches. Learned a lesson. I just talk to people on UA-cam. Best part I never check for replies!
Chop wood, carry water!
Fail for Nail 😂
If there is any way to sum this up, Steve Tambellini is quietly one of if not the worst general managers in NHL history that isn't named Mike Milbury. It is easy to forget that the Oilers were treading water and at least in the playoff conversation later into seasons when he took over, the pain didn't truly begin until he took office.
Tambellini was very bad, but the wild thing is, I'm not sure he is even the worst GM of the DOD, that guy's coming probably in part 4, old Peter Chiarelli
@@oakley22610 I do disagree with that take, Chiarelli was extremely flawed but did some genuinely good things here. Fixed Edmonton's drafting and signed McDavid and Draisaitl to long term deals, he plays a large part as to why the Oilers are decent right now, a number of his draft picks in later rounds are playing on the team today. Tambellini's 2009 off season is easily the worst in Oilers history, he made the wrong moves in every single area of the organization.
@@devackroyd you're right, the Draisaitl and McDavid contracts alone help him. I guess he was just more extreme than Tambellini, very high highs and low lows. Tambellini just slowly made the team worse
@@oakley22610 To be fair, you aren't far off, he wasn't a great GM, the Lucic contract, the Koskinen contract, the 2015 first round pick deal that cost the Oilers Barzal, the Eberle deal which turned into one of if not the worst trade in Oilers history in the Strome for Spooner deal are some of the numerous missteps he took.
However, he drafted players like Evan Bouchard, Stuart Skinner, Ryan McLeod and even Vincent Desharnais in the 7th round in 2016, which is actually one of the more successful late round picks in that entire draft, among others. The Draisaitl deal was also very heavily criticized when signed and actually paved the way to young players getting 8 year deals out of their entry levels in the NHL since.
Great video regardless, this is an awesome retrospective!
Re: that Quincey trade, that 1st turned into ANDREI VASILEVSKIY.
I remember thinking this team doesn’t deserve mcjesus and I just had the Deja vu moment
I knew Jack Campbell seemed familiar somehow
I went to that game when gagner got 8 points
Oh man I still “hind banana” and my wife has never heard anyone else ever say that
need a Mogilny defection video
Ever since starting this channel, I've had "Please put Mogilny in the Hall of Fame" on my radar.
@@oakley22610 long overdue for the HOF. Excited for the videos!
47:34 never forget 🫡
YES YES YES YES YES
Not Yakapov!!!!!
LOL button 26:18
50 in ´07
You're forgetting all the toxic behavior from the young guys.
HIND BANANA
Oh ya g9gner
I'm an Oilers and Sens fan....I remember that supposed to be Heatley trade and I was both happy and sad it didn't happen haha