If MTL is still without Piatti we should win if we think our team has the sum of talent to at least challenge the best in the league or to be in the conversation. Unless we are really decimated by injuries. I mean, MTL is the same team that was beaten 7-1 by SKC and they have very little talent outside of Piatti. They have been doing fine playing youngsters, defending in a low block, countering, and being lucky. If the likes of MTL are the kind of team we think is going to beat us easily, while missing their only remarkable player, just because they are at home, then it's going to be an awfully long season.
For me the table in the East means nothing at this stage, but if the team doesn't trend up to dominate a Piatti-less MTL like we dominated a much better DC, then there's no point in watching. I will continue to watch because none of us is sane, but it would be really disheartening. I think we clearly deserved a win at MIN, and that was fine because they are a clearly inferior team squad-wise and their best player was not 100%. If the teams we can feel about are only COL, Cincy and MIN, it's sad.
