Donnie & Dhali's Rick Dhaliwal & Calgary Flames Radio Play-by-Play Derek Wills (9/18/26)

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Bob Stauffer 0:00

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Bob Stauffer 0:43

All right. We're gonna head off to the River Cree Resort Casino hotline, the River Cree Resort Casino excitement, bet on it. Hell's kitchen has opened up. At uh the River Cree and Hell's Bells might be appropriate for the next segment. We welcome to the show. Longtime Vancouver based personality from the Donnie and Dolly show Rick Dollywall and Calgary Flames radio play by play voice Derek Wills. Hello, Rick, how you doing? How you doing, Bob? As always a pleasure to come on your show, pal. Much appreciated. And uh Derek, thank you for playing along. Congratulations uh with joining the chorus family down in Calgary. And uh well, it is gonna be f I here here's the deal, guys. I'm not one of these guys that likes crapping on other markets for the sake of crap, because I'm in Edmonton.

Bob Stauffer 1:31

And there were tough times in Edmonton. Uh you know, I started doing the game I'm in year nineteen and in two thousand eight till the McDavid draft, those were you know, the the so called decade of darkness in oil country. But when we look at the flames and we look at the canocks, I think it's faced it's fair to say and uh maybe Derek we'll start with you. You know, Calgary they're in a bit of a rebuild, aren't they?

Derek Wills 1:55

Well hi Rick.

How do Rick Dollywall and Derek Wills describe the Flames’ and Canucks’ rebuild histories?

Derek Wills 1:56

Hi Bob. Uh yeah, they are definitely in a rebuild. And uh you know what? Uh I'm like you, Bob. Uh I just want both teams to be good. And both teams were good back in twenty twenty two and we've got the first battle of Alberta in the Stanley Cup playoffs in thirty one years and yeah, the Orders won that series in five games, but you know, it was still a ton of fun to be a part of. And I think it would be great if the Canucks were good. And the flames were good and the orders were good. It would just build already good rivalries. So, you know, as a guy who admittedly grew up a diehard Oilers fan in Maple Leafs territory. And then of course uh over for Peter Maher. And uh, well, when you're working with a team or for a team, you become a fan of that team.

Derek Wills 2:39

So I certainly am pro Flames these days. But you know what? Uh the Caducks and the Orders of the Flames' biggest rivals. It would be great if All three teams were good.

Bob Stauffer 2:47

Yeah, I'm w I'm with you. The the best case scenario is that the top three teams in the Pacific division every year would be, you know, some combination of Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver with obviously the Otter's number one, says the guy who's employed by the Otters Entertainment Group. Rick, you're out in Vancouver. I infamously said a couple of years ago when f uh Canucks fans went after Connor McDavid, Vancouver. Two riots, zero cops, you know what I'm saying? I'm telling you right now, Bob, is it's a big

Rick Dhaliwal 3:15

Is this show going to the dogs already or what? No, my dog I got an Australian Shepherd Mini. He goes nuts when he sees anybody uh uh Leo, great dog. Uh anyways, he's going nuts in the uh driveway here. Here's what I wanna say to you guys about Vancouver, uh, Bob. This new regime here, the Sidine twins. and Ryan Johnson. Uh these guys, uh, they got a plan They're gonna be patient. Fans are are on board for the rebuild of Vancouver. It is shocking, Bob, that in twenty twenty four the Canucks took the orders to game seven, round two.

Why do the hosts think the top three Pacific Division teams should include Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver?

Rick Dhaliwal 3:50

And here we are two years later in a rebuild, starting a rebuild. But I wanna uh remind you that Trevor Linden, when he was president, asked the owner of this hockey club in twenty seventeen to do a rebuild and the owner said no