Canucks News, Rumours, and & Fantasy GM | Will they stay or will they go, now?
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Puckpedia isn't bad to be honest, just not as clean and easy to navigate as capfriendly. And they have plans to (re)add a roster building tool
Jerry the great
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Oh totally, I don't disagree with that; there is no conceivable pathway to them starting the season without a top tier RHD playing beside Quinn Hughes. either: Roy, Demello, Tanev, via UFA, someone out of left field via trade or if they can't find a fit they like better, they'll bite the bullet and sign Hronek to a massive extension (not like this would be a horrible outcome) I could also see them doing something like Tanev with Soucy and taking a chance on someone like Jalen Chatfield to play with Hughes at ES. A Chatfield and Hughes pair would be really interesting IMO. I would see them going down a road like this is they sign a big 1st line UFA (Reinhart/Guentzel) and need to cut costs on the back end.
My original point was only really that i didn't think he'd be the first domino to fall because there's really no pressure to get anything done until arbitration, which happens weeks after the free agent frenzy has come and gone.
Just A Bit Outside
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Damnnit. Where else can I spend hours during the day working on hypothetical trades, FA signings and just avoiding work altogether?
StickShift
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While sad to see it go—the basis of that website shouldn’t be that difficult to recreate for an enterprising party.
The biggest issue would be having too many different parties trying to create the same site and flooding the marketplace.
I’m a bit surprised that the Capitals felt the need to purchase it. I thought for sure that each NHL team had their own internal resources to manage their salary caps and take into account different cap scenarios.
The biggest issue would be having too many different parties trying to create the same site and flooding the marketplace.
I’m a bit surprised that the Capitals felt the need to purchase it. I thought for sure that each NHL team had their own internal resources to manage their salary caps and take into account different cap scenarios.
The surprising implication of the capfriendly buyout is that there is not something equivalent internally for the league or front offices.
krutovsdonut
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It’s quite baffling that billion dollar+ franchises don’t invest in this. Even by just hiring a few talented data/engineer FTEs to develop and maintain a dedicated system, that would cost so much less than buying out an entire system for millions.
And pissing off fans league wide in the process. If anything they should let the public version stay
Baby Pettersson
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CapGeek. Now you can remember it and all the good times you had!
In other news good thing Benning ain't a GM anymore because he'd be screwed without Capfriendly!
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TruGr1t
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They bought the API, the website is collateral. Add me to the list of those surprised more teams don't do this in-house. Nice bit of work by the guys who started the site. Free market, good for them. Given the outcome, I'd expect something similar to pop-up rather shortly. Current group will probably have a non-compete, if most of them aren't hired by Washington.
Guess this was dollars-to-dollars materially cheaper than the Capitals building their own framework.
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Actually, Benning turned his office walls into a capfriendly of sorts
... a year before capfriendly was founded.
He had all the NHL team rosters up, with 700 player names and salaries.
I suppose capgeek and NHLnumbers may have been around at the time
... but what if the computers went down?
Or maybe Jimmy didn't know how to operate computers?
Anyhoo, who needs computers when you have walls!
Here he is in his office in August 2014:
Say what you will about Jim Benning, but he was a hard worker...
Baby Pettersson
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Big stalker vibes.Actually, Benning turned his office walls into a capfriendly of sorts
... a year before capfriendly was founded.
He had all the NHL team rosters up, with 700 player names and salaries.
I suppose capgeek and NHLnumbers may have been around at the time
... but what if the computers went down?
Or maybe Jimmy didn't know how to operate computers?
Anyhoo, who needs computers when you have walls!
Here he is in his office in August 2014:
Say what you will about Jim Benning, but he was a hard worker...
krutovsdonut
eeyore
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excellent. i recall thinking it was irreplaceable and now i recall nothing about its interface.
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Huh?
Jim Benning's remake of Canucks an uncluttered picture
He may be able to remake a team, but Jim Benning could use some help from Martha Stewart redecorating a workspace.
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Baby Pettersson
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My bad! Not you lmao!
Benning has big stalker vibes with all the paper plastered to his wall.
I will also show myself out.
Mr. Canucklehead
Kitimat Canuck
Actually, Benning turned his office walls into a capfriendly of sorts
... a year before capfriendly was founded.
He had all the NHL team rosters up, with 700 player names and salaries.
I suppose capgeek and NHLnumbers may have been around at the time
... but what if the computers went down?
Or maybe Jimmy didn't know how to operate computers?
Anyhoo, who needs computers when you have walls!
Here he is in his office in August 2014:
Say what you will about Jim Benning, but he was a hard worker...
I wonder how often he updated that. Did he factor in recalls and reassignments to the minors, waivers, trades, etc…
I wonder how long he spent at that wall with that marker.
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... and the whiteout.
Dunno, but I get the feel he worked hard and constantly on that wall.
Also…excel was a thing.
Garland makes more sense as a draft time maneuver, unfortunately. Could see him getting them back into the second round.
I can't imagine anyone taking on Mikheyev until after free agency... Draft time you're only trading for Mikheyev if you're getting picks to take him... And Canucks don't have any of those.
Peter Griffin
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Work smarter, not harder. This was probably lost on Jim.
It’s eerily similar to seeing photos of Einstein’s office when he was working on his theory of relativity.Actually, Benning turned his office walls into a capfriendly of sorts
... a year before capfriendly was founded.
He had all the NHL team rosters up, with 700 player names and salaries.
I suppose capgeek and NHLnumbers may have been around at the time
... but what if the computers went down?
Or maybe Jimmy didn't know how to operate computers?
Anyhoo, who needs computers when you have walls!
Here he is in his office in August 2014:
Say what you will about Jim Benning, but he was a hard worker...
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