Capitals to purchase CapFriendly website (upd: deal finalized, site has been shut down)

[joestevens29]

The fact that teams and agents use it is laughable. What did they do before cap geek?

People just got lazy and use to something that did their jobs for them.

That and there all alternatives so no biggy

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

So what happens when the next one comes along? Are the Caps gonna buy that one too. None of this makes sense.

 

[OilersFanatics505]

Good UI is very important to get to all the information.

Good UI isnt proprietary... go make your own.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799927214542344419

 

[majormajor]

Good UI isnt proprietary... go make your own.

Right, so now you have to hire someone to build UI for you, and there's a chance that it won't be good. You have to build something that your 67 year old GM will feel comfortable navigating, and that is going to fail sometimes.

 

[Hivemind]

Good UI isnt proprietary... go make your own.

Or, hire the guys that made that good UI.

 

[Ezekial]

Even if there are other resources the Caps can eat shit for doing this.

 

[HockeyF3ind]

This is so dumb. A new site will just rise as Capfriendly did when Gapgeek went down.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799927214542344419

They should have kept the acquisition secret and had the site go dark the day before UFA opened.

 

[Mr Positive]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799927214542344419

This is the strangeness of it to me. Is this gamesmanship, just to keep this away from other teams? If other teams use this, wouldn't they just use a different site? If those sites don't have full functionality wouldn't they push for it now?

I wonder if they just want the people involved and will use them to do other things like custom stat recording.

 

[Statto]

It’s a shame for the fans but I get why they bought it because it’s a great site. This isn’t a 6 month job for a one man band to replace it either, not to this standard.

Simply designing the data structures would take a lot of time. Then there is the GUI, tools and reports plus uploading the data current and historical. Simply testing it properly would be weeks of work.

Thats why the Caps bought it rather than build their own.

I expect any replacement will start much more basic and evolve over time.

 

[DANOZ28]

just joining conversation, why on earth would caps org do this? site has very good info but what do the caps gain?

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Apparently, there were a number of teams looking to buy them, and the Caps won.

So... I guess this isn't the Caps being 'assholes', it's the Caps 'willing to pay more than others' which shows that this isn't some scheme to shitter and shutter everyone else, this was a sought after product.

 

[Dog]

The fact that teams and agents use it is laughable. What did they do before cap geek?

People just got lazy and use to something that did their jobs for them.

That and there all alternatives so no biggy

I would not say lazy just became useful tool. It's one of many sites could use to determine what's going on with team(s). If cap friendly starts charging every month or yearly subscription I probably might not use the service anymore. Just based on their will be other sites could use to figure out salary cap, prospects, and draft picks. If I had to pay $10-$20 a year eventually would not mind if their was something else offered just don't see it as big deal. The problem lies with the name of cap friendly maybe that's why they want to purchase it.

 

[Claxton]

capfriendlier.com is coming soon still available

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

This sucks ass. Not cool at all. I hope some of the local beat writers ask about it.

 

[hockeykicker]

sounds like they are hiring the guy who runs capfriendly to their front office

 

[Forgetful]

Wonder if there's a non compete clause in the sale contract, be funny if there wasn't and they use the contacts they have just to start a new site in a few months

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

hope your right and its ready shortly after capfriendly shutdown. people will get over this too but right now its reasonable to be pissed at the caps

Capfriendly’s competition will jump at the opportunity to fill that void and get their payday, that’s how it usually goes.

 

[nowhereman]

The Caps are not a serious organization. This is so pathetic.

 

[hockeykicker]

CapFriendly was highly-regarded among NHL fans, media and even front office members. The site boasted data on player contracts including salaries, terms, cap hits and more. The site's owner, Dominik Zrim, had previously worked for two NHL front offices; the San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks.

so I bet the capitals said hey heres a job and bring your site with you

 

[PlushMinus]

Honestly if I was a Washington Capitals fan I'd even be pissed off at my team.

Many of us are.

I already thought Caps owner Ted Leonsis was an asshole and this only affirms it.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

lol c'mon man, I always enjoyed watching the caps but even caps fans should be able to admit this makes the organization look bad.

Capfriendly was a useful tool not only to league executives like GMs but it gave fans something to do and helped with understanding the salary cap structure of their team in more ways than one.

A replacement site will likely take a few months to get up and running in that time we wont have the resource and will need to rely on less quality websites.

Good thing next season is 4 months away and there are some existing websites providing similar information. All it takes is just for one of them to step up their game and fill the void.

I liked CapFriendly too, but I never spent a penny to use their platform, so I can’t complain when free stuff gets taken away.

 

[weastern bias]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1799927214542344419

Ted isn't gonna f*** you, bro

 

[OilersFanatics505]

The Caps are not a serious organization. This is so pathetic.

Didn’t multiple teams put in bids?