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Can someone explain the motivation to buy this? Still very unclear to me
You call the seller the "sellout" and the acquirer a "capitalist".If you are angry, be mad at the sellout, not the capitalist who did what capitalists do.
Smart move by Ted.
Capfriendly sold there services to multiple NHL teams. Capitals gave a number to privatize and own capfriendly.Can someone explain the motivation to buy this? Still very unclear to me
Before capfriendly there was general fanager. Vegas bought the site and hired the owner. Now he is the one who is making everyone mad with the cap manipulation
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Second this postGood 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.
That just doesnt seem like something that would be worth paying for...? It's not like other NHL teams wont make the investment to keep up once it goes dark. Just sounds like everyone loses. Caps lose because they have to pay cash for the site, and 31 other teams also lose because now they have to invest to keep up. Sounds like a great way to make 31 teams pissed off as well, which does NOT help the caps franchise...perhaps hurts them more.Capfriendly sold there services to multiple NHL teams. Capitals gave a number to privatize and own capfriendly.
Other NHL teams no longer get to use capfriendly.
They are hiring the expertise of the site creators. The last time this was done was by Vegas. I think they’ve been elite at cap since.That just doesnt seem like something that would be worth paying for...? It's not like other NHL teams wont make the investment to keep up once it goes dark. Just sounds like everyone loses. Caps lose because they have to pay cash for the site, and 31 other teams also lose because now they have to invest to keep up. Sounds like a great way to make 31 teams pissed off as well, which does NOT help the caps franchise...perhaps hurts them more.
If I had the skills to code a site like that, I would be taking vacation from my real job, building a clone, and starting it up now. So I am assuming that there is someone else out there who will start this page.I’m sure somebody already have a clone in the works.
This is my initial reaction too. Now my 3rd most hated team, after Calgary and Vegas, ha ha.f*** off Washington
f*** all the way off
There are still plenty of "Old Boys Club" types in team management with archaic views on how to build a team. Those types aren't really numbers guys and likely didn't even know CapFriendly existed.I'm not mad, I just don't get it lol.
How the f*** have teams not been tracking this over the last 20 years, that one needs to buy out CapFriendly?!
Because it's an independent private business that is, at its fundamental level, collecting and processing data that is publicly available and presenting it in a easy-to-view method. It's not a public service, it is a private entity and therefor isn't under the arm of the NHL to control it's sale. As they rarely present information that is private or secret there is no law stating that the NHL can influence it's sale or acquisition by another entity.I find this very upsetting on several levels. First of all, I love the site, it is the best source of accurate contract info, contract terms, cap numbers and space, as well as team depth charts and other info.
Second, I dont understand how this kind of transaction could be allowed by the league or in general. The legality of this seems very sketchy. This is an information source for the public, fans, reporters and 32 NHL teams. How could one of those teams be allowed to purchase this source and shut it down for everybody else?
Third, all I keep seeing are stories on WHAT happened, but not a single one about WHY it is happening? Does anybody have any information on this? What is the reason and purpose of the Capitals doing this? In what way is CapFriendly somehow harming them and not 31 other teams?
Honestly, I think if this is allowed to go through it sets a VERY bad precedent for all sites of this kind moving forward and their relationships with pro sports leagues.
Unlikable sack of shit team with unlikable sack of shit players and an unlikeable sack of shit owner does unlikable sack of shit thing.
It's a new month, and people need a new target that isn't Sam Bennett/The Hawks/Dubas/Bettman/ArizonaDo you have this same energy towards the guys who sold the website?
Why are yall acting like it was a hostile takeover lmao. This is capitalism!
I'm still 90% sure the fact that "cap" was part of the name had something to do with Washington's owner being the one to buy it.