I suspect in April 2018 the price should be around 5000-6000 if not more.
It can also go down depending on forks, SegWit, etc... But I rather keep positive!
Well this is very possible to happen as their will be a split in the network. But also there will be chance that people will not pull their funds for they know this will happen. And they will be dependent to those weak holders and after seeing the price of bitcoin drop again that will be the start of their move by buying and it could up again maybe at $4000.
All I know about this splitting on the network is, those rumor makers just threatening the minds of our mates and also us who were depending on bitcoins to be our online income. I think holders will not pull out their funds, because if you really are a strong person who always value investment to be firm and no doubts, no matter what happens; blockchain network administrators are doing their job to make it safe for all of us. I don't believe that they will be just letting it go and for so many years of being expert on their job as best IT support; I know they already have a good solutions to that.
Those news that are giving fears in the heart of holders are making a big impact and that's a fact. I think it should go this way, if you are a strong person and you value investment you will probably diversify into a lot of investments and will not just stay on a single investment. But with the hardwork of those core developers for sure they want to make bitcoin always on the top.