e_prime 1,936 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Went to capgeek.com today and was greeted by the announcement that they have ceased operations? W T F ? I won't comment or speculate about the reasons why... Even though there is a short explanation... Is it really just a one man show? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 If this is really happening, my mind is blown, and a massive niche just opened up for someone ambitious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e_prime 1,936 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 I just wanna know where I'm going to go to get my reliable contract information from now on!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Nhlnumbers.com is the only other site I've heard of. I don't know how good or accurate they are though. I've always used capgeek. http://stats.nhlnumbers.com/teams/DET?year=2015 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 1,048 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 I've kept in touch with Matt on and off for years (for a short time he wrote about the Red Wings' prospects on this site before the turn of the century and branching out to Rivals.com and eventually RWC). We worked a bit on CapGeek together and this is truly sad news. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. I know the decision made tonight was an extremely difficult one for him.... 3 hillbillywingsfan, rick zombo and haroldsnepsts reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
number9 3,297 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 I've kept in touch with Matt on and off for years (for a short time he wrote about the Red Wings' prospects on this site before the turn of the century and branching out to Rivals.com and eventually RWC). We worked a bit on CapGeek together and this is truly sad news. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. I know the decision made tonight was an extremely difficult one for him.... First RWC, now this? I'm starting to fear LGW will go down. What's ever going on I hope the best for Matt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheXym 2,606 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Sending prayers for Matt. I can't imagine he'd give up CapGeek lightly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ram 240 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Super, super bummed. But hope he's all right. Appreciate his contributions over the years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hillbillywingsfan 792 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 I've kept in touch with Matt on and off for years (for a short time he wrote about the Red Wings' prospects on this site before the turn of the century and branching out to Rivals.com and eventually RWC). We worked a bit on CapGeek together and this is truly sad news. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. I know the decision made tonight was an extremely difficult one for him.... Matt is there anyway someone could help run it?...wow I hate to hear that. Was an awesome site. It was used many MANY times here. I hope everything is ok with him. In our thoughts and prayers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nawein 324 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Farewell to the single most impactful hockey site I've ever used. Hope everything works out well for Matt and his health improves quickly. Sending prayers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frankgrimes 1,836 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Sad news indeed one of the best hockey websites ever. Prayers and rights to Matt hopefully things work out for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickieDunn 2,571 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Matt is there anyway someone could help run it?...wow I hate to hear that. Was an awesome site. It was used many MANY times here. I hope everything is ok with him. In our thoughts and prayers. The announcement said it was due to health reasons, and that he doesn't want media or purchase requests about the site. So no, nobody can help him run it. I'm hoping that he's not selling it because he wants to restart it once his health issues are over. I know that it takes a lot of work, and it was mostly him doing it all. 1 e_prime reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Extremely disappointing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilmrt 636 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 Wow. This is really sad...I really hope for the best for Mr. Wuest. His health and family come first. About the site though....his tweet said that the site has "permanently" ceased operations. That language is extremely final. Why, I wonder? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,207 Report post Posted January 4, 2015 As someone who deals with health issues (kidney stones, back pain...) on a daily basis, I can understand and respect his decision. Ultimately, it's just a website, and hockey is just a game. Health and family and quality of life is all that really matters. I hope everything works out for him. He'll be in my thoughts and prayers. 2 T.Low and thegerkin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e_prime 1,936 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Nhlnumbers.com is the only other site I've heard of. I don't know how good or accurate they are though. I've always used capgeek. http://stats.nhlnumbers.com/teams/DET?year=2015 Meh. This is okay. Certainly doesn't have the nice tools and gizmos that Capgeek does and probably isn't updated as religiously or fervently as Capgeek either. I'm sorry for my loss... ...but more importantly, I hope the dude gets better. I don't know him, but I'm gonna be rooting for him and his family in hopes that he gets better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 4,963 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 God Bless Matt and his family! He really provided all of us with unlimited information! Sad to see the site go (RWC as well.) We lose nothing without those two sites, but if we lost Matt, the world would lose an exceptional human being, and this world is running low on those, the world needs Matt, we can do without Capgeek. Get Well Soon! 2 Matt and TheXym reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtydangles 1,328 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Great site. Sad to see it go but of course health is more important than anything else. All the best to him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amato 3,210 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 aww, a sad day indeed. capgeek solved many nhl arguments over the years for my friends and I.... hope he gets well soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sleepwalker 512 Report post Posted January 5, 2015 Wow, bummer. I'm not as in the loop as you guys, but when RWC shut down, I assumed it was so he could focus his time and energy solely on cap geek. Here's hoping he gets well soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 1,048 Report post Posted January 6, 2015 First RWC, now this? I'm starting to fear LGW will go down. What's ever going on I hope the best for Matt. No plans to shut anything down, though I am looking into a new host for the site. Had to hit the Wayback Machine for this one: https://web.archive.org/web/20100109084606/http://www.letsgowings.com/salarychart/index.php I used to block away an hour or so every Sunday night to update that thing by hand. What a monster pain in the butt that was. Matt Wuest got his automated on CapGeek and I thought it far better to save my hour(s) and, eventually, help out on the CG user interfaces. Wishing him all the best and a never give up attitude. 1 rick zombo reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rrasco 1,312 Report post Posted January 6, 2015 Hmm. That's sad I hope he gets better. Anyone up for a little collaboration? I wouldn't know where to begin gathering that type of salary information. Looks like there is another one already as well: http://www.spotrac.com/nhl/detroit-red-wings/yearly-cap/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bannedforlife 403 Report post Posted January 6, 2015 Anyone up for a little collaboration? CapNerd.com? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rrasco 1,312 Report post Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) CapNerd.com? I didn't use CapGeek too much, but I have and I know a lot of people relied on its data. I hate seeing such a niche and favorable tool go away. I'm not going to spend time on it if there are already others that fill that void though. I was hoping we could build one that used crowd-sourcing for the data. They said Matt spent a lot of time updating it so I don't know if that was for IT/architecture reasons or simply data entry. If the hockey community pulled together we could probably get the data filled out pretty quick. Edited January 6, 2015 by rrasco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites