2025 Skate Canada Men's Free Skate

[Ruthypegs]

I don't understand why Roman's PCS were so low - upper 70s doesn't seem to reflect that performance

 

[jgg220]

Did Ilia DM all the other men on Insta and say "Hey bros, I've got my own motivational voiceovers in my FP so your music selections need to be worse thx"?

 

[elektra blue]

i'm afraid Nika won't medal here

 

[FlossieH]

That was a hard fall for Nika.

 

[YuBluByMe]

Egadze’s LP is just weird. The SP is so much better. The nasty fall took a lot out of him.

 

[discodisco]

I like the program as it is... I am a fan of keeping Clair de lune for the entire program... Like Ava and Yoni do....

but for another version, he could do the orchestral version in what you were suggesting.

I love both the original Clair de lune, and remember trying to learn it on the piano 30 years ago lol, and I also love the Cody Frye song. I just wonder if there is sufficient variety between the two, you know? I personally don't mind a current version, and if it's clean, it has the potential to be magical for sure. Just want to make sure he's checking every box possible

 

[4everchan]

i'm afraid Nika won't medal here

are you afraid he won't medal because that means we won't medal either ? LOL

 

[elektra blue]

Did Ilia DM all the other men on Insta and say "Hey bros, I've got my own motivational voiceovers in my FP so your music selections need to be worse thx"?

"So your music selection need to be chosen by me"

 

[moonvine]

Not as good as last week but not a meltdown, Tomoki keeping himself in the conversation for the Olympics.

We must be watching different events.

 

[RatedPG]

i'm afraid Nika won't medal here

He shouldn’t!! Horrible performer
Should be getting lower PCS

 

[elektra blue]

are you afraid he won't medal because that means we won't medal either ? LOL

i gave up on that, seniors are not my strong suit. i did well in pairs and scored 40 in women, it's my best women score but sure it's not enough

 

[RatedPG]

Go Gogo!!

 

[Karoltyna]

Hi what did I miss?

 

[yuumagical]

That might be the enough for the Olympics

Not as good as last week but not a meltdown, Tomoki keeping himself in the conversation for the Olympics.

Thanks for the reassurances, guys. I tend to get overly worried about my faves. (Though the field here is strong, and if everyone keeps doing well...would that push him too low in the rankings?)

 

[CellarDweller]

 

[discodisco]

I would go further and say that Roman is the best spinner I’ve ever seen live. His rotation is so fast and so seamless that he seems to shimmer on the ice

He's so tall and has such great lines that when he switches to a forward inside camel, I think it is, it's breathtaking.

 

[snowflake]

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Post in thread '2025 Skate Canada Where Will You Be Watching?'

Oct 25, 2025

Skate Canada have Dailymotion streams with commentary.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9smj8m - English with Ted Barton joined by Kevin Reynolds, Kaitlyn Weaver, Kaetlyn Osmond and Kirsten Moore-Towers
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9sml0m - French with I'm assuming Charlie Bilodeau, Laurence Darveau, Alicia Pineault and Elisabeth Paradis since they're the usual French commentary crew for Skate Canada

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Thanks but it's not available

 

[Weathergal]

We must be watching different events.

Yeah especially with Torgashev, Naumov, Ma, and Sanchez in there. I realize they're wild cards, but still...I think they might merit more consideration than Hiwatashi for what he put out today.

 

[snowflake]

Dailymotion

www.dailymotion.com

Thanks I thought I could watc but not available in my region

 

[discodisco]

I don't understand why Roman's PCS were so low - upper 70s doesn't seem to reflect that performance

I would say that while his Basics are fantastic, his program is a lot emptier than a lot of the other skaters. He's always being that way. But he does he does beautifully, but just go through and count all the crossovers, and you'll notice that the first half of the program in particular is noticeably more empty than some of his competitors - he just looks good while skating that it's easy to be beguiled.

Still, I would agree that he should be higher, and should be leading the free skate at this point.. Egadze's skating skills and pcs... oyy...