I think the big year of bitcoin was when it went form a dollar to 1k usd but now it will slowly and steadily increase in real value as more and more people use it. I don't know if 2017 is going to be the year for bitcoin because it really depends on who has luck making and accumulating it I guess.
you are right that bitcoin will be reach its price to 1k in the year of 2017 and it true that bitcoin price is really move slow but i am sure that bitcoin will be again start increase its too much faster in high value and there is huge people are going to buy more and more bitcoin for the future because bitcoin price will be high sooner.