The Real Story Behind How Burke Landed BOTH Of The Sedin Twins AT The 1999 NHL Draft | Hey Burkie

Brian Burke recounts the series of events that led to him acquiring back-to-back picks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft where he was able to select both Henrik AND Daniel Sedin.
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[@Kanders190]

As a very young, ignorant child, I thought the Sedin's were just allowed to be drafted together because they were brothers.

[@telamb9]

Me too lol

[@knucksandboltz9908]

Mayan Text "POPO VUH"

[@chaddwickTRS]

i just laughed so hard at this - league should consider it

[@madison_crvt]

i definitely thought that twins at least were allowed to do this lol because one team in the league i grew up watching had twins two different times

[@mb7196]

Little League Brother rule!

[@rolandkennedy80]

"I'm running out of questions here kid" 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrTommyg024]

(kraken attacks Burkie's fishing boat)

[@skabone0065]

I did not expect the soundtrack to get so damn FUNKY.

[@DrFlippin]

Burkie didn't know just how great a gift he was giving to the City of Vancouver and British Columbia.

[@bertpeters8048]

bullcrap

[@predspete2625]

This was awesome. Would love to see more of these

[@jonokiller]

there is a decent back log of them if you havent seen them. We are all hoping for many more

[@onthegrow8403]

Too bad there’s only been two twin brothers drafted back to back ever you act like there’s 1 million of these different stories LOL

[@predspete2625]

@@onthegrow8403 Not talking about the Sedin's. I'm talking about animated hockey stories.

[@onthegrow8403]

@@predspete2625 Neither was I who says there’s more stories like this to come LOL you act like it’s going to be a regular thing

[@predspete2625]

​@@onthegrow8403 Why so much attitude? I complimented a video and said I'd love to see more... didn't think that would start an argument. This community is becoming toxic.

[@Thndrbolt54]

I love how you can see the other twin within the shot of their individual player cards. Definitely cannot imagine a world where the twins didn’t play together, not even just in Vancouver, but in any team. Burke’s maneouvers on this draft should be at the level of common knowledge in any sports history I’d say

[@Kaspisify]

Completely agree. For that move only he should be lauded. Imagine a world where they didn't play together. He did A LOT for hockey on that day.

[@moizm2311]

Keep this a series

[@droog9337]

Love this series. And this story never gets old. Imagine if we never got to witness the Sedins playing together as a tandem. This whole thing that Burke pulled off is magic.

[@yoholmes273]

For the brothers themselves...& also us fans...it was a dream come true.

[@deusvult6920]

Maybe then 1 of them would have actually won a cup

[@jmbd1593]

Yeah Brian Burke deserves mad respect for pulling this off.

[@bananian]

Imagine the wce, the sedins, and luongod, and rick tocchet as coach. No way they losing!

[@onebluestone]

"Running out of questions here, kid." What a great line. lol

[@MichaelC-no8dx]

This is fantastic. Burkie is a gem

[@ThatGirlMisty]

Apparently not, if his decision resulted in decades of toiling in mediocrity for his own team.

[@86rshingles]

Was hardly the drafting of the sedins that caused mediocrity in Vancouver. They played above their contracts during the entire time since the salary cap was imposed. Nobody they could have drafted instead that would have remotely been even anywhere near as good

[@jelwy7]

Burie was always a blowhard who accomplished nothing. This guy had an excuse for everything! Getting the sedums wash his big achievement.

[@MichaelC-no8dx]

@@jelwy7 pro player, coach, stanley cup gm, varous executive roles, now broadcasting. "Accomlished nothing" not sure what your standards of accomplishment are, maybe you should write a book on your own accomplishments as they must be stellar

[@jelwy7]

@@MichaelC-no8dx what has he ever won? This dude is the picture of arrogance. Defending the Todd Bedtuzzi assault was disgusting.

[@alexrowdyrodrigues9716]

The Sedin Twin draft was Burke's greatest moment ever and I don't care what anyone says about Brian Burke but guy is a gem!

[@bigb7422]

I met Brian Burke early on when he joined the canucks. I didn't know who he was, saw the logo on his shirt and asked him about Larionov and Krutov. Gave me a 2 minute response and was very polite and engaging. He is a solid dude.

[@tthreepo4291]

I could watch Hey Burkie's and Trade Tree's all day long...

[@snowfloofcathug]

You might recognise their home team/town Modo Örnsköldsvik from players like Peter Forsberg, Markus Näslund, and Victor Hedman

[@nhlvan]

The crowning achievement of Burke's career and one of the best draft day trades (or series of trades) in NHL history.

[@bananian]

Imagine having the Niedermayers and luongod!

[@Trillyana]

I never thought about the logistics of how the same team was able to draft both identical twins. The Morris twins in basketball were also drafted one pick apart, but by different teams, and weren't on the same team until a trade 2 years later.

[@justinanderson3241]

Same with Markieff and Marcus Morris in the 2011 NBA draft. Picks 13 & 14 overall.

[@cheeseoh]

@@justinanderson3241 that's literally what they just said lol

[@AlexFantasy88]

Season end!! Noooo. Can't wait for the next season of this

[@gocanuckurself1]

Genius maneuvering. Jim Benning could never.

