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

[Arthur Morgan]

The owner of the previous site before capfriendly- general fanager got bought by Vegas and their former owner is making all the cap moves for Vegas that people are complaining about. Why wouldn't Washington want that advantage too?

I dont really care to be completely honest with you. they could have developed their own or just use capfriendly as well and allow the fans to continue to use it instead of buying it and shutting it down. might just be a website and not a big deal to you but there's a big community that it effects and will be a giant trickle effect. even sites like elite prospects use info from capfriendly.

 

[Cancuks]

With the advancement of AI, it won't be long before we have AI run websites that can extract data from social media or the web.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I mean I dont hate you or any of the fans but I dunno how I can not be this way towards the caps right now.


also this is pretty minor, just wait till the site actually goes dark

No hard feelings on my end, I hate it too. I guess I’m happy that if someone had to buy it it’s my favorite team because it sounds like someone was buying it regardless but it still sucks nonetheless.

What sucks more to me is that the NHL is so dense and prehistoric that the Caps need to make an acquisition like this. Why does a multi-billion dollar industry need to rely on a tool made by two guys on the internet? Why haven’t they invested in software internally? Why do they insist on making the sport harder to follow and less transparent with its fanbase? I get the hate towards Washington since they’re the organization that ultimately won the acquisition process but to me it’s more irritating that this has to happen at all. You’re telling me the NHL can’t afford a few Product Managers and SWEs to do this internally?

 

[Arthur Morgan]

No hard feelings on my end, I hate it too. I guess I’m happy that if someone had to buy it it’s my favorite team because it sounds like someone was buying it regardless but it still sucks nonetheless.

What sucks more to me is that the NHL is so dense and prehistoric that the Caps need to make an acquisition like this. Why does a multi-billion dollar industry need to rely on a tool made by two guys on the internet? Why haven’t they invested in software internally? Why do they insist on making the sport harder to follow and less transparent with its fanbase? I get the hate towards Washington since they’re the organization that ultimately won the acquisition process but to me it’s more irritating that this has to happen at all. You’re telling me the NHL can’t afford a few Product Managers and SWEs to do this internally?

I agree with everything u said and likely if it wasnt the Caps it would have been someone else. your questions pretty much sums up my thoughts as well. I honestly CANT believe there's no pro capfriendly.

so basically if u play in a dynasty league the only difference between us and real GMs is they get paid for it..... unbelievable

 

[Some Other Flame]

Yeah this wouldn't be an issue if the league wasn't run by a bunch geriatric old clowns and had their own version available to the public. If the league won't do it, the PA should.

 

[Chainshot]

They will now be known as CapUnfriendly.

 

[ijuka]

With the advancement of AI, it won't be long before we have AI run websites that can extract data from social media or the web.

Uhh?

Not sure what you mean. Even I could run such a script permanently right now. It doesn't require any advancement. It doesn't even require AI.

It does require you getting around getting IP banned by the website you're trying to scrape, though. But that, again, has little to nothing to do with AI.

 

[Voight]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800674811561328660

I think Walsh is an idiot most of the time, but hes spot on here.

 

[Demandedace]

Ohh makes sense. They’re going to use it with their organization and by them purchasing other teams can’t use it. I’d be shocked though if other teams this day and age didn’t have their own version or program they use for similar uses as cap friendly.

Just sucks for us fans trying to mock up rosters and trades.

23 teams in the league use and rely on it lol. Fans may not like it, but there were other teams bidding for it and the caps won to gain a competitive advantage.

 

[Voight]

No hard feelings on my end, I hate it too. I guess I’m happy that if someone had to buy it it’s my favorite team because it sounds like someone was buying it regardless but it still sucks nonetheless.

What sucks more to me is that the NHL is so dense and prehistoric that the Caps need to make an acquisition like this. Why does a multi-billion dollar industry need to rely on a tool made by two guys on the internet? Why haven’t they invested in software internally? Why do they insist on making the sport harder to follow and less transparent with its fanbase? I get the hate towards Washington since they’re the organization that ultimately won the acquisition process but to me it’s more irritating that this has to happen at all. You’re telling me the NHL can’t afford a few Product Managers and SWEs to do this internally?

