Cup of China: Predictions Game Round 5

Cup of China will be awesome The ladies event is just soo difficult to predict :eeking:

MEN:
1. Patrick CHAN
2. JIN Boyang
3. Alexander PETROV
4. Max AARON
5. YAN Han
-6. Maxim KOVTUN

LADIES:
1. Ashley WAGNER
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND
3. MIHARA Mai
4. Elena RADIONOVA
5. LI Zijun
-6. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA

PAIRS:
1. YU/ZHANG
2. WANG/WANG
3. ILIUSHECHKINA/MOSCOVITCH
4. DELLA MONICA/GUARISE
5. PENG/JIN
-6. VARTMANN/BLOMMAERT

ICE DANCE:
1. SHIBUTANI/SHIBUTANI
2. WEAVER/POJE
3. SINITSINA/KATSALAPOV
4. STEPANOVA/BUKIN
5. PAUL/ISLAM
-6. CANNUSCIO/MCMANUS

MEN
1. Patrick CHAN
2. Boyang JIN
3. Sergei VORONOV
4. Max AARON
5. Han YAN
6. Daniel SAMOHIN

LADIES
1. Ashley WAGNER
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND
3. Elena RADIONOVA
4. Mai MIHARA
5. Rika HONGO
6. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA

ICE DANCE
1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
5. Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM
6. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV

PAIRS
1. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
2. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
3. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN
4. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE
5. Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
6. Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG

Making some last minute changes
ICE DANCE:
1-Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2-Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3-Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4-Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5-Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
6-Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS

PAIRS:
1-Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
2-Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
3-Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
4-Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG
5-Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE
6-Cheng PENG / Yang JIN

MEN:
1-Boyang JIN
2-Patrick CHAN
3-Max AARON
4-Sergei VORONOV
5-Daniel SAMOHIN
6-Daisuke MURAKAMI

LADIES:
1-Ashley WAGNER
2-Elena RADIONOVA
3-Kaetlyn OSMOND
4-Mai MIHARA
5-Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
6-Courtney HICKS

Men:
1. Patrick Chan
2. Boyang Jin
3. Sergei Voronov
4. Max Aaron
5. Daniel Samohin
6. Maxim Kovtun

Ladies:
1. Ashley Wagner
2. Elena Radionova
3. Kaetlyn Osmond
4. Mai Mihara
5. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
6. Rika Hongo

Pairs:
1. Xiaoyu Yu / Hao Zhang
2. Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
3. Cheng Peng / Yang Jin
4. Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
5. Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang
6. Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise

Dance:
1. Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
2. Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
3. Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
4. Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
5. Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu
6. Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam

No pidgeons...white doves, John Woo style after Boying Boying 4 quads / combos

Men:

1. Chan
2. Jin
3. Aaron
4. Voronov
5. Kovtun
6. Petrov

Ladies:

1. Wagner
2. Osmond
3. Radionova
4. Mihara
5. Hicks
6. Li

Pairs:

1. Yu/Zhang
2. Iliushechkina/Moscovich
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov
4. Peng/Jin
5. Wang/Wang
6. Della-Moncia/Guarise

Dance:

1. Shibutani/Shibutani
2. Weaver/Poje
3. Stepanova/Bukin
4. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
5. Paul/Islam
6. Cannuscio/McManus

Well...this is a nightmare to predict...Ladies especially...
LADIES: Definitely the deepest, most unpredictable field in the GP series for the ladies. Ashley is a frontrunner because of her World medal, but her URs could cost her. The ladies in my 1-8 are all capable of medalling.

1. Ashley WAGNER (USA)
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND (CAN)
3. Elena RADIONOVA (RUS)
4. Mai MIHARA (JPN)
5. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA (RUS)
6. Courtney HICKS (USA)
7. Zijun LI (CHN)
8. Rika HONGO (JPN)
9. Karen CHEN (USA)
10. Joshi HELGESSON (SWE)
11. Ziquan ZHAO (CHN)
12. Xiangning LI (CHN)

MEN:
Taking a risk here and putting Chan above Boyang (in part because I want Adam to go to the GPF). Putting Boyang 1st would be assuming that he has got all of his jumps back after his lackluster Skate America. If Patrick misses jumps, he's at least got PCS to save him. Also, I'm hoping Voronov, my favorite Russian man, can ride the wave from Skate America; his jumps are so fun to watch, and I love his programs this year. For 5th, its sort of going to be luck of the draw. We could see Yan Han on the podium, or we could see total meltdown from him. Since we've yet to see a clean performance from him this season, I'm not going to risk it.

1. Patrick CHAN (CAN)
2. Boyang JIN (CHN)
3. Sergei VORONOV (RUS)
4. Max AARON (USA)
5. Daniel SAMOHIN (ISR)
6. Michal Brezina (CZE)
7. Han YAN (CHN)
8. Maxim KOVTUN (RUS)
9. Alexander PETROV (RUS)
10. Ross MINER (USA)
11. Runqi LIU (CHN)

DANCE:
Even dance is unpredictable here Honestly after 1 and 2 (which aren't even a lock), 3 and 4 could go either way, and 5-8 could go anyway.

1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI (USA)
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE (CAN)
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV (RUS)
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN (RUS)
5. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV (POL)
6. Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM (CAN)
7. Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS (USA)
8. Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU (CHN)
9. Hong CHEN / Yan ZHAO (CHN)
10. Linshu SONG / Zhuoming SUN (CHN)

PAIRS:
Nobody knows anything about Peng/Jin so I'm putting them in the safest position I can think of. I really enjoyed Wang/Wang towards the end of last year, so I'm hoping that they have improved even more technically since then. Kavaguti and Smirnov did not look good at Skate Canada--unfortunately I don't see their problems being fixed over the course of a month either. I debated whether to put them in 5th or D/G, but I went with K/S since they have the clear PCS edge.

1. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG (CHN)
2. Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH (CAN)
3. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN (CHN)
4. Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG (CHN)
5. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS)
6. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)
7. Jessica PFUND / Joshua SANTILLAN (USA)
8. Mari VARTMANN / Ruben BLOMMAERT (GER)

LADIES

1. Ashley Wagner
2. Elena Radionova
3. Kaetlyn Osmond
4. Zijun Li
5. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
6. Mai Mihara


MEN

1. Boyang Jin
2. Patrick Chan
3. Sergei Voronov
4. Daniel Samohin
5. Han Yan
6. Maxim Kovtun


DANCE

1. Shibutani/Shibutani
2. Weaver/Poje
3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4. Stepanova/Bukin
5. Cannuscio/McManus
6. Chen/Zhao


PAIRS

1. Yu/Zhang
2. Iliushechkina/Moscovitch
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov
4. Peng/Jin
5. Wang/Wang
6. Della Monica/Guarise

Alrighty lets go!

MEN:
1. Patrick Chan
2. Boyang Jin
3. Maxim Kovtun
4. Han Yan
5. Max Aaron
6. Daniel Samohin

LADIES:
1. Ashley Wagner
2. Kaetlyn Osmond
3. Elena Radionova
4. Zijun Li
5. Elizaveta Tutamysheva
6. Mai Mihara

PAIRS
1. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
2. Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Mari VARTMANN / Ruben BLOMMAERT
5. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN
6. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE

DANCE:
1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5. Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM
6. Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU

MEN

1. Boyang JIN
2. Patrick CHAN
3. Maxim KOVTUN
4. Han YAN
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Max AARON

LADIES

1. Elena RADIONOVA
2. Mai MIHARA
3. Ashley WAGNER
4. Rika HONGO
5. Kaetlyn OSMOND
6. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA

PAIRS

1. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
2. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
5. Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG
6. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE

ICE DANCE

1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
5. Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM
6. Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS

I'm going to go completely crazy here.

Ladies

1. Elena Radionova
2. Kaetlyn Osmond
3. Ashley Wagner
4. Zijun Li
5. Rika Hongo
6. Mai Mihara

Men

1. Han Yan
2. Max Aaron
3. Patrick Chan
4. Boyang Jin
5. Sergei Voronov
6. Maxim Kovtun

(Shoutout to @karne...)

Pairs
1. Iliuschekina/Moskovitch
2. Yu/Zhang
3. Peng/Jin
4. Kavaguti/Smirnov
5. Vartmann/Blommaert
6. Della Monica/Guarise

Dance

1. Shibutani/Shinitani
2. Cannuscio/McManus
3. Weaver/Poje
4. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
5. Stepanova/Bukin
6. Paul/Islam

I went very crazy with my dance ones.

Men:

1. Patrick Chan
2. Boyang Jin
3. Sergei Voronov
4. Maxim Kovtun
5. Michal Brezina
6. Han Yan

Ladies:

1. Ashley Wagner
2. Elena Radionova
3. Kaetlyn Osmond
4. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
5. Mai Mihara
6. Rika Hongo

Pairs:

1. Yu/Zhang
2. Peng/Jin
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov
4. Iliushechkina/Moscovitch
5. Wang/Wang
6. Della Monica/Guarise

Ice Dance:

1. Shibutani/Shibutani
2. Weaver/Poje
3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4. Stepanova/Bukin
5. Cannuscio/McManus
6. Paul/Islam

Dance
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS
Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM

Men

Patrick CHAN
Boyang JIN
Max AARON
Sergei VORONOV
Han YAN
Michal BREZINA



Ladies
Ashley WAGNER
Elena RADIONOVA
Kaetlyn OSMOND
Mai MIHARA
Zijun LI
Courtney HICKS


Pairs
Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
Cheng PENG / Yang JIN
Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG
Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE

Ladies:
1. Ashley WAGNER
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND
3. Mai MIHARA
4. Elena RADIONOVA
5. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
6. Zijun LI

Men:
1. Patrick CHAN
2. Boyang JIN
3. Maxim KOVTUN
4. Michal BREZINA
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Max AARON

Pairs:
1. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
2. Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN
5. Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG
6. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE

Dance:
1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
6. Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS

Ladies:
1. Wagner
2. Radionova
3. Osmond
4. Mihara
5. Li
-
6. Hicks


Men:
1. Chan
2. Jin
3. Aaron
4. Voronov
5. Samohin
-
6. Miner

Ice dance:
1. Shibutani/Shibutani
2. Weaver/Poje
3. Stepanova/Bukin
4. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
5. Cannuscio/McManus
-
6. Paul/Islam

Pairs:
1. Yu/Zhang
2. Iliushechkina/Moscovitch
3. Peng/Jin
4. Kavaguti/Smirnov
5. Della Monica/Guarise
-
6. Wang/Wang

Ladies:

1. Ashley WAGNER
2. Elena RADIONOVA
3. Kaetlyn OSMOND
4. Mai MIHARA
5. Rika HONGO
6. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA

Men (I have no clue, this is insane):

1. Patrick CHAN
2. Boyang JIN
3. Sergei VORONOV
4. Maxim KOVTUN
5. Max AARON
6. Michal BREZINA

Pairs:

1. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
2. Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
4. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN
5. Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG
6. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE

Ice Dance:

1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
2. Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE
3. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
4. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
5. Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM
6. Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU

Ladies:

1. Osmond
2. Wagner
3. Radionova
4. Tuktamysheva
5. Mihara
6. Hicks

Men

1. Chan
2. Jin
3. Yan
4. Aaron
5. Voronov
6. Miner

Pairs:
1. Yu/Zhang
2. Wang/Wang
3. Iliusheckhina/Moscovitch
4. Kavaguti/Smirnov
5. Della Monica/Guarise
6. Vartman/Blommaert

Ice Dance:

1. Weaver/Poje
2. Shibutani/Shibutani
3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4. Stepanova/Bukin
5. Paul/Islam
6. Cannuscio/McManus

Ladies:

1. Ashley Wagner
2. Kaetlyn Osmond
3. Elena Radionova
4. Mai Mihara
5. Courtney Hicks
6. Zijun Li


Men:

1. Patrick Chan
