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Chris Robillard from Montréal and Steve Brown from Winnipeg
have earn bragging rights as HW’s co-“UFA expert of the year”! They both won by
keeping a conservative approach, predicting players to return to their team or
that they wouldn’t sign before August 1st.

Chris accurately predicted Carlo Colaiacovo to
return to St. Louis, Dan Ellis to sign in Tampa Bay, Dan Hamhuis to go back to
Nashville, Saku Koivu to sign back with Anaheim and correctly predicted that
Ryan Polutny would still be unsigned on August 1st.

Steve collected 2 points for correctly predicting
that Jonathan Cheechoo, Mike Comrie, Pavol Demitra, Brandon Morrison and Ryan
Polutny would still be unsigned by August 1st. He also predicted Hamhuis and
Koivu to return Nashville and Anaheim. However, he was penalized 2 points for
predicting Dan Ellis and Anton Volchenkov to sign with the Habs.


Here were the rules of the UFA pool. Come back next year and play!

How to play: Predict the team where each of the 28 listed Unrestricted Free Agent players will sign.

Note: If a player resign with his team before July 1st, he is eliminated from the pool.

Scoring system:
– You get 2 points for every correct answer, 4 points if a player sign in Montréal
– You do not lose point for wrong answers.
However, you’ll lose 2 point if you predict a player to sign in Montréal and he doesn’t !
However also, you’ll lose 1 point if you select that a player won’t sign before August 1st and he does.
– If you predict Frolov to sign in Montréal and he doesn’t, you lose 4 points

Only entries received before 23h59 June 30th were accepted.

Below were the entries of the 12 contestants in this year’s HW UFA Pool.

Name Louis Moustakas Matt G ed mcilwaine carmine bosco Steve Brown Brian La Rose
City (State/Province) Québec City Trois-Rivières (QC) ontario ontario Winnipeg Penetanguishene, ON
Maxim Afinogenov  Atlanta Thrashers New Jersey Devils Atlanta Thrashers Nashville Predators Los Angeles Kings Colorado Avalanche
Jonathan Cheechoo  Nashville Predators Nashville Predators Toronto Maple Leafs none none Florida Panthers
Carlo Colaiacovo  Vancouver Canucks Calgary Flames St. Louis Blues Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Anaheim Ducks
Mike Comrie  New York Islanders Edmonton Oilers none none none none
Joe Corvo  Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins New York Islanders Buffalo Sabres
Pavol Demitra  Ottawa Senators Chicago Blackhawks Anaheim Ducks none none none
Dan Ellis  Montréal Canadiens Montréal Canadiens Montréal Canadiens Philadelphia Flyers Montréal Canadiens San Jose Sharks
Alexander Frolov  Montréal Canadiens Edmonton Oilers Montréal Canadiens Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Dallas Stars
Sergei Gonchar  Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers San Jose Sharks Washington Capitals New Jersey Devils Pittsburgh Penguins
Dan Hamhuis  Vancouver Canucks New York Rangers New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks
Chris Higgins  New York Islanders New York Islanders Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres
Olli Jokinen  Columbus Blue Jackets Ottawa Senators Minnesota Wild none Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche
Paul Kariya  Anaheim Ducks Nashville Predators Vancouver Canucks none Anaheim Ducks none
Saku Koivu  Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks none Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks
Ilya Kovalchuk  Los Angeles Kings Anaheim Ducks Los Angeles Kings none Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings
Matthew Lombardi  Phoenix Coyotes Toronto Maple Leafs Phoenix Coyotes Toronto Maple Leafs Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning
Paul Martin  New Jersey Devils Anaheim Ducks Boston Bruins Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild New Jersey Devils
Chris Mason  Tampa Bay Lightning Philadelphia Flyers San Jose Sharks Anaheim Ducks Tampa Bay Lightning San Jose Sharks
Brendan Morrison  Dallas Stars none none Columbus Blue Jackets none Detroit Red Wings
Evgeni Nabokov  Philadelphia Flyers Atlanta Thrashers Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers
Ryan Polutny  Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues none none New York Rangers
Lee Stempniak  Phoenix Coyotes Tampa Bay Lightning none Boston Bruins Phoenix Coyotes New Jersey Devils
Marek Svatos  Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins Ottawa Senators
Alex Tanguay  Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers none Montréal Canadiens Florida Panthers none
Jose Theodore  none none none Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Boston Bruins
Marty Turco  Atlanta Thrashers none Philadelphia Flyers none San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks
Anton Volchenkov  New York Rangers Dallas Stars New York Islanders Washington Capitals Montréal Canadiens Washington Capitals
Ray Whitney  Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas Stars Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings Pittsburgh Penguins
Points 0 6 5 8 10 9

Name Greg Tedesco Matt Dilworth The Ghost of Guy Carbonneau Jacob Carson Chris Robillard Stephen Beale
City (State/Province) Hamilton, Ontario Kingston, ON Thunder Bay (ON) Winnipeg Montréal, QC Sudbury/Ontario
Maxim Afinogenov  none Pittsburgh Penguins Los Angeles Kings Washington Capitals Los Angeles Kings none
Jonathan Cheechoo  New York Islanders Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings none Atlanta Thrashers Detroit Red Wings
Carlo Colaiacovo  St. Louis Blues Pittsburgh Penguins Carolina Hurricanes Boston Bruins St. Louis Blues Anaheim Ducks
Mike Comrie  Calgary Flames Florida Panthers Philadelphia Flyers Florida Panthers Nashville Predators Florida Panthers
Joe Corvo  Pittsburgh Penguins Atlanta Thrashers Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Nashville Predators
Pavol Demitra  Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers St. Louis Blues none
Dan Ellis  Montréal Canadiens Montréal Canadiens Montréal Canadiens Montréal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning Montréal Canadiens
Alexander Frolov  New York Rangers Montréal Canadiens Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs Calgary Flames New York Islanders
Sergei Gonchar  San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks Philadelphia Flyers Dallas Stars Atlanta Thrashers San Jose Sharks
Dan Hamhuis  Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Pittsburgh Penguins Vancouver Canucks Anaheim Ducks
Chris Higgins  Calgary Flames Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche
Olli Jokinen  Nashville Predators Anaheim Ducks Edmonton Oilers St. Louis Blues Los Angeles Kings Carolina Hurricanes
Paul Kariya  St. Louis Blues Anaheim Ducks Toronto Maple Leafs Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks Minnesota Wild
Saku Koivu  Minnesota Wild Anaheim Ducks Nashville Predators Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks Minnesota Wild
Ilya Kovalchuk  Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings
Matthew Lombardi  New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings Atlanta Thrashers Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues
Paul Martin  Minnesota Wild San Jose Sharks Florida Panthers Nashville Predators Tampa Bay Lightning St. Louis Blues
Chris Mason  San Jose Sharks Anaheim Ducks New York Rangers Boston Bruins Philadelphia Flyers Tampa Bay Lightning
Brendan Morrison  Pittsburgh Penguins Carolina Hurricanes Tampa Bay Lightning Edmonton Oilers Phoenix Coyotes
Evgeni Nabokov  Tampa Bay Lightning Ottawa Senators New York Islanders New York Islanders Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas Stars
Ryan Polutny  Pittsburgh Penguins none Florida Panthers Ottawa Senators none New Jersey Devils
Lee Stempniak  Florida Panthers Phoenix Coyotes Calgary Flames Pittsburgh Penguins Toronto Maple Leafs Atlanta Thrashers
Marek Svatos  none Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals Toronto Maple Leafs Colorado Avalanche New York Rangers
Alex Tanguay  Atlanta Thrashers Pittsburgh Penguins Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs Columbus Blue Jackets Minnesota Wild
Jose Theodore  Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas Stars Phoenix Coyotes St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers none
Marty Turco  San Jose Sharks Detroit Red Wings Tampa Bay Lightning Boston Bruins Florida Panthers none
Anton Volchenkov  Washington Capitals Edmonton Oilers New Jersey Devils New York Rangers Washington Capitals Washington Capitals
Ray Whitney  Edmonton Oilers Pittsburgh Penguins Dallas Stars Calgary Flames Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes
Points 6 -2 0 4 10 6

Legend:
Wrong prediction
Good prediction +2 points

Penalties and bonuses:
Wrong prediction -1 point ("none"
penalty)
Wrong prediction -2 points
(Montréal penalty)
Wrong prediction -4 points (Frolov
to Habs penalty)
Good prediction +4 points
(Montreal bonus)

Note: None means the player won’t be signed as of August 1st, 2010.