Derek Wills
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73 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 6d ago
Derek Wills’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They drafted Leonardo third overall.
Yeah.
If you were to redo that draft, he goes first without question.
And then they win the draft lottery and hit Connor McDavid and you wind up with two of the best players on the planet and both guys re sign with the team.
So uh you gotta get a little lucky, but uh we'll
See if the Flames eventually get a little lucky.
To your point, they've never picked higher than fourth overall, and that was Sam Bennett uh back in twenty fifteen.
So they could use a little bit of luck in the draft lottery, but much like the Oiders fans back in the day and Canucks fans now, I would say that most Flames fans are on board with the rebuild, but
And I think this applies to every Canadian market and some American ones.
Be the 14-year rebuild of the Sabres, who got Jack Eichel second overall, would have gone first overall in a lot of drafts.
You get Rasmus Salin first overall, Owen Power, first overall, and you missed the playoffs for 14 consecutive seasons.
It didn't fly in Buffalo, which is a traditional hockey market.
It won't fly in Calgary.
Uh Rick, I think you'd agree it it won't fly in Vancouver.
So yes, fans are
Okay with a rebuild, but it can take a decade and a half.
No, absolutely not.
And you could argue they haven't been s the same since they lost that playoff series to the Orders back in twenty twenty two.
And did that factor into Johnny Goodreaux and Matthew Kachuk uh eventually leaving?
Maybe, maybe not.
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