[@pravleenminhas3594]

I honestly don’t get critics like you. Burke just said this was the worst draft heading into it so people wanted to move picks which made it easier. In today’s game draft picks are essential to build the core of the team. Every GM has a hit an miss I’ll admit he’s not the best at signing players that handcuffed us and his trades are meh but at the time we hired benning we had nobody in our farm system to build a core around and benning was known for his scouting now we have players like petey, Hughes, podkolzin, I think juolevi could be a solid player he’s had injury issues and a solid goaltender and a future goaltender compared to what we had back then to what we have now benning deserves some credit for his draft picks. Virtanen now didn’t pan out but at the time of the drafted all the fans wanted a home grown kid and that was virtanen now that he didn’t pan out pitchforks are out for benning to be fired I’m tired of fans jumping off right away when something doesn’t pan out

[@Electricalphil]

@@pravleenminhas3594 100%. Most "Fans" don't realize that their constant braying about "win now" with the Sedins saddled us with the eriksson contract. We should have been rebuilding. They also soured our relationship with Linden, because that's what he wanted but got shouted down by management that were under pressure from fans.

[@pravleenminhas3594]

@@Electricalphil exactly the the fans and ownership group are the worst because we can never go through a solid rebuild and hockey is the toughest to rebuild a team and you don’t know how player will do when drafting a kid that is 18 and assessing his ability to play in the future by looking at his skill set now. Look at Edmonton they have been going through a rebuild and they were gifted multiple #1 overall picks and only a couple of those panned out in our franchise history we didn’t have a single #1 overall yet I believe our future is brighter than Edmonton in the next couple of years. If the Canucks ever draft a kid and just one person doesn’t work out some canucks fan throw a fit like “we should have never drafted this guy what were they thinking”. We treated players like luongo, naslund, ohlund, Kesler like crap in their later years but whenever they make a guest appearance fans go nuts and that’s what pisses me off about “these fans”

[@jejsemin33]

@@Electricalphil Give me a break bud. Yes blame the fans, because they made the final decision on who the Canucks signed contracts with. He should've came out and admitted when needed retooling. Would've been hard to swallow, but if he was a good GM he wouldn't pander to the fans and do his job. It's not just Loui's contract it's also Myers, Roussel, Beagle, and Holtby & Virtanen instead Toffoli were all recent bad signing/decisions, it's not just one that's handcuffed us. He's a good scout, no doubt but that does not make him a good GM. He needs to be good at all aspects of the job not just one

[@pravleenminhas3594]

@@jejsemin33 I believe virtanen was coming off a good year that year and virtanen is younger where Toffolli is older and didn’t know how much of an impact he would make. The assumption was that virtanen turned it around and toffoli was in the later years of his career obviously hindsight is 20/20 but do you honestly think benning would come out and say we need a rebuild he would’ve been fired had he said that because the owner is a tool and he’s stubborn I’m certain that he was in benning’s ear to sign these players so they could still compete clearly that’s not the case. Of course a GM is supposed to be good at all facets of the position but look at what benning started with and look at what we have now. We have a solid group that we can build around

[@christianstokes1468]

As a hawks fan I love this series lol.

[@SD_BRFC1997]

As a pens fan same burkie is a legend and his stories just keep getting better and better

[@moappleseider1699]

@@SD_BRFC1997 As a Wings fan you both can suck it!! lol But no really this is a great series.

[@SD_BRFC1997]

@@moappleseider1699 it’s one thing most nhl fans can agree on wether you like him or not burkie has some awesome stories

[@moappleseider1699]

@@SD_BRFC1997 Absolutely. We need this to blow up so they keep making them.

[@lukethompson2714]

Marc Andre fleury is a Blackhawk

[@winner198]

I hope Jeff and Burkie continue this amazing series. My kids love them, learning hockey history in the coolest way.

[@johnledlin5613]

after careful consideration, I love this Hey Burkie stuff. Man is a gem.

[@TommyBoy8771]

Love how at 2:22 you can see the BROS band warming up, and then their song starts playing a bit later. Little details like this make an already excellent video even better!

[@TomasCyr]

Really love these, was afraid they'd stop after Burke got on with a team

[@livinglegend010]

I love this burkie videos, can literally watch them over and over.

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

This was awesome! You guys gotta do Burkie interviewing Yakupov during the draft hahah

[@masonleite9504]

The attention to detail in the animating is impressive!

[@gopropeterchockey]

I used to listen to Burkie's weekly radio appearance on Dan Russell's Sportstalk show in Vancouver in the 80's. I love listening to his stories.

[@huntercopeland9371]

Not only are these incredible stories and well animated, but I’ve also discovered some great new bands from the songs you guys put in. More of these please.

[@spartan4196]

Perhaps the best draft the canucks have ever had

[@ILoveMisty1985]

Dang! This might be the best episode of Hey Burkie! Great to hear of the legendary draft moment straight from the source!

[@DavosSeaworth]

Greatest deal 'n steal in draft night sports history.

[@JanetCrosscheck]

Priceless!

