Matthew Wuest was a hero to math-challenged sports writers, which means he was a hero to about 99.8 percent of the profession. When he started a website called CapGeek.com in 2009, hockey reporters could hardly believe it was true. You mean, all you have to do is click on this website and scroll to your team, and the salaries of players will all be perfectly arranged as to their implications to the overall team cap?
It was like the scene in the filmed version of Grapes of Wrath for print reporters who couldn't add: When the Joad family stumbles upon a FEMA-style government camp where they, you know, had running water and food at a reasonable price and.