Whats crazy to me is the Rangers - a multi billion dollar team - do not have anything internal.

Then again, Glen Sather ran that team for years so it doesn't surprise me that much

 

[Viqsi]

I love how people are blaming this all on the caps as if their favorite team wasn't trying to buy it too.

Hi. I'm a Jackets fan.

 

[archangel2]

I assume that other have pointed out that the NHL once said no one cared about that site

 

[ranold26]

I'm guessing the NHL and some of it's member clubs don't like the fact that fans can add numbers and call-out terrible financial decision making by clubs/GMs.
STICK TO BETTING ON GAMES! - NHL

 

[Dotter]

Seriously, how hard would it be for someone to make a new version? A couple of motivated hardcore hockey fans with tech skills could easily build a database. It would make a killing if it were subscriber based.

I don't see why this is a big deal.

 

[uncleben]

Seriously, how hard would it be for someone to make a new version? A couple of motivated hardcore hockey fans with tech skills could easily build a database. It would make a killing if it were subscriber based.

I don't see why this is a big deal.

Where are you getting all the access to contract details from?

 

[Goptor]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800674811561328660

I think Walsh is an idiot most of the time, but hes spot on here.

He's an idiot here also.

He thinks the NHL upper management remembered they have a website.

 

[DearDiary]

We appreciate your feedback and will take your suggestion of f***ing off into oblivion under consideration.

Thanks. Keep us updated if anything changes.

 

[tom_servo]

CapFriendly? More like CapUnfriendly. Actually, it's downright CapHostile.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Yeah this wouldn't be an issue if the league wasn't run by a bunch geriatric old clowns and had their own version available to the public. If the league won't do it, the PA should.

Are there any other leagues that provide such a service to the general public, free of charge?

 

[Some Other Flame]

Are there any other leagues that provide such a service to the general public, free of charge?

Heaven forfend the NHL ever lead the way on anything

 

[McDNicks17]

Where are you getting all the access to contract details from?

I'd say that's a fairly minor part to it.

Capfriendly didn't start with them either. Once you become the default cap site, that's who the agents are going to talk to.

 

[Sky04]

I dont really care to be completely honest with you. they could have developed their own or just use capfriendly as well and allow the fans to continue to use it instead of buying it and shutting it down. might just be a website and not a big deal to you but there's a big community that it effects and will be a giant trickle effect. even sites like elite prospects use info from capfriendly.

Make your own then, why are you crying cause someone else is capitalizing on their own hard work. This is more about the owners of the site wanting to take the next step then it is the Caps buying them.

 

[Djp]

I’m sure somebody already have a clone in the works.

There is nothing trademarked or proprietary in it.

It's just a tool that displays data.

Unless I missed something, it doesn't really do player analysis or has it's own stats.

 

[Djp]

Presenting the data in a way that is easy to consume is hard. Capfriendly did it really well. We'll see if others can repeat that.

Therr has bern others out therr.

Remember cap gerk? Cap frirndly set things up similarly.

Therr was another site I used as well as cap geek at the time thsy had a similar roster construct. Onr think it had was historical roster facts going back s fee years.

cap friendly had its short comings too like not showing rights holding players that were unsigned

The nhl can also just set up a tool for these purposes.

Over the years you had other sites that created metrics for player evaluation that got bought or hired in analytics

 

[Djp]

I'd say that's a fairly minor part to it.

Capfriendly didn't start with them either. Once you become the default cap site, that's who the agents are going to talk to.

They will find another site to share it with

Make your own then, why are you crying cause someone else is capitalizing on their own hard work. This is more about the owners of the site wanting to take the next step then it is the Caps buying them.

Great for them selling. They had nothing that couldnt be recreated.