Sergei Gonchar has a new home with the Ottawa Senators
Two days ago, Joe and I sat down to chart our predictions. We chose fifty of the top one hundred, and surprisingly, the top ranked Ilya Kovalchuk is still on the market. We still have some names left to sign, and this will be updated every few days throughout the summer to see who had the most correct predictions.
Chart key: Strikethrough means an incorrect prediction, bold is correct, and italics indicates the player has not signed anywhere yet.
1. Ilya Kovalchuk (NJD): Agreed on LAK
2. Sergei Gonchar (PIT): Agreed on SJS
3. Paul Martin (NJD): Agreed on OTT
4. Evgeni Nabokov (SJS): Agreed on WAS
5. Pavel Kubina (ATL): Agreed on ATL
6. Dan Hamhuis (NAS): Greg: VAN; Joe: CLB
7. Anton Volchenkov (OTT): Greg: CAR; Joe: NYI
8. Willie Mitchell (VAN): Greg: VAN; Joe: NJD
9. Zybnek Michalek (PHX): Agreed on PHX
10. Matthew Lombardi (PHX): Greg: PHX; Joe: NYR
11. Alexander Frolov (LAK): Agreed on Europe
12. Teemu Selanne (LAK): Agreed on ANA
13. Chris Mason (STL): Greg: ATL; Joe: PHI
14. Antero Niittymaki (TBL): Agreed on TBL
15. Marty Turco (DAL): Greg: PHI; Joe: SJS
16. Henrik Tallinder (BUF): Agreed on BUF
17. Ray Whitney (CAR): Greg: LAK; Joe: DET
18. Vaclav Prospal (NYR): Greg: NYR; Joe: PHX
19. Lee Stempniak (PHX): Agreed on NYI
20. Matt Cullen (OTT): Agreed on CAR
21. Olli Jokinen (NYR): Agreed on ATL
22. Toni Lydman (BUF): Agreed on BUF
23. Alex Tanguay (TBL): Greg: COL; Joe: VAN
24. Maxim Afinogenov (ATL): Greg: BUF; Joe: CLB
25. Alex Ponikarovsky (PIT): Agreed on TOR
26. Kim Johnsson (CHI): Agreed on Europe
27. Dan Ellis (SJS): Greg: SJS; Joe: MTL
28. Saku Koivu (ANA): Agreed on ANA
29. Joe Corvo (WAS): Agreed on WAS
30. Bill Guerin (PIT): Agreed on PIT
31. Brendan Morrison (WAS): Agreed on WAS
32. Joe Theodore (WAS): Agreed on Europe
33. Colby Armstrong (ATL): Agreed on TOR
34. Derek Morris (PHX): Agreed on PHX
35. Marek Svatos (COL): Agreed on Europe
36. Johan Hedburg (ATL): Greg: NJD; Joe: NYR
37. Martin Biron (NYI): Greg: NYR; Joe: CAR
38. Raffi Torres (BUF): Agreed on BUF
39. Pavol Demitra (VAN): Agreed on ATL
40. Ray Emery (PHI): Agreed on Europe
41. Chris Higgins (CGY): Greg: CGY; Joe: MIN
42. Ruslan Salei (COL): Agreed on Europe
43. Slava Kozlov (ATL): Agreed on Europe
44. Owen Nolan (MIN): Agreed on retiring
45. Mike Modano (DAL): Greg: MIN; Joe: SJS
46. John Madden (CHI): Agreed on NJD
47. Robert Lang (PHX): Greg: PHX; Joe: Europe
48. Ruslan Fedotenko (PIT): Agreed on PIT
49. Alex Auld (NYR): Greg: SJS; Joe: NJD
50. Miroslav Satan (BOS): Agreed on BOS
Totals
Predictions made: 50
Signings happened: 22
Greg’s Correct: 7 (32%)
Joe’s Correct: 3 (14%)
Nothing to write home about for either of us, but hopefully our totals will increase as the days move along!
