So is Horacek the worst coach in the league? The Leafs' best players may not know where the defensive zone is, but they actually have a fair bit of offensive talent. How the f*** is this team struggling to score more than 1 goal per game?
It feels like good teams are cutting better players than last year. I guess it makes sense, more separation between good teams and bad, and there are bad teams that will be protecting players not in the top-400 in keeper value.
It's kind of a shame, because Dickey has given the team two pretty solid seasons. If he had been signed to like a 3/40 FA contract or something we'd all be looking at it is a pretty nice buy. Unfortunately this was the texbook example of buying a player at his absolute peak value.
Steamer has him at 3 wins, and fan projections have him at 4 wins. Add another 1-1.5 wins for framing, and you have a hell of a player. He's good for a lot of the same reasons Russell Martin is good.
Mets could actually be sneaky good this year:
C - d'Arnaud
1B - Duda/Mayberry
2B - Murphy
3B - Wright
SS - Flores
CF - Lagares
LF - Granderson
RF - Cuddyer
Harvey
deGrom
Colon
Wheeler
Niese
Montero/Gee/Syndergaard
That's the best they've looked in awhile.