[@TrevorStackhouse]

This is some of the best content put out by Sportsnet. Please do more episodes next season!

[@DJFlozone]

I could listen to this story so many times

[@ediaz951]

Man I love these shorts with Birkie! keep them coming! Also can you guys release a 15-30 min compilation of these! they are so good!

[@MuddyTubMedia]

Had to watch this after reading Burke’s Law. Fantastic stuff

[@prabhjotbains4431]

This was a great watch, Keep these going!

[@leftlegcemetery]

I really could watch these for HOURS!!! I'm just left wanting more. Well guess I'll rewatch all the other ones 😅.

[@NHLroyrocks]

for the love of everything holy, keep making these!

[@romainlavoie1526]

Beautiful story! Top Notch!

[@ar-whelan8588]

First thing I've seen in a long time with Sportsnet attached to it that I've liked.

[@mq830]

LOVE THESE!

[@kevinsingleton4618]

This is awesome. Make this a recurring series

[@MrArzha]

Never stop making these!

[@habh8r77]

Love these Burkie insights

[@jaredcook4577]

These are great.. well done Burkie!

[@WillFromFinland]

This was awesome. Learned some new stuff today!

[@maqywhaq]

Awesome piece~

[@YPM-fx4yj]

one of the best moves in history on draft days watched 22 and 33 since their prime until the end of their career was a blissing

[@jeffreybarry4694]

I loved this. More please!

[@kota3233]

loved these videos, hope for more!

[@jordanwillnance]

Love these.

[@DOW-E]

Very well done production. 👍

[@michaellee8815]

So Atlanta traded a Sedin for the guy who’d end up the most famous missed empty net highlight of all time lol

[@shiraz9456]

Love the animation style

[@deBebbler]

I'm a big fan of Trade Trees, but these Burkie videos are making a strong second place showing. Great video, excellent funk, too. More please.

[@Samsquamsh]

Great series. More Burkie stories please.

[@daniktherrien8319]

Thank you ❤️

[@kevvymetal666]

these are great!

[@calyth6615]

The series content's good, and honestly, I quite enjoy the art style.

[@rileykazama3145]

F in the chat for the Atlanta Thrashers logo

[@daveblock4061]

Loved you book Burkie!

[@sebastientrudeau8090]

That was a really nice video !!!!

[@bucketsoyeah]

I love these

[@nickgage1953]

Great video.

[@JohnDaleCP]

I love that EJ, Chuck and Kenny are with Ted Turner in the table :D

[@MrChumpen]

Love this video!

[@thethomasj1795]

Burke twisting the knife into Neil Smith and every Rangers fan a bit more when speaking of Pavel Brendl.

[@patton303]

Please don’t ever stop making these.

[@danielg5247]

Love it!

[@Toastbastard]

Here 23 years to the day.

[@Austin-hm6qq]

This could be the best hockey series on youtube

[@autumntwom3251]

Man I miss these videos :(

[@Canuckle19]

Legendary

[@99nintynine99]

More please.

[@tydance8865]

Amazing video crazy how the twins were drafted in Boston and lost to the bruins in the finals… game 7…

[@marksmith2339]

My fav is the beginning of the show when everyone says hi Burkie

[@scotpeter93]

awesome

[@othaVada]

I like the fact that Burke regrets that he said Daniel & Henrik Sedin. But really, after all that work getting the picks, Burke can say whatever the hell he wants.

[@September2004]

So good these are still going on despite Burke now with the Penguins.

[@westshorebassfishing3205]

That franchise is so good 😅

[@R6TissueMe]

I like this series

[@Trump4Life2024]

That was pretty good

[@kyletorres8510]

Yo this song at the end is a banger

[@thedracophile]

Did you see who's on the 1999 Swedish World Championship team? One of the best names in hockey . . . Per Djoos!

[@buddyk1674]

Hey Burkie is SportNets best youtube bit!

[@jimmybaldbird3853]

I was there in the Fleet Center

[@superman6210]

Cool

[@jakejessup7216]

Yeah great picks. All those Stanley Cup banners in the arena really back them up

[@frankb2099]

This should be on TV

[@astroboyvr]

Love Burke Not much of a reader but I really enjoyed reading his book Well let me rephrase that i really enjoyed listening to his book Have him do one about being on time from his book

[@rodriguezchen]

Really well made…..

[@vincentfiset-ricci4373]

nice video

[@matthewlo7868]

I know Burke’s with the Penguins now, but I would love another season of #heyburkie!!

[@Iambetterthanyouanduknowit]

So basically Ted turner was the reason Vancouver scored the twins that is awesome lol

[@GoodMenstruationAttitude]

this series kills

[@THELEAFSFAN]

WOW

[@Iselas181]

I want a podcast of this.

[@PeteNice29]

This is the best thing on KZbin

[@iampete8692]

"We're in trouble if they jump the twins"

[@justin.post99]

“Don’t push me”

[@justin.post99]

@@MajorCanada it’s understandable

[@sneakyninjaedit]

@@justin.post99 Doesn't want to be known as a soundbite

[@iampete8692]

@@sneakyninjaedit Everybody wants to win

[@makisupap5670]

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