Washington's learning from their little politician friends. Typical DC. Meanwhile,Leonsis spends all his time crying about "big markets ruining the league",like he's NOT just another billionaire POS. These owners are all alike
This is the first I'm hearing it, and I first thought "Maybe they're just buying the URL, not the website…"
Yeah no, they're buying it all. As a Caps fan, I offer my sincerest apologies for this stupidity. If any professional org should have bought this, it should have been the NHL, not an individual team.
I’m a Caps fan, and I think this is just stupid. It’s just TED FREAKIN LEONSIS WASTING MONEY. Why don’t we spend it on arena upgrades or something better than A DANG WEBSITE. (sorry I’m just mad)
as I said somewhere else: only way Caps can be more hated now is to hire Babcock so he can bench Ovi for the rest of his career 1 point shy of the record
Could someone copy the capfriendly interface and offer that site for free? If capfriendly is going away, then it wouldn’t really be competing with anyone since it’d be owned privately by the Washington Capitals.
Why did the capitals purchase this and not the owner of the team? I don’t know how it all works but I hope they aren’t using fan revenue to purchase this website
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Don't treat sports like a business if you're not getting weekly paychecks from said sport.
Washington's learning from their little politician friends. Typical DC. Meanwhile,Leonsis spends all his time crying about "big markets ruining the league",like he's NOT just another billionaire POS. These owners are all alike
What do you expect from a org that resigned fucking Tom Wilson to 6.5million/yr x 7 – lmao
What so nobody else can produce a spread sheet with public data. The horror.
The folks who ran Capfriendly had to sell out for this to happen. Can't blame em. But yes as a hockey fan this is insanely dumb.
This is the first I'm hearing it, and I first thought "Maybe they're just buying the URL, not the website…"
Yeah no, they're buying it all. As a Caps fan, I offer my sincerest apologies for this stupidity. If any professional org should have bought this, it should have been the NHL, not an individual team.
So how will other GM’s plan their roster moves? This was a low blow by the Capitals to the rest of the NHL GM’s.
Are the people that created Capfriendly signing a "Non Compete Clause"?
I’m a Caps fan, and I think this is just stupid. It’s just TED FREAKIN LEONSIS WASTING MONEY. Why don’t we spend it on arena upgrades or something better than A DANG WEBSITE. (sorry I’m just mad)
How to get the entire league against you in one easy step.
Caps are now the villians. Move them to France.
eliteprospects
Reading the comments and seeing how shitty all Caps fans are makes this make sense
F the caps
Never even used this app so I’m not affected
I still miss capgeek.
as I said somewhere else: only way Caps can be more hated now is to hire Babcock so he can bench Ovi for the rest of his career 1 point shy of the record
Terrible. Sorry for the caps fans as well. Must leave a really sour taste in their mouths having their org do something shitty like this.
undoubtedly, not undoubtably
Could someone copy the capfriendly interface and offer that site for free? If capfriendly is going away, then it wouldn’t really be competing with anyone since it’d be owned privately by the Washington Capitals.
I think if you truly loved Capfriendly, you'd AT LEAST be happy that it's creators got a serious bag for their efforts
A similar public site will be up by September, if not by the draft. Just a petty move.
Why did the capitals purchase this and not the owner of the team? I don’t know how it all works but I hope they aren’t using fan revenue to purchase this website
hockey-reference is a great sight maybe they can take over that market segment aswell
the internet is ass now. remember when it was useful?
I'm a Caps fan & this sucks. They're just hurting us. The professionals will get this information.
spotrac?
How does the nhl let theor professional sports teams but companies?? Like that makes no sense. This has gotta be resolved in the next cba
This move will forever curse that team… Was never a hater of the caps, but now F the Caps!!
Join together, Calgary fans and Edmonton fans,
Maple leafs fans and bruins fans, fuck the capitols management
I can't stand Leonsis. But that's personal from living in DC at one point.
I still like Spotrac, but it may be time to throw my hat into the ring and create my own site doing the same…