Grand Prix Early Predictions Game

[SubRosa]

Cup of Russia

1. Kozuka
2. Chan
3. Dornbush
4. Oda
5. Menshov
6. Brezina

1. Korpi
2. Sotnikova
3. Murakami
4. Marchei
5. Zawadzki
6. Leonova

1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Denney/Coughlin
4. Lawrence/Swiegers
5. Martiusheva/Rogonov
6. Vise/Baldwin

1. Virtue/Moir
2. Ilinykh/Katsalapov (but my gut feeling is that I/K are going to win)
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Monko/Khaliavin
5. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
6. Orford/Williams

 

[Butterscotch17]

Rostelecom Cup:

Men:
1. Patrick Chan
2. Takahiko Kozuka
3. Nobunari Oda
4. Richard Dornbush
5. Konstantin Menshov
6. Johnny Weir

Ladies:
1. Adelina Sotnikova
2. Kanako Murakami
3. Kiira Korpi
4. Gracie Gold
5. Alena Leonova
6. Polina Korobeynikova

Pairs:
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Denney/Coughlin
4. Lawrence/Swiegers
5. Martiusheva/Rogonov
6. Vise/Baldwin

Dance:
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Shibutani/Shibutani
3. Ilinykh/Katsalapov
4. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
5. Coomes/Buckland
6. Zhiganshina/Gazsi

 

[burntBREAD]

MEN
1. Chan
2. Kozuka
3. Oda
4. Dornbush
5. Menshov
6. Brezina

LADIES
1. Sotnikova
2. Korpi
3. Murakami
4. Leonova
5. Gold
6. Marchei

PAIRS
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Denney/Coughlin
3. Bazarova/Larionov
4. Lawrence/Sweigers
5. Martiusheva/Rogonov
6. Vise/Baldwin

DANCE
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Ilinykh/Katsalapov
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
5. Monko/Khaliavin
6. Zhiganshina/Gazsi

 

[Macassar88]

1. Virtue/Moir
2. Ilinykh/Katsalapov (but my gut feeling is that I/K are going to win)
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Monko/Khaliavin
5. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
6. Orford/Williams

Well their Romanian score would have beaten Virtue and Moir's Canadian score.

 

[Macassar88]

Cup of Russia picks:

Men: (AKA I have no f**king clue)
1. Chan
2. Kozuka
3. Oda
4. Menshov
5. Brezina
6. Gachinski

Ladies: (These picks have about as much confidence as my picks for the men)
1. Sotnikova
2. Korpi
3. Gold
4. Murakami
5. Leonova
6. Korobeynikova

Pairs:
1. Volosozhar and Trankov
2. Denney and Coughlin
3. Bazarova and Larionov
4. Martiusheva and Rogonov
5. Lawrence and Swiegers
6. Vise and Baldwin

Dance:
1. Virtue and Moir
2. Ilinykh and Katsalapov
3. Shibutani and Shubitani
4. Sinitsina and Zhiganshin
5. Zhiganshina and Gazsi
6. Monko and Khaliavin

 

[ForeverFish]

I hate that Gold is now "unpredictable" after her jitters at Skate Canada, but these things must be taken into account, regardless. Much of the ranking depends on whether or not Leonova will skate cleanly.

 

[FSGMT]

I hate that Gold is now "unpredictable" after her jitters at Skate Canada, but these things must be taken into account, regardless. Much of the ranking depends on whether or not Leonova will skate cleanly.

And if the judges are going to give her crazy PCS or if they will score her properly like they did at SA... However, my predictions:
MEN
1) Chan (I still trust him!)
2) Kozuka
3) Oda
4) Dornbush
5) Brezina
6) Weir

LADIES
1) Sotnikova
2) Kiira Korpi
3) Kanako Murakami
4) Gracie Gold
5) Alena Leonova
6) Valentina Marchei

PAIRS
1) Volosozhar/Trankov
2) Denney/Coughlin
3) Bazarova-Larionov
4) Martiusheva/Rogonov
5) Lawrence/Swiegers
6) Della Monica/Guarise

ICE DANCE
1) Virtue/Moir
2) Ilinykh/Katsalapov
3) Shibutani/Shibutani
4) Monko/Khaliavin
5) Zhiganshina/Gazsi
6) Sinitsina-Zhiganshin

 

[Mrs. P]

Okay folks housekeeping: Pairs from COC are done. Sorry for being late, I was out of town this weekend.

