Washington Capitals to buy CapFriendly website. [UPD 7/10/24 Site closed down.]
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Yukon Joe
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There's too much demand for this sort of information - both from fans and from NHL teams themselves. Another website will emerge - after all that's what happened when Capgeek went down.
Of course what the NHL should do is release this informaiton themselves, that way they have more control over it. Of course I don't expect that either...
Of course what the NHL should do is release this informaiton themselves, that way they have more control over it. Of course I don't expect that either...
How does Capfriendly accumulate their data? Do they fastidiously review every NHL contract? Do they have individuals in the league office that supply them with the info? Sources within every NHL team (maybe part of their TOS for subscribing franchises)?
If any of that is the case, then being owned by an NHL team would likely reduce the value. I can't imagine the league or any other organization would provide them with info if it benefits only one franchise. If the information is all available for public consumption, could the information and formulas be copied and instituted on another site?
If any of that is the case, then being owned by an NHL team would likely reduce the value. I can't imagine the league or any other organization would provide them with info if it benefits only one franchise. If the information is all available for public consumption, could the information and formulas be copied and instituted on another site?
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varsaku
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Not making salaries public protects the team management in contract negotiations. If i was the NHLPA, i would publish the salaries to provide more power to the players during contract negotiations. MLSPA publishes all salaries.
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Moose Head
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Seems like the NHLPA should start up their own Capfriendly type site.
cbcwpg
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NHL’s relationship with CapFriendly was ‘icy’ before Capitals’ purchase, sale has left teams without internal infrastructure ‘scrambling’
The Washington Capitals sent shockwaves through the hockey world when it was revealed on Sunday that they purchased the popular salary-cap site…
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LadyStanley
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Sharks have a system in place so did not need to purchase CF.
Golden_Jet
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Hey Walsh why didn’t you buy it.NHL’s relationship with CapFriendly was ‘icy’ before Capitals’ purchase, sale has left teams without internal infrastructure ‘scrambling’
The Washington Capitals sent shockwaves through the hockey world when it was revealed on Sunday that they purchased the popular salary-cap site…
varsaku
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Still can't believe a multi billion dollar business doesn't already have a system or process to track and analyze contracts. It still blows my mid looking back at the whole Dadanov no trade clause fiasco.
Voight
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They'll have connections similar to CF for sure. Lotta former players are in media & front office roles.
i read/heard somewhere that swish may be the reason for the purchase, and capfriendly just a bonus for Leonsis. Sorry, i dont have a source for that.
Kirk Van Houten
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The trade the Caps made today only makes the fact they bought CapFriendly more hilarious
LeHab
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Salaries will still be published just not as nicely aggregated in a single site. Hopefully others within community step up and see the opportunity. Looking forward to how Gen AI like chatgpt will be able to aggregate this and present in different formats.Not making salaries public protects the team management in contract negotiations. If i was the NHLPA, i would publish the salaries to provide more power to the players during contract negotiations. MLSPA publishes all salaries.
MLS Players Salary Guide | MLS Players Association
Every year the MLS Player Association releases our annual salary guide, listing each player in the MLS along with their current salary. We see this transparency as an extremely important part of our mission to support and protect the player community.
Walsh is right about one thing - whether it's the CapFriendly purchase or the treatment of Quebec City market the league kicks its fans whenever it has a chance. They seem to get a weird, cheap thrill out of it.NHL’s relationship with CapFriendly was ‘icy’ before Capitals’ purchase, sale has left teams without internal infrastructure ‘scrambling’
The Washington Capitals sent shockwaves through the hockey world when it was revealed on Sunday that they purchased the popular salary-cap site…
Takuto Maruki
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The bolded completely (and in my mind, knowingly) ignores that as much as PKP were willing to make political hay out of a QC NHL team, enough to get billions to replace Colisee Pepsi (that this wistful pining is also coming from the same guy who believes that Calgary shouldn't be given a free ride to do the exact same thing with the Flames is not lost on me in terms of irony) that PKP have been awfully silent when it comes to actually paying the money for an expansion team, and have been that since Vegas and Bill Foley set the going rate.
I was talking about the market and not the facility. From what I know of the situation the damage is done in QC. Here in Calgary the disaster is in its early stages (The damage can still be limited) and can still be averted by more competent people.
Tweed
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I'm gonna start Capunfriendly... and it's only gonna have 31 teams.
Chileiceman
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Fourier
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I was wondering the same thing. I understood it was supposed to go dark last Friday.
dj4aces
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That was a theorized date. In the end, the site will finally come down as soon as the league tells the Caps to take it down, or when the Caps finally decide to take it down.
