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Originally Posted by Young_Guns
He truly is. I feel he is the Flames mouthpiece. This guy never seems to bash or criticize Brouwer, Bennett et al. He refers to Brouwer as a "puck retriever" on the powerplay and its pretty ridiculous. Seems like a puppet for the ownership if you ask me. Anyways, didn't mean to derail the thread, just thought I would chime in on Wills as he was brought up. Most of us probably took Peter Maher for granted, and now we realize how good we actually had it. We are lucky to have grown up with Maher & Whalen as the Flames voices.
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I don't remember Peter Maher ever criticizing a player. It might have happened but certainly not often or harshly enough that Wills should be getting heat over the comparison.
It might just be me, but I don't really expect the play-by-play guy to go on the radio and call out players for under-performing. A columnist or analyst is a bit different in my mind because their role is to discuss the performance of the team and stir up discussion. Since I don't see this as his role, I think it is pretty reasonable that he wouldn't want to do it when these are players he sees every day and travels with.