01-03-2015, 08:31 PM
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#21
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Damn, that sucks.
First extraskater, now Capgeek...
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01-03-2015, 08:46 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
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I doubt it will be down permanently, the owner is probably just taking time to evaluate what he wants to do long term.
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01-03-2015, 08:47 PM
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#23
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No reason not to take him at his word.
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01-03-2015, 08:50 PM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Wow, huge loss for hockey fans. Just goes to show how much we take for granted the hard work some people pour into the Internet. Great site.
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01-03-2015, 09:12 PM
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#25
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Da_Chief
noooo. why not sell it? the site is actually needed.
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I'm wondering if they left the email address on that last line in order to entertain offers.
Why else would you leave an email addy on a page dedicated to say goodbye? (or am I missing the very obvious)
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01-03-2015, 09:18 PM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: STH since 2002
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That sucks i loved using capgeek for contract info. It was such a unique hockey site.
Bad news indeed.
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01-03-2015, 09:18 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JonDuke
I'm wondering if they left the email address on that last line in order to entertain offers.
Why else would you leave an email addy on a page dedicated to say goodbye? (or am I missing the very obvious)
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Well that would be awkward considering the message specifically asks for no purchase inquiries.
If the NHLPA was smart they would launch their own version of the website.
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01-03-2015, 11:16 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Last edited by btimbit; 01-03-2015 at 11:41 PM.
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01-03-2015, 11:23 PM
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Really to bad, its rare that the feel and navigation of a small website is so seemless for the average user.
That site has always been one of my top three reference points when looking at moves in my Keeper league. A players contract was really a good reference for understanding a teams commitment to a player, and what type of role he was likely to play with them going forward. As I can't watch hundreds of games/year, with different teams every night.
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01-04-2015, 03:03 AM
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#31
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary
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Screw the loss of the website...I hope the owner recovers from whatever is ailing him, that's infinitely more important.
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01-04-2015, 06:44 AM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SW Ontario
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It was a great website... I would have guessed TSN or Sportsnet would have tried to purchase it at some point... guess he really didn't want to sell. Would have to think its worth a fair bit of coin.
All the best to the guy.
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01-04-2015, 09:41 AM
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#33
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
It was a great website... I would have guessed TSN or Sportsnet would have tried to purchase it at some point... guess he really didn't want to sell. Would have to think its worth a fair bit of coin.
All the best to the guy.
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Agreed - must have his reasons for not wanting to sell.
Tough hockey reference loss - one of the most revolutionary hockey resources created in recent times.
Have to think that someone will have a similar incarnation of this type of resource given its success - will be tough to match the original though.
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01-04-2015, 04:51 PM
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#34
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Behind the microphone
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The info from the site could be scraped via Google web archives, and someone could build a similar site.
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01-04-2015, 05:00 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Hopefully the guy gets through his health issues. Pretty much created what is the epitome of what useful information the Internet can provide, that wouldn't have existed 15- 20 years ago (assuming there was a cap back then of course).
Also, maybe he's already previously lined up a purchaser, in advance of his announcement?
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01-04-2015, 05:08 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SW Ontario
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Doubt it.. you'd want to keep the data and site up if you were buying it just so you don't lose your google rankings.
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01-04-2015, 08:32 PM
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#37
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Behind Enemy Lines
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Man, that sucks.
Anyone have alternative suggestions?
I'll play around with nhlnumbers.com, but there are other sites aren't there? I seem to recall another site that I used before, but I don't remember the name.
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01-04-2015, 08:56 PM
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#38
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Beautiful Vancouver Island
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Thoughts & prayers for the young fella.
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01-04-2015, 08:56 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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Originally Posted by devo22
ah crap. Big loss for the fans, that was a fantastic site in so many ways.
that being said, hope the owner gets well.
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For the fans? Cripes for the media and apparently the front office on some teams use it a lot.
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01-04-2015, 10:36 PM
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#40
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Behind the microphone
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Taking the site down might make the 'community' understand how much they want it, and the owner might feel he can get a better price for it then.
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