I'm going to go through this full list because it's actually so ridiculous.
Guys who were actually good acquisitions :
Demitra - scored like 60 points/82 GP as a Canuck. Same thing as Vrbata who is considered a big win for Benning.
Bernier - solid young middle-6 player, you make that trade every time.
Wellwood - great value signing.
Glass - was a good cheap depth forward.
Booth - was playing very well until having his knee wrecked on a cheapshot.
Garrison - very good for two years, then traded for a #2 pick.
Guys who were perfectly OK short-term depth acquisitions :
Sulzer
Diaz
Oreskovich
Ebbett
Goons in an era where every team still carried goons :
Sestito
Hordichuk
Guy taken as a cap dump to get Ehrhoff:
Lukowich
Guys who were just acquired to be AHL depth and not on the NHL team :
Krog
Parent
Duco
Mancari
Bitz
Pinizzotto
Guys who were draft picks and don't belong on a pro scouting list :
Jensen
Schroeder
Corrado
Poor pro scouting moves ... that were also low-cost and short term and did little harm :
Schneider
Schaefer
Gragnani
Roy
Barker
Dalpe
One actually bad move that cost significant assets/cap space and hurt the club :
Ballard
The dude who made that list has slurped hard on all Benning's moves and also been But Gillis and But drafting the whole time.
Is that list any different than (the Gillis list looks way better to me, cost less assets and less salary):
Sbisa (key piece for the best tradeable asset in org)
Dorsett (3rd rd pick plus massive inflated extension)
Clendening (Forsling)
Pedan (3rd rd pick)
Conacher
Baertschi (2nd rd pick - signed a 3 year $10m deal)
Goldobin
Pouliot (4th plus Pedan who they paid a 3rd for LOL)
Vey (2nd rd pick)
Leipsic
Kero
Gagner (had to be traded for someone they bought out)
Spooner (bought out)
Perron
Pope (ECHLer)
Cracknell
Skille
Molino
Megna
Chaput
Wiercoch
Burmistrov
Nilsson
Palmu
Bachman
Roussel ($12m)
Beagle ($12m)
Schaller
Prust (Kassian + 5th rd pick)
Sutter (Bonino + 2nd)
Granlund (recent 1st)
Gudbranson (recent 1st + 33rd overall)
Philip Larsen (4th)
Rafferty
Teves
Kielly
Fantenberg
Benn
Myers (5 years $30m)
Eriksson (6 years $36m at 31 years old)
Ferland (couldnt insure the contract)
Master team builder who folks stroked their hammer to for 8 years.