Anyway, congrats to Li'Kitsu, for having the only perfect score at 881.13. Macassar88 was second with 797.07 and a whole bunch of people are tied for third with 794.90 points.

Onward to COR!

 

[Mrs. P]

My picks for Cup of Russia

MEN
1.) Kozuka
2.) Chan
3.) Oda
4.) Dornbush
5.) Ten
6.) Menshov

LADIES (I have a feeling I will do poorly here)
1.) Sotnikova
2.) Murakami
3.) Gold
4.) Korpi
5.) Marchei
6.) Leonova

Pairs
1.) Volosozhar/Trankov
2.) Bazarova/Larinov
3.) Denney/Coughlin
4.) Lawrence/Swiegers
5.) Vise/Baldwin
6.) Martiusheva/Rogonov

Dance
1.) Virtue/Moir
2.) Shibutani/Shibutani
3.) Ilinykh/Katsalapov
4.) Zhiganshina/ Gazsi
5.) Monko/Khaliavin
6.) Sinitsina/Zhiganshin

 

[ForeverFish]

My picks for Cup of Russia
LADIES (I have a feeling I will do poorly here)
1.) Sotnikova
2.) Murakami
3.) Gold
4.) Korpi
5.) Marchei
6.) Leonova

You're not alone, I promise. So much of it hinges on consistency (which Adelina, Alena, and Gracie have all displayed issues with) so until we actually see them skate, (almost) anything goes.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Men[
1. Takahiko Kozuka
2. Patrick Chan
3. Nobunari Oda
4. Richard Dornbush
5. Michel Brezina
6. Artur Gachinski

Ladies
1. Kanako Murakami
2. Adelina Sotnikova
3. Kiira Korpi
4. Alena Leonova
5. Valentina Marchei
6. Gracie Gold

Pairs
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Denney/Coughlin
3. Bazarova/Larionov
4. Lawrence/Sweigers
5. Martiusheva/Rogonov
6. Della Monica/Guarise

Dance
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Ilynikh/Katsalpov
3. Shibutani/Shibutani (really want to switch them to silver, though).
4. Zhiganshina/Gaszi
5. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
6. Monko/Khaliavin

 

[icellist]

Cup of Russia

Men:
1. Takahiko Kozuka
2. Patrick Chan
3. Nobunari Oda
4. Richard Dornbush
5. Artur Gachinski
6. Denis Ten
Deep field. The podium should be Chan + Japanese. Wanted to add Brezina Weir and Menshov into the mix. Brezina is still working on the quads. Dunno how the old timers can handle the young'uns.

Ladies:
1. Kiira Korpi
2. Adelina Sotnikova
3. Kanako Murakami
4. Alena Leonova
5. Agnes Zawadzki
6. Gracie Gold
I really like Kiira's programs. Adelina will mess up a jump or two. Kanako will be hit by the tech panel. Alena, Agnes and Gracie are all ??? at this point. Difficult for me to leave Marchei out of the mix.

Pairs:
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Denney/Coughlin
3. Bazarova/Larionov
4. Lawrence/Swiegers
5. Martiusheva/Rogonov
6. Della Monica/Guarise
Seems pretty much set

Dance:
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Ilynikh/Katsalpov
3. Shibutani
4. Monko/Khaliavin
5. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
6. Zhiganshina/Gaszi
Russian bonus won't be enough to beat the awaken V/M after SC. M/K Coup de Nice confidence booster edge out S/Z.

 

[Li'Kitsu]

Okay folks housekeeping: Pairs from COC are done. Sorry for being late, I was out of town this weekend.

Anyway, congrats to Li'Kitsu, for having the only perfect score at 881.13. Macassar88 was second with 797.07 and a whole bunch of people are tied for third with 794.90 points.

Yay! :yay: (though I'm not sure it will equal out the other times I completly failed )

Alrighty, on to COR!

Men:

1. Kozuka
2. Chan
3. Oda
4. Dornbush
5. Brezina
6. Gachinski

Ladies:

1. Sotnikova (hopefully!)
2. Murakami
3. Korpi
4. Leonova
5. Gold
6. Zawadski

Pairs:

1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Denney/Coughlin
4. Lawrence/Swiegers
5. Martiusheva/Rogonov
6. Della Monica/Guarise

Ice Dance:

1. Virtue/Moir
2. Shibutanis (I know it's unrealistic, but I really want it to happen...)
3. Ilinykh/Katsalapov
4. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
5. Zhiganshina/Gazsi
6. Monko/Khaliavin

 

[HR4]

Rostelecom cup predictions:

Men:
1. Patrick CHAN
2. Takahiko KOZUKA
3. Nobunari ODA
4.Richard DORNBUSH
5. Konstantin MENSHOV
6. Artur GACHINSKI

Ladies:
1. Adelina SOTNIKOVA
2. Kiira KORPI
3. Kanako MURAKAMI
4. Gracie GOLD
5. Alena LEONOVA
6. Valentina MARCHEI

Pairs:
1. Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV
2. Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV
3. Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN
4. Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS
5. Anastasia MARTIUSHEVA / Alexei ROGONOV
6. Tiffany VISE / Don BALDWIN

Dance.
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
5. Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN
6. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI

 

[Mrs. P]

Ice Dance:

1. Virtue/Moir
2. Shibutanis (I know it's unrealistic, but I really want it to happen...)
3. Ilinykh/Katsalapov
4. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
5. Zhiganshina/Gazsi
6. Monko/Khaliavin

It's not unrealistic. The Shibs have beaten I/K before. In fact in seniors, the Shibutanis are 3-1 to I/K. Granted I/K beat the Shibs at the last competition (Worlds), but we also learned later that the Shibs (Alex, namely) were dealing with some injuries that kept them from skating at full mast.

I think their slight sophomore slump. from last season really lit a fire under them. Also I/K's FD is a bit....:scratch:

 

[tulosai]

I 100% do not mean to step on anyone's toes but is someone needed to calculate the dance scores from this past weekend at CoC? I have A LOT of time today and tomorrow and could easily do it.

Again, hope I am not stepping on anyone's toes. Just thought I'd offer if help is needed.

 

[Cherryy]

Now that's difficult to predict! And I know that only first 6 counts, I just want to know how good am I at predicting in hard situations

Men
1. Chan
2. Kozuka
3. Oda
4. Weir ( )
5. Menshov
6. Dornbush
7. Gachinski
8. Ten
9. Brezina
10. Bush

Ladies

1. Sotnikova
2. Murakami
3. Korpi
4. Leonova
5. Marchei
6. Korobeynikova
7. Gold
8. Zhang
9. Zawadzki
10. Helgesson

Pairs

1. Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
2. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
3. Caydee Denney / John Coughlin
4. Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers
5. Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
6. Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin
7. Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov
8. Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski

Ice Dance

1. Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
2. Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov
3. Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
4. Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
5. Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
6. Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
7. Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams
8. Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin

 

[Jennifer]

Cup of Russia

Pairs
1. Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV (RUS)
2. Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV (RUS)
3. Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN (USA)
4. Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS (CAN)
5. Tiffany VISE / Don BALDWIN (USA)
6. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)

Men

1. Patrick CHAN (CAN)
2. Takahiko KOZUKA (JPN)
3. Nobunari ODA (JPN)
4. Michal BREZINA (CZE)
5. Johnny WEIR (USA)
6. Denis TEN (KAZ)

Ladies

1. Adelina SOTNIKOVA (RUS)
2. Kanako MURAKAMI (JPN)
3. Gracie GOLD (USA)
4. Alena LEONOVA (RUS)
5. Kiira KORPI (FIN)
6. Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA (RUS)

Ice dancing

1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR (CAN)
2. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI (USA)
3. Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV (RUS)
4. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI (GER)
5. Ksenia MONKO / Khirill KHALIAVIN (RUS)
6. Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN (RUS)

 

[tulosai]

Dance is updated for Cup of China. The highest score was 740.8 and is shared by DianaSelene, FSGMT, Mrs P., icellist, mystichaze, Irishflip, and sequinsgalore. The lowest score was actually mine and is 504.59 to give soem idea of the range. Overall everyone did great!

 

[pitterpatter]

Cup of Russia

Men
1. Takahiko Kozuka
2. Patrick Chan
3. Nobunari Oda
4. Artur Gachinski
5. Michal Brezina
6. Richard Dornbush

Ladies
1. Adelina Sotnikova
2. Kanako Murakami
3. Gracie Gold
4. Alena Leonova
5. Kiira Korpi
6. Polina Korobeynikova

Pairs
1. Volosozhar/Trankov
2. Bazarova/Larionov
3. Denney/Coughlin
4. Lawrence/Swiegers
5. Martiusheva/Rogonov
6. Monica/Guarise

Ice Dance
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Shibutani/Shibutani
3. Ilinykh/Katsalapov
4. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
5. Zhiganshina/Gazsi
6. Orford/Williams