I broadly agree with your assessment of the Teo stuff, especially in regard to the Seattle trade. That said, I can’t help but be frustrated by how the winter unfolded. As much as the road traveled on trades and FA is based on assumptions outside our knowledge or their control, it’s hard not to be annoyed at the team not signing a clear need (mashing OF), who was willing to come, in a non-cap system, while owned by the obnoxiously rich. I don’t think he’d have moved the needle in any meaningful way in terms of their place in the standings, but things might have felt more enjoyable or engaging game to game which while not the be all and end all, feels more important in the point of it all of being a fan in the first place than the current front office seems to understand.
Wow, and I thought Roger Goodell was a soulless, heartless monster. Rob Manfred is straight up evil.
These two make Gary Bettman look like a saint, even after the NHL bungled pride tape/nights.
I broadly agree with your assessment of the Teo stuff, especially in regard to the Seattle trade. That said, I can’t help but be frustrated by how the winter unfolded. As much as the road traveled on trades and FA is based on assumptions outside our knowledge or their control, it’s hard not to be annoyed at the team not signing a clear need (mashing OF), who was willing to come, in a non-cap system, while owned by the obnoxiously rich. I don’t think he’d have moved the needle in any meaningful way in terms of their place in the standings, but things might have felt more enjoyable or engaging game to game which while not the be all and end all, feels more important in the point of it all of being a fan in the first place than the current front office seems to understand.