Depth is great, especially when watching Nationals, but at the end of the day I'd personally take one superstar skater over a bunch of good but not great skaters that are unable to make a significant amount of noise internationally. D/R and W/P are good for the World title provided they go relatively clean, and once Patrick returns we have yet another World title favourite. So we'll soon have 3/4 disciplines with skaters at the absolute top of their game. That's exciting to me. Japan has a few favourites in Men's, USA has a favourite in Dance and to a much lesser extent Ladies, and Russia has favourites in Pairs and Ladies (though they aren't too shabby with Ice Dance and Men). We are pretty damn well off.
The women obviously aren't at that level, but I still think Alaine vs. Gabby vs. Kaetlyn will be entertaining to watch. All 3 of them have the potential to rank in the top 10 at Worlds if clean, and I think that's great for us.
The women obviously aren't at that level, but I still think Alaine vs. Gabby vs. Kaetlyn will be entertaining to watch. All 3 of them have the potential to rank in the top 10 at Worlds if clean, and I think that's great for us.
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It's just a reigning World Champion curse. We just happen to be reigning World champions a lot of the time. It happens to non-Canadians too--most notably Plushenko in 2002... so of course he did the smart thing and withdrew from the 2005 World Championships, leaving poor Stephane Lambiel to pick up for the curse. 
(Maybe Stephane doesn't mind though, because the curse at least guarantees silver unless your name is Kurt Browning. I'm sure Brian Joubert would've taken that...).
