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- Sep 19, 2006
Exactly. What was the point in pushing himself at Nats when he knew he was on the team.....go patrick.
Exactly. He was a lock, the world champion and the class of the field by far, there. He can afford a bad skate, though we'd prefer he'd be perfect (and so would he!), no one is perfect all the time. Mistakes like he made in the SP at Canadians? Won't hurt him, he's so far ahead. That skate in Sochi? He's out of the medals, even the top ten probably. And I agree the valleys aren't all that deep: ONE DEFEAT all season. One. Hardly reason to panic.
Patrick is definitely a skater's skater, he'd do well under any system, but he shows how this system rewards quality. Watch him live, his speed is effortless. Just a few strokes and he's across the ice. Wonderful.