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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Peter Maher was on with Mike Richards this week and I was immediately 15 years old again. I used to never miss a Maher/Richards segment - you could hear the admiration Richards had for Pete every day.
First of all, do we know if Maher retired on his own, or was he pushed out? Because if he was removed before he wanted to go, that's just awful. He's only 68 years old. He could've gone another 15 years.
Second. I'm sitting in my car wondering why Brad Curle is not the voice of the Flames. He's an exponentially better announcer than Wills, he's been here for fifteen years, and I don't hate listening to Curle on the radio. Maybe you think "sweeeeeeet victory" is lame, but I think it's lame when your lead broadcaster's institutional memory begins with the Findaway Flames (lol).
Third. The best play by play men are born on the east coast.
Peter Maher: Campbellton, New Brunswick.
Danny Gallivan: Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Bob Cole: St John's.
Cuthbert and Hewitt are from Toronto.
Derek Wills doesn't even have a Wikipedia page, so I don't know where he's from.
I miss Peter Maher and I wish he was still calling these games.
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I agree with this. Derek Wills tries hard enough but just isn’t good. His announcer voice he “puts on” is completely ridiculous. Peter loubardias is seriously horrendous too. It’s amazing that every game player x has “the best shift I’ve seen him have all year” “or as good a save he’s made all year” EVERY GAME! They feed off each other too, not in a good way. They just become more outlandish than the other one. They’re like jack Edwards but without the emotion and just the ridiculousness
I often wonder if Maher got pushed out. I thought at first maybe it wS something wrong with him and he wanted to quit before it got worse (like an Alzheimer’s type thing) I really hope not and from seeing him around he seems healthy and happy so curious what happened
I really miss the days of Peter Maher and Doug Barkley and Mike Rogers