GP Predictions Rd. 7: Grand Prix Final

Men
Yuzuru HANYU JPN
Patrick CHAN CAN
Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
Boyang JIN CHN
Shoma UNO JPN
Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN

Ladies
Mao ASADA JPN
Elena RADIONOVA RUS
Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
Gracie GOLD USA
Ashley WAGNER USA

Pairs
Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN CHN
Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN
Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA
Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN

ice Dance
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS
Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE US

To everyone putting Ashley in last - keep in mind she is in the underdog position which is her favorite spot. She is more likely to go out guns a'blazin and hit. (Taking this from previous competitions) This is the spot where she has nothing to lose and will go out and leave it all on the ice. Just a warning! :agree:

Men
1. Patrick CHAN CAN
2. Javier FERNANDEZ
3. Yuzuru HANYU JPN
4. Shoma UNO JPN
5. Boyang JIN CHN
6. Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN

Ladies
1. Ashley WAGNER USA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
3. Elena RADIONOVA RUS
4. Gracie GOLD USA
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
6. Mao ASADA JPN

Pairs
1. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
2. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
3. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
4. Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN CHN
5. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN
6. Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA
7. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN

ice Dance
1. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
2. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
4. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS
6. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA

Men
1 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
2 Patrick CHAN CAN
3 Yuzuru HANYU JPN
4 Boyang JIN CHN
5 Shoma UNO JPN
6 Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN

Ladies

1 Gracie GOLD USA
2 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
3 Mao ASADA JPN
4 Elena RADIONOVA RUS
5 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
6 Ashley WAGNER USA

Pairs

1 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
2 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
3 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
4 Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA
5 Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN CHN
6 Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN
7 Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN

ice Dance

1 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
2 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
3 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
4 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
5 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA
6 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS

men:

1.Yuzuru HANYU
2.Javier FERNANDEZ
3.Shoma UNO
4.Patrick CHAN
5.Boyang JIN
6.Daisuke MURAKAMI


Ladies:

1. Gracie GOLD
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Satoko MIYAHARA
4. Mao ASADA
5 Elena RADIONOVA
6. Ashley WAGNER



Pairs:

1. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
2.Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3.Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG
5. Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN
6.Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM
7. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU

Ice Dance:
1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2.Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3.Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
4.Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
5.Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6.Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

last stop of GP Predictions Game!! (good luck scoring this one invisiblespiral ) Good luck everyone

Men;
1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Patrick CHAN
3. Javier FERNANDEZ
4. Shoma UNO
5. Boyang JIN
6. Daisuke MURAKAMI

Ladies (this might be the toughest discipline )
1. Elena RADIONOVA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Gracie GOLD
4. Satoko MIYAHARA
5. Mao ASADA
6. Ashley WAGNER

Pairs (Sui&Han )
1. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG
5. Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM
6. Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN
7. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU

Ice Dance (this one is so close too :hopelessness ;
1. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

Men:

1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Patrick CHAN
3. Javier FERNANDEZ
4. Boyang JIN
5. Shoma UNO
   ----
6. Daisuke MURAKAMI

Ladies:

1. Mao ASADA
2. Elena RADIONOVA
3. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
4. Gracie GOLD
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
   ----
6. Ashley WAGNER

Pairs:

1. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM
5. Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN
   ----
6. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG
7. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU

Ice Dance:

1. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
4. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
   ----
6. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

Grand Prix Final

Men
1. Yuzuru HANYU JPN
2. Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
3. Boyang JIN CHN
4. Patrick CHAN CAN
5. Shoma UNO JPN
--
6. Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN

Ladies
1. Mao ASADA JPN
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
3. Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
4. Gracie GOLD USA
5. Elena RADIONOVA RUS
--
6. Ashley WAGNER USA

Pairs
1. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
2. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
3. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
4. Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN CHN
5. Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA
--
6. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN
7. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN

Ice Dance
1. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
2. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
3. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
4. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS
--
6. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA

Men
1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Boyang JIN
3. Javier FERNANDEZ
4. Patrick CHAN
5. Shoma UNO
6. Daisuke MURAKAMI

Ladies
1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2. Elena RADIONOVA
3. Satoko MIYAHARA
4. Mao ASADA
5. Gracie GOLD
6. Ashley WAGNER

Pairs
1. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN
5. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG
6. Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM
7. Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU

Ice dance
1. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
4. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
5. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
6. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

Men

1 Yuzuru HANYU
2 Patrick CHAN
3 Javier FERNANDEZ
4 Boyang JIN
5 Shoma UNO
6 Daisuke MURAKAMI

Ladies

1 Mao ASADA
2 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3 Gracie GOLD
4 Satoko MIYAHARA
5 Ashley WAGNER
6 Elena RADIONOVA

PAIRS
1 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
2 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4 Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN
5 Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM
6 Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG
7 Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU

DANCE
1 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
2 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
3 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
4 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
5 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

this is one of the toughest GPFs to predict for a long time I think...Especially for ice dance and ladies things can evolve in ANY WAY.

Happy and excited about ice dance - all teams scored very close during all GP season so it will be all about who goes cleaner imo and don't lost levels in SD especially.

For ladies to be honest - it is anybody's game, there are so much question marks: is Mao in better shape after NHK, if Medvedeva will carry on with consistency (I still have in mind Elizaveta's case in her first senior season when she won 2 GP and then finished out of podium...), if Ashley will surpass herself, if Gracie will deliver once again...

Sad for my diva queen Wenjing Sui and her knight Cong Han about missing GPF - but pairs will be exciting too, will be interesting to see if Meagan and Eric will defend themselves against Russian invasion...And it would be delightful to see Yu/Jin medalling!!!

As for men - this is also very unpredictable, because we don't know if Yuzuru will be able to repeat such magic as at NHK, if Javier will handle the home crowd pressure well, if Partick will re-estabilish himself on the top. And there go underdogs: Shoma, Boyang and Daisuke...

Probably will edit below on Wednesday and then I took 2 days of holiday at work to be able to watch the whole thing!!!

And a BIG THANK YOU for Mrs. P and all other people involved with Predictions game from organizational side - I sucked for all season long but the fun is huge as always!!!, I hope I will finish GP season with a BANGeace:

Men - the only dilemma at the moment for me is if I should switch Shoma with Patrick...Will revisit this one probably

1 Yuzuru HANYU
2 Javier FERNANDEZ
3 Boyang JIN
4 Shoma UNO
5 Patrick CHAN
6 Daisuke MURAKAMI

Ladies - and this is a real roulette this one...I am really tempted to leave entries order as a predictions, but I am equally tempted to put Elena on first...Probably will revisit this one too

1 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
2 Elena RADIONOVA
3 Gracie GOLD
4 Satoko MIYAHARA
5 Mao ASADA
6 Ashley WAGNER

Pairs - going a bit more with my gut than reasoning this time regarding pairs (seeing most of ppl putting Canadians in first place...), hopefully Yuko and Alexander or Yu/Jin will bring me happiness by going higher that my predictions. I do feel that Ksenia and Fedor have stronger FP than Canadians this season and if they will go for SP as they did at Rostelecom with stronger execution of FP, they have a shot of taking this

1 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
2 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
3 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4 Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN
5 Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM
6 Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU
7 Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG

Ice Dance - this would be probably a fail, but wish Shibutanis the very best in beating Chock/Bates in direct confrontation, wish Anna and Luca would repeat CoC winning outing and wish Weaver/Poje would win GPF once again 2 year in a row!!! Also Ekaterina and Dimitry - please surprise me and go higher!!!

1 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
2 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
3 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
5 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

I should screencap my co-lead, because with so many points at stake and such an unpredictable GPF I'm pretty sure I will not be coming out on top.

Men: (this was the hardest... I'll probably have to change it based on practice skates... I'm so tempted to put Uno/Jin on the podium but trying to keep faith in Chan, lol...)
1. Hanyu
2. Fernandez
3. Chan
4. Jin
5. Uno
6. Murakami

Ladies: (again, hard to predict... all 6 of them won a GP - been a while since that happened!... everyone always puts Wagner 5th or 6th but then she somehow makes the podium, lol... and Asada has the worst SB of all of them, but could win... although Pogo has the highest SB of all the ladies with her Mordovian Ornament scores )
1. Medvedeva
2. Radionova
3. Gold
4. Asada
5. Miyahara
6. Wagner

Pairs: (D/R will probably win but the order of Stolbova/Klimov vs. Kavaguti/Smirnov and Yu/Jin vs. Peng/Cheng is hard to determine)
1. Duhamel/Radford
2. Stolbova/Klimov
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov
4. Yu/Jin
5. Scimeca/Knierim
6. Peng/Cheng
7. Seguin/Bilodeau

Dance: (5 different GP gold medalists; obviously with all the lead changes in ice dance it will most definitely come down to levels; again, the top score this season isn't here - Ilinykh/Zhiganshin at Mordovian Ornament )
1. Weaver/Poje
2. Shibutani/Shibutani
3. Cappellini/Lanotte
4. Chock/Bates
5. Bobrova/Soloviev
6. Hubbell/Donohue

Men:
1. Fernandez
2. Chan
3. Hanyu
4. Uno
5. Murakami
6. Jin

Ladies:
1. Radionova
2. Medvedeva
3. Asada
4. Miyahara
5. Gold
6. Wagner

Pairs:
1. Duhamel/Radford
2. Kavaguti/Smirnov
3. Stolbova/Klimov
4. Yu/Jin
5. Peng/Cheng
6. Seguin/Bilodeau
7. Scimeca/Knierim

Dance:
1. Weaver/Poje
2. Shibutani/Shibutani
3. Cappellini/Lanotte
4. Chock/Bates
5. Bobrova/Soloviev
6. Hubbell/Donohue

Men (Hope my big favorite Patrick will win ... I believe in him)

1- Patrick CHAN
2- Javier FERNANDEZ
3- Yuzuru HANYU
4- Boyang JIN
5- Daisuke MURAKAMI
6- Shoma UNO

Ladies (I wrote my predictions only... I love GRACIE AND ELENA so much ... Hope they both will win medals)

1- Gracie GOLD
2- Elena RADIONOVA
3- Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
4- Mao ASADA
5- Ashley WAGNER
6- Satoko MIYAHARA

Pairs

1- Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
2- Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
3- Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4- Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN
5- Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG
6- Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM
7- Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU

Ice Dance

1- Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
2- Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
3- Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4- Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
5- Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6- Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

LADIES
1. Gracie GOLD
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Mao ASADA
4. Ashley WAGNER
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
6. Elena RADIONOVA

MEN
1. Yuzuru HANYU
2. Javier FERNANDEZ
3. Boyang JIN
4. Patrick CHAN
5. Shoma UNO
6. Daisuke MURAKAMI

PAIRS
1. Yuko KAVAGUTI/Alexander SMIRNOV
2. Meagan DUHAMEL/Eric RADFORD
3. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV
4. Alexa SCIMECA/Chris KNIERIM
5. Xiaoyu YU/Yang JIN
6. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU
7. Cheng PENG/Hao ZHANG

ICE DANCE
1. Kaitlyn WEAVER/Andrew POJE
2. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA/Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE

MEN:
1.) Yuzuru HANYU JPN
2.) Shoma UNO JPN :yes2:
3.) Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
4.) Patrick CHAN CAN
5.) Boyang JIN CHN
6.) Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN


LADIES:
1.) Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
2.) Gracie GOLD USA
3.) Elena RADIONOVA RUS :luv17:
4.) Mao ASADA JPN
5.) Ashley WAGNER USA
6.) Satoko MIYAHARA JPN


PAIRS:
1.) Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
2.) Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS
3.) Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
4.) Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN CHN
5.) Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU CAN
6.) Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA
7.) Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN



ICE DANCE:
1.) Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
2.) Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA
3.) Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
4.) Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
5.) Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA
6.) Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS

Hmmm.... I rather wish- and form all my heart!- to each and everyone to skate their full potential

MEN.
Javier HAS TO win because he has to do this for his home crowd, he has to win or, at least, to skate his very best
1. Javier Fernandez
the rest- unpredictable

LADIES.
1. Mao Asada
2. Ashley Wagner
3. Satoko Miyara

ICE DANCE
uh, I do not watch ice dance at all, though here is my guess
1.S/S
2.W/P
3.C/L

Pairs.
(Pairs is my beloved discipline)
1.D/R though it might not their day :-(
2.S/K
3.K/S

LADIES
1. Gracie GOLD
2. Mao ASADA
3. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
4. Elena RADIONOVA
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
6. Ashley WAGNER

MEN
1. Patrick CHAN
2. Yuzuru HANYU
3. Javier FERNANDEZ
4. Boyang JIN
5. Shoma UNO
6. Daisuke MURAKAMI

PAIRS
1. Meagan DUHAMEL/Eric RADFORD
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV
3. Xiaoyu YU/Yang JIN
4. Cheng PENG/Hao ZHANG
5. Yuko KAVAGUTI/Alexander SMIRNOV (my poor bbs will probs have another GPF meltdown:sad4: at least Im prepared!)
6 Alexa SCIMECA/Chris KNIERIM
7. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU

ICE DANCE
1. Kaitlyn WEAVER/Andrew POJE
2. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE
5. Ekaterina BOBROVA/Dmitri SOLOVIEV
6. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE

Last step of the Prediction Game! I'm not ready to predict the GP... is just too tough in every event!

MEN:
1. HANYU Yuzuru-San
2. Javier FERNANDEZ
3. Patrick CHAN
4. JIN Boyang
5. UNO Shoma-San
6. MURAKAMI Daisuke-San

LADIES:
1. Gracie GOLD (just for her surname! Ahahahah I really hope that Gracie can deliver two good performances in Bacelona)
2. ASADA Mao-Chan
3. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
4. Elena RADIONOVA
5. MIYAHARA Satoko-Chan
6. Ashley WAGNER

PAIRS:
1. STOLBOVA/KLIMOV (ok, I should've put them in second ahahah)
2. KAVAGUTI/SMIRNOV
3. DUHAMEL/RADFORD
4. PENG/ZHANG
5. SCIMECA/KNIERIM
6. YU/JIN
7. SEGUIN/BILODEAU

DANCE:
1. SHIBUTANI/SHIBUTANI
2. WEAVER/POJE
3. CAPPELLINI/LANOTTE
4. CHOCK/BATES
5. BOBROVA/SOLOVIEV
6. HUBBELL/DONOHUE

My Grand Prix Final Predictions:

Ladies
1. Gracie Gold
2. Elena Radionova
3. Mao Asada
4. Evgenia Medvedeva
5. Satoko Miyahara
6. Ashley Wagner

Men
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Javier Fernandez
3. Patrick Chan
4. Shoma Uno
5. Boyang Jin
6. Daisuke Murakami

Pairs
1. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
2. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov
3. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
4. Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim
5. Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang
6. Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin
7. Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau

Ice Dance
1. Madison Chock/Evan Bates
2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
3. Anna Cappelini/Luca Lanotte
4. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani
5. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue
6. Ekaterina Bobrovs/Dmitri Soloviev