06-09-2024, 12:59 PM
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Capfriendly sold, has gone offline. RIP CapFriendly.
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It won’t happen until July, but according to multiple sources, the Washington Capitals have reached an agreement to purchase the outstanding CapFriendly website.
These same sources stressed that both the Capitals and CapFriendly wanted the site to be publicly available and independently operated through the 2024 NHL Draft and the start of free agency, so it is not expected the sale will be official until at least July 5.
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You can definitely see why a team would want this infrastructure. After the transaction officially closes, the website will go dark.
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Last edited by ComixZone; 07-10-2024 at 01:02 AM.
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06-09-2024, 01:00 PM
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ugh, lame.
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06-09-2024, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: NC
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Why?
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06-09-2024, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
Why?
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I bet if you clicked the link...
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MMF is the tough as nails cop that "plays by his own rules". The force keeps suspending him when he crosses the line but he keeps coming back and then cracks a big case.
-JiriHrdina
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06-09-2024, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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I don't get this purchase.
Someone will come and recreate the exact same or better product. Relationships to source contract information won't be easy, but not insurmountable.
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06-09-2024, 01:03 PM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Pretty ####ty news.
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06-09-2024, 01:05 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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#### the caps, that's ####ty news.
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06-09-2024, 01:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dustygoon
I don't get this purchase.
Someone will come and recreate the exact same or better product. Relationships to source contract information won't be easy, but not insurmountable.
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It's a pretty well designed product.
There will still be sites to view team caps, but I doubt they will be as well put together and have as much functionality.
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06-09-2024, 01:08 PM
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First Line Centre
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Anyone with web dev expertise who is good at math and likes hockey just got a huge business opportunity…
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06-09-2024, 01:08 PM
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All I can get
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Rebranded to Caps Unfriendly
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06-09-2024, 01:10 PM
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Absolutely brutal. Corporate purging of third party API usage is just another in a long line of the big guys kicking the consumer in the nuts.
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06-09-2024, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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That sucks. Hopefully another site will replace it as I would think all the data is public.
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06-09-2024, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Originally Posted by BigThief
I bet if you clicked the link...
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I did, and the question remains the same. Why is a team able to do that and only screw over the consumer base that uses it? The Caps are acting like this is going to help them get the upper leg when I feel like all nhl clubs have something similar to this, if not then have the legitimate resources to not have to depend on capfriendly.
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06-09-2024, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
That sucks. Hopefully another site will replace it as I would think all the data is public.
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It's public in the sense that it's out there.
But you have to design databases, gather the data and feed it into there.
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06-09-2024, 01:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
That sucks. Hopefully another site will replace it as I would think all the data is public.
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Hopefully quickly, before Washington can but copyrights in place.
Then their purchase goes through anyway and they've essentially wasted their money for no competitive advantage.
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06-09-2024, 01:18 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
I did, and the question remains the same. Why is a team able to do that and only screw over the consumer base that uses it? The Caps are acting like this is going to help them get the upper leg when I feel like all nhl clubs have something similar to this, if not then have the legitimate resources to not have to depend on capfriendly.
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I think most NHL clubs don't have a system like this since capfriendly was available.
A system as fleshed out as this would cost 100s of thousands to create.
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06-09-2024, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Understood that the value is in the software and data management program that is the basis of Capfriendly, but if CapGeek managed to have a similar system, I would hope someone else could as well.
Not sure it would be worth it, as I have no idea what revenue a site like that can generate.
Edit: Or the NHL creates a fan friendly page that has this info. They must have it.
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06-09-2024, 01:22 PM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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My guess is the Caps are making this purchase less to get the website infrastructure and more to make sure the guys who built an extremely intricate LTIR tool are the ones helping to manage their own cap and maximize their LTIR ceiling. All the extra data is just a bonus.
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06-09-2024, 01:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
That sucks. Hopefully another site will replace it as I would think all the data is public.
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Puckpedia is the closest I think?
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06-09-2024, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Understood that the value is in the software and data management program that is the basis of Capfriendly, but if CapGeek managed to have a similar system, I would hope someone else could as well.
Not sure it would be worth it, as I have no idea what revenue a site like that can generate.
Edit: Or the NHL creates a fan friendly page that has this info. They must have it.
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The NHL can’t even make NHL.com fan friendly for looking up scores, that website is horrible and it rhymes with smooshmortion.
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