2012 Free Agent Frenzy/July 1 Prediction thread

[G3 LesPaul]

Originally Posted by Millhaus

You get nothing! You lose! Good day,sir!

Lets be reality here. Its the Caps

Green with get a a 10 year contract worth 100 million

[HeyMattyB]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Justin Schultz to...one of those Canadian teams.

2. The Caps will sign Ray Whitney + Filip Kuba (or Bryan Allen)

3. Zach Parise will sign with New Jersey

4. Ryan Suter will sign with Detroit

5. Alex Semin will sign with NY Islanders

6. The most surprising signing will be Parise signing with NJ

7. The biggest bargain will be Ray Whitney

8. The worst value signing will be No July 1st UFA deal will be worse than the deal Wideman got as a pending UFA

9. The most active team will be Anaheim.

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be Detroit.

[Roughing]

GM shocks the world. Caps sign Parise.

[Capitlols]

Renaud P Lavoie ‏@RenLavoieRDS
Canadiens signs Travis Moen 4 years / 1.8 avg

Hah, there goes my prediction.

[EHCler]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Justin Schultz to Oil

2. The Caps will sign Dustin Penner + Filip Kuba

3. Zach Parise will sign with Minnesota

4. Ryan Suter will sign with Minnesota

5. Alex Semin will sign with Wings

6. The most surprising signing will be Jagr back to Pens

7. The biggest bargain will be Jochen Hecht

8. The worst value signing will be Hudler

9. The most active team will be Minnesota

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be the players for teams Minny as they get 2 stars making them straight a Playoff team

[Drake1588]

With July 1 just over a day away, let's hear your predictions:

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be _Sidney Crosby_

2. The Caps will sign _Shane Doan, Mikael Samuelsson, Kurtis Foster_

3. Zach Parise will sign with _Detroit_

4. Ryan Suter will sign with _Detroit_

5. Alex Semin will sign with _Nashville_

6. The most surprising signing will be _Martin Brodeur to Chicago_

7. The biggest bargain will be _Olli Jokinen to Buffalo, say $5M/yr for three years, puts up PPG numbers / Ray Whitney to Pittsburgh, two years, $3.5M/yr_

8. The worst value signing will be _Matt Carle, five years, $4.5M/yr, to Edmonton; flops / Jason Garrison, to Edmonton, six years, $5M/yr; puts up ~30 points_

9. The most active team will be _Detroit. Motivated, with lots of cap space, and attractive to free agents. Might not all happen on day one_

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be _Detroit (Parise, Suter) and Pittsburgh (Crosby)_

[breakawaygoal]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Justin Schultz to Edmonton

2. The Caps will sign Zach Parise, Bryan Allen, Dominic Moore.

3. Zach Parise will sign with Washington

4. Ryan Suter will sign with Minnesota

5. Alex Semin will sign with Detroit

6. The most surprising signing will be PA Parenteau to Pittsburgh

7. The biggest bargain will be Olli Jokinen

8. The worst value signing will be Jiri Hudler

9. The most active team will be Pittsburgh

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be Minnesota

[Cush]

Simple predictions:

"Where the **** is GMGM?"

"Is GMGM's phone working?"

"GMGM must be sleeping"

"We couldn't have matched that?"

"Dumpster diving"

blame the contract of 'player x' for the failure to sign 'player y'

edit: and of course. something about Shero

......etc

[bonzaibondra12]

Originally Posted by Cush

Simple predictions:

"Where the **** is GMGM?"

"Is GMGM's phone working?"

"GMGM must be sleeping"

"We couldn't have matched that?"

"Dumpster diving"

blame the contract of 'player x' for the failure to sign 'player y'

edit: and of course. something about Shero

......etc

I predict the Capitals sign Parise and Suter to long-term deals. They then don't produce 40 goals a piece, and become whipping boys.

[Vladiator16]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Brandon Prust to Minnesota

2. The Caps will sign Bryan Allen or Matt Carle

3. Zach Parise will resign with NJ

4. Ryan Suter will sign with Detroit

5. Alex Semin will sign with the Detroit or KHL

6. The most surprising signing will be Doan to the Pitts

7. The biggest bargain will be Filip Kuba

8. The worst value signing will be Hudler

9. The most active team will be Detroit

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be ****sburgh/Detroit

[ForzaItalia]

Originally Posted by Cush

Simple predictions:

"Where the **** is GMGM?"

"Is GMGM's phone working?"

"GMGM must be sleeping"

"We couldn't have matched that?"

"Dumpster diving"

blame the contract of 'player x' for the failure to sign 'player y'

edit: and of course. something about Shero

......etc

[CapsWolverinesUSA]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be No clue.

2. The Caps will sign Shane Doan and Greg Zannon

3. Zach Parise will sign with the Pens

4. Ryan Suter will sign with the Wings

5. Alex Semin will sign with New Jersey

6. The most surprising signing will be Semin to NJ

7. The biggest bargain will be Ray Whitney

8. The worst value signing will be Assume Wideman doesn't count? Then Suter.

9. The most active team will be the Pens.

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be All the teams who don't overspend on Suter and Parise.

[MoJoSauce]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Schultz

2. The Caps will sign Semin

3. Zach Parise will sign with the Wild

4. Ryan Suter will sign with the Preds

5. Alex Semin will resign with the caps

6. The most surprising signing will be Semin to WAS

7. The biggest bargain will be Tootoo

8. The worst value signing will be Assume Wideman doesn't count? Kuba

9. The most active team will be the Canes

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be Broduer and Doan

[um]

Originally Posted by ForzaItalia

god i love GMGM, i hope he stays here forever

[sk84fun_dc]

I'm horrible at these things, but I'll give it a try:

2012 Free Agent Frenzy/July 1 Prediction thread
With July 1 just over a day away, let's hear your predictions:

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be assuming Justin Schultz doesn't count and assuming re-signing of extensions not UFAs doesn't count: Knuble or Carle, although guessing no one signs a big contract dman until out of Suter sweepstakes
2. The Caps will sign Salvador
3. Zach Parise will sign with I hope NJD
4. Ryan Suter will sign with Detroit
5. Alex Semin will sign with Detroit (I wanted to say Nashville)
6. The most surprising signing will be FAs choosing to sign with CBJ?
7. The biggest bargain will be Ray Whitney if he returns to Carolina
8. The worst value signing will be Jason Garrison
9. The most active team will be Dallas Stars
10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be Detroit

[caps4cup]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Justin Schultz to Edmonton

2. The Caps will sign one of Doan/Kostitsyn/Semin/Parise and Samuelsson

3. Zach Parise will sign with Washington/Minnesota

4. Ryan Suter will sign with Detroit

5. Alex Semin will sign with Washington/Detroit

6. The most surprising signing will be Martin Brodeur and Shane Doan both leaving.

7. The biggest bargain will be
Kristian Huselius/Ray Whitney to Detroit

8. The worst value signing will be Jason Garrison to Edmonton

9. The most active team will be Detroit

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be Caps and Wings

[foundhockey]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Semin, so I can breathe again.

2. The Caps will sign Semin.

3. Zach Parise will sign with the Devils.

4. Ryan Suter will sign with Detroit.

5. Alex Semin will sign with the Caps, because he can't bear to part with Ovie.

6. The most surprising signing will be Semin, because most expect he'll play for the Wings.

7. The biggest bargain will be Parise, because he'd rather be loyal to the Devils than want big money.

8. The worst value signing will be no clue.

9. The most active team will be Pens.

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be the Caps.

[Dirtbag59]

1. The first signing of the day (league-wide) will be Ryan Sutter in Detroit

2. The Caps will sign Shane Doan (more wishful thinking but it could happen)

3. Zach Parise will sign with New Jersey

4. Ryan Suter will sign with Detroit

5. Alex Semin will sign with Some KHL team

6. The most surprising signing will be Shane Doan to the Caps

7. The biggest bargain will be Shane Doan

8. The worst value signing will be Dustin Penner

9. The most active team will be Detroit

10. The biggest winners of July 1 will be Detroit