@NYNJHarper The Mets are further away from a WS than when Cohen first took over. Unplayable players at 1B, 2B and potentially 3B if Bichette opts out or if this is who he is going forward. Gutted rotation and all their best prospects are on the team now.
@PSLToFlushing@cbarb1125 Maybe not this bad but bringing back Senga, Peterson, the spring training of Manaea, injury risks in Polanco and Robert presented a ton of downside risk.
@PeteTheGreek13 Even worse the bar for making the playoffs in the current format is just be a little better than .500
We’re not asking for them to be brilliant, just a touch better than competent.
70-92 over their last 162 games.
@JFreshHockey Larkin has more of an excuse, he’s been around long enough and management has failed him and others.
Tkachuk is what it is. Would it have looked better if this was next year where he told the Sens he wouldn’t extend like Matthew did to CGY, maybe.
@JFreshHockey The league as a whole, both players and teams, get upset that someone or some team will take advantage of behavior that isn’t specifically forbidden in the CBA. Maybe draft a better CBA?
@JFreshHockey It’s the new “we need to do something about non-income tax states” which replaced “we need to fix LTIR loopholes” which replaced “eliminate these extra long term deals to bring down AAV”
@VictorSfor92210@nhljersh@ZarkAttack@AdamZHerman Pretty much. Only need a sliver of the NYC metro population to care and you can fill up MSG on a nightly basis. While there were decent sized watch parties in 2014, you weren’t having entire streets crowded with projectors on the side of buildings.
@nhljersh@VictorSfor92210@ZarkAttack@AdamZHerman Most hockey players are relatively normal sized, throw on street clothes, hats/shades and they blend in pretty well.
Outside of the fans that wait outside of MSG for autographs it’s pretty easy for these guys to walk the city unnoticed.
@AdamZHerman No one outside of the hardcore NHL fans give a shit about the Rangers right now. Not in the afterglow of the Knicks championship and the World Cup. Even in NY outside of the Knicks it’s when is Judge going to be back/LOLMets making the news.