Luckily the author of this fluff piece consulted Michael Slipchuk for the official Skate Canada analysis. If we're medal counters, we must consider ice-dance the most thrilling event, because unlike our other well-ordered disciplines we actually have two medal contenders. I am not too upset that that the host pick went to Ralph/Hill, who got to worlds for the first time last year and were not disgraced. It does seem rather rude that Orford/Williams, who have two GP's this season, neither of them a host pick, do not rate a mention. Probably that's because, through the vagaries of Canadian judging, they are not members of Team Canada. On the world scene they were our only team, after V/M and W/P to earn a GP assignment. How embarrassing! Let's just pretend they don't exist.