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Pijonty

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Forum: NHL10 juin à 12 h 7
Sujet: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #6: The Quest for Lord Stanley's Cup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pijonty</b></div><div>Man I made this account at the beginning of high school and in a few months I'll be a senior in college. <strong>This website almost made me want to become a sports mgmt major, and ik a friend who was heavily influenced by this site as well and it halfway through his degree.</strong> I rarely ever posted in forums or most AGM, but was always sure to be there in any AGM that involved the Jackets. Defending Boone Jenner as if he was my child, bringing up our 0 ever lottery wins, and stating my case of an impending Cup+Smythe for Bob that he's top 10 all time (and an impending better career than Price :sleepy )
This website also led me to meet on here a few Jackets fans who actually pay attention to the rest of the league and our team past the one they see on TV. I say a few as there is unfortunately not many, especially with the rest of the league case.
I will miss it. Looks like PuckPedia has the important info in similarity, but without the account interactions that feels like half this site is. Or a dark mode :(</div></div>

It’s funny that you mention that, I’m going to be starting a bachelor’s degree in management next year, and if everything goes well I’ll take a program of Sports Management to get my Master’s degree.

My love for hockey is what makes me want to do it and CF helped a lot.
Forum: NHL9 juin à 15 h 55
Sujet: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #6: The Quest for Lord Stanley's Cup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>EsoYeezus69</b></div><div>I know haven’t been the most active user for the past years (getting older, not having the same time on my hands), but I, like a lot of you have been on this website for quite a while now, and it absolutely sucks that everything just suddenly ends.

We’ve created so many memories from this, I know I have. From the countless arguments against delusional fans to the many memes done in the singing/trade threads (my favourite part) to the many AGM’s/mock drafts created, and to the endless conversations on here, time here will stay as memories for years to come.

CF was the heart of many people’s lives during COVID and helped the hockey community grow closer and closer, without this I wouldn’t of known all you awesome people.

It’s funny, a couple days ago I talked with my dad and we ended up on the subject of father time. It’s undefeated, nothing great lasts forever, you just have to appreciate it when it’s there.

One last time I’d like to thank CF and everyone on it (minus some delusional losers), for a great 5 year experience that I’ll never forget.

Ps: f-ck the caps</div></div>

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Forum: NHL9 juin à 15 h 49
Sujet: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #6: The Quest for Lord Stanley's Cup
I know haven’t been the most active user for the past years (getting older, not having the same time on my hands), but I, like a lot of you have been on this website for quite a while now, and it absolutely sucks that everything just suddenly ends.

We’ve created so many memories from this, I know I have. From the countless arguments against delusional fans to the many memes done in the singing/trade threads (my favourite part) to the many AGM’s/mock drafts created, and to the endless conversations on here, time here will stay as memories for years to come.

CF was the heart of many people’s lives during COVID and helped the hockey community grow closer and closer, without this I wouldn’t of known all you awesome people.

It’s funny, a couple days ago I talked with my dad and we ended up on the subject of father time. It’s undefeated, nothing great lasts forever, you just have to appreciate it when it’s there.

One last time I’d like to thank CF and everyone on it (minus some delusional losers), for a great 5 year experience that I’ll never forget.

Ps: f-ck the caps
Forum: Site Discussion10 juin à 1 h 51
Sujet: Washington Capitals to acquire Capfriendly, site to go dark
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>budgeteam</b></div><div>The NHL should have bought the site, not because the Capitals buying it provides them with an unfair competitive advantage, but because they need a legitimate database for this stuff and it seems like it would make more sense to buy a proven brand with a track record of doing a great job and work with them to make the website even better for fans and more useful internally for teams.

Fans are always looking for different ways to connect with the game, and hockey tends to have a very steep learning curve for the on ice stuff compared to other sports. I think that's why there are so many subcultures online that fans gravitate to, whether it be the cap side of things, advanced stats, or even things like goes who go to Icethetics and talk about jerseys. A major competitive disadvantage that the NHL has compared to other sports is that most people simply don't get the opportunity to play hockey growing up compared to other sports like soccer or basketball - and the game itself is seemingly more random with a steeper learning curve. So for fans who want to engage in it, this website would have had a ton of marketing potential to engage fans with things like the Armchair GM, trade machine, etc.</div></div>y'see... that assumes that the NHL has the best interests of its fans in mind.

we know this to <em>not</em> be the case. Gary Bettman has literally said that the NHL doesn't have this kind of website because fans don't care about this kind of stuff. the NHL FO cares <em>not a whit</em> about improving the fan experience in this manner. they already track everything internally through NHL Central Registry.

if anything, it's <em>not</em> in the interest of the NHL FO or team FOs to reveal this information to fans, because then they can continue to hide behind sad and pathetic excuses for not doing better, or whining about how "the salary cap makes our job too hard." moreover, making this public repository of player salary data inaccessible ends up taking power away from players and their agents and the NHLPA, in terms of trying to negotiate better contracts, and team owners will take any opportunity they can get to funnel more money into their pockets.
Forum: Site Discussion10 juin à 0 h 30
Sujet: Washington Capitals to acquire Capfriendly, site to go dark
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jacketsman61</b></div><div>I think the NHL should step in here and block this sale. The Caps are creating a competitive advantage against other teams in the league. If they created their own site to track this stuff that would be fine. But to buy a public website to create an advantage and screw over the NHL fans is quite another.</div></div>

I highly doubt that the Capitals are buying this website only to track cap. There have been a few different websites like this that have closed, and something new always pops up that at the very least provides tracking of contracts.

Either, the Capitals wanted to hire the people behind this website but the website was too profitable for them to leave - Or there is proprietary software or tools that this website owns that are of use. There is no way they would just buy it to track contracts.

The NHL should have bought the site, not because the Capitals buying it provides them with an unfair competitive advantage, but because they need a legitimate database for this stuff and it seems like it would make more sense to buy a proven brand with a track record of doing a great job and work with them to make the website even better for fans and more useful internally for teams.

Fans are always looking for different ways to connect with the game, and hockey tends to have a very steep learning curve for the on ice stuff compared to other sports. I think that's why there are so many subcultures online that fans gravitate to, whether it be the cap side of things, advanced stats, or even things like goes who go to Icethetics and talk about jerseys. A major competitive disadvantage that the NHL has compared to other sports is that most people simply don't get the opportunity to play hockey growing up compared to other sports like soccer or basketball - and the game itself is seemingly more random with a steeper learning curve. So for fans who want to engage in it, this website would have had a ton of marketing potential to engage fans with things like the Armchair GM, trade machine, etc.