I think in the future it would make sense for the Feds to be a bit more mindful of their assignments like Russia does with their ladies.
Some events had a lot of competition at the top while others were wide open.
Russia is one of those countries that could have been more mindful of its junior men assignments, IMHO.
The US was in fact very mindful, Camden, Andrew and Tomoki, were separated. And it shows in the results. Only one comp did not have a "top" US man, and that was the last one.
Canada had no way of knowing that skaters as talented as Conrad and Joseph and Stephen would run into difficulties.