It's easy to joke that the Washington Capitals buying CapFriendly and shutting it down for public use is so that everyone forgets about that new Tom Wilson contract (seven years, $6.5-million AAV with significant trade protection, starting in October, when Wilson will be more than 30.5-years-old). I don't think it's true but regardless, the very slightly increased odds that it becomes a little harder to remember all the details is undeniably a tertiary benefit.

But it's also undeniably a play to get an edge on their competitors, many of whom were straight-up just using CapFriendly on a daily basis like you or I would. Reports that a number of teams are scrambling to make their own replacement CapFriendly now (as are people in the public sphere, of course) are being dunked on — "How could te