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

[NVious]

Capitals about to claim the new NHL salary cap was $880 million when they go over $800 million signing Duchene, Reinhart, Guentzel, Ohtani, Lebron and Ronaldo

 

[CanadienShark]

I vote for the next site to be called "CapUnfriendly" and have information for every team except Washington.

 

[Goptor]

Maybe the Capitals will keep it up but secretly fudge some numbers here and there, then make a trade with an altered player with the idea that the other team uses CapFriendly and messes up the trade.

 

[Cas]

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.

But that would require hiring and paying someone who knows how to use Excel (which also costs money).

 

[JianYang]

So assuming another capfriendly will eventually become available, what is the allure to the Caps for buying this?

If its replicable, how much proprietary value does it have?

 

[DAkings20]

Time for someone smarter than me to make bank making a replacement

 

[Killing Joke]

Unlikable sack of shit team with unlikable sack of shit players and an unlikeable sack of shit owner does unlikable sack of shit thing.

 

[Sun God Nika]

I think this is for the best capfriendly never really lived up to what capgeek was.

There will definitely be a third iteration there is too much public add revenue waiting for the next person to do it. Wish I had the website building expertise to do it

 

[NoShowWilly]

you'd think they'd have their own proprietary software like with analytics but i guess not. f*** you to the fans.

 

[uncleben]

This is absolutely terrible news for us

And Washington knows it. They just don't give af

Don't they have access to this stuff internally anyway?!?
If they don't have their own systems in place already, that's pretty laughable - and if it's just a matter of wanting an upgrade, can't they just purchase/license the CF infrastructure without closing down the public site?

 

[Golden_Jet]

So assuming another capfriendly will eventually become available, what is the allure to the Caps for buying this?

If its replicable, how much proprietary value does it have?

As mentioned in the thread, there are other sites available.

 

[4thline]

Hey, maybe the NHL itself will take this opportunity build a brdige to the fanbase and build a similar site with official information straight from central registry....

 

[93gilmour93]

What's the point in doing this? All it's doing is pissing off hockey fans

 

[Regal]

This absolutely terrible news for us

And Washington knows it. They just don't give af

Don't they have access to this stuff internally anyway?!?
If they don't have their own systems in place already, that's pretty laughable - and if it's just a matter of wanting an upgrade, can't they just purchase/license the CF infrastructure without closing down the public site?

This is what I was wondering. Maybe the site makers don’t want to put in the work anymore though?

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Why doesn't the NHL just have a site like this?

 

[Killing Joke]

What's the point in doing this? All it's doing is pissing off hockey fans

What was the point of him assaulting fans 20 years ago or his stupid new arena idea? He’s a moron and a shithead.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Puckpedia it is then.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Hey, maybe the NHL itself will take this opportunity build a brdige to the fanbase and build a similar site with official information straight from central registry....

Hopefully it’s better than the central registry that did not keep track of NMC’s.

 

[JianYang]

As mentioned in the thread, there are other sites available.

Okay, but that doesn't really answer my question about the value proposition of this investment for the Caps.

 

[pantherbot]

why the f*** would they do this? Caps just became my most hated team

 

[iCanada]

Only winners in this are the golden Knights, who are suddenly not the most disliked team in hockey.

f*** the capitals.

Doubtful this is much of a competitive advantage - most NHL teams likely have their own internal systems or would be able to get them made within 3-4 months. They aren't particularly complex.

 

[StrangeVision]

Bring out the guillotine.

 

[BLNY]

They purchased it to shut it down? I’m confused

Greed.

Only winners in this are the golden Knights, who are suddenly not the most disliked team in hockey.

f*** the capitals.

Doubtful this is much of a competitive advantage - most NHL teams likely have their own internal systems or would be able to get them made within 3-4 months. They aren't particularly complex.

Touche'

 

[Golden_Jet]

Okay, but that doesn't really answer my question about the value proposition of this investment for the Caps.

You’d have to ask Leonsis that.

 

[93gilmour93]

Only winners in this are the golden Knights, who are suddenly not the most disliked team in hockey.

f*** the capitals.

Doubtful this is much of a competitive advantage - most NHL teams likely have their own internal systems or would be able to get them made within 3-4 months. They aren't particularly complex.

Does he think by removing Capfriendly the rest of the league only gets info from that site and are now screwed

What a f****** loser....