So I've settled on a "guess the trade!" competition to give away the XMP3 player and car install kit. I think that will ensure some decent involvement as well as yield some potentially interesting discussion material.
Rules:
1.) Guess a specific player that will be a Flame by the trade deadline. No need to guess the actual transaction (such as who/what the Flames will be giving up in return).
2.) If no one guesses the player in particular, entries will be graded on how "close" they were to the actual guy in question. Proximity will be determined by:
- First, position: center, winger, defenseman, goalie, etc.
- Second, position in the line-up: first line center, top six winger, bottom two defenseman, back-up goalie, etc.
- Third tie-breaker would be salary: the guess with the closest cap hit to the actual player wins it.
Is that clear?
3.) This applies to Sutter's next trade between now and the deadline. Meaning the contest is over after the first deal, even if Daz has a couple up his sleeve. It, however, will not apply to a salary dump situation (ie: if Sutter trades Vandermeer for futures). A flesh and blood, NHL ready player has to be coming back in the swap.
4.) If someone has already guessed a player, that takes him out of the running: meaning, 4 people can't all guess Jay Bouwmeester. So get your guesses in early.
5.) Let's limit the entries here folks. There'll be no Eklund-style throwing stuff against a wall to see what sticks. Therefore, please sign in under some sort of name or alias to submit your guess in the comments. You can email me your guess if you want as well. Let's say a max of two guesses per entrant.
6.) The contest is valid up until the trade is made, whenever that will be.
Feel free to begin guessing in the comments to this post. I'll probably make a post detailing the various predictions in the near future.
