RWJC Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Interesting: The Washington Capitals have moved to purchase the website CapFriendly, per Friedman. CapFriendly has become a central repository for information on NHL player and staff contracts, fantasy hockey tools, and lineup information among many other uses. The move will give Washington full access to CapFriendly’s extensive toolkit, though it will also force the site to publicly shut down on July 5th – keeping it active through the NHL Draft and beginning of free agency. Friedman shared that other NHL teams who had access to CapFriendly’s data were recently told their contracts would be termminated, suggesting a buyout was imminent. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/06/evening-notes-saros-capfriendly-dillon.html#ref=home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 April 1st was a couple months ago... But yeah, wtf? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck You Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Looks like the Caps will be winning the cup next season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJC Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 WORLD DOMINATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Well I guess a new website will have to be created Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 It's unclear if they are purchasing it because they don't want to pay someone to come up with all the algorithms CapFriendly uses and they think this is an easier way, or if there's some other kind of data CapFriendly keeps that's worth their while. I guess the can now run their own Armchair GM simulations now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJC Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 21 minutes ago, Devron said: Well I guess a new website will have to be created anyone want to partner up?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAA Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 https://puckpedia.com/team/vancouver-canucks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to hire a capologist? Also, the NHL should have bought the site and turned it into an NHL site for fans to follow along. Instead, they cheaped out and allowed a team to buy it to help them with circumvention of the cap... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 It is ridiculous that the NHL doesn’t have a site like this to improve fan engagement. Armchair GM, etc. Cant blame the site owners for building it up and selling it. Ad revenue isn’t going to be close to what an outright sale would bring in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJC Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 Going to lock thread as @Ghostsof1915 previously already started in General Hockey Discussion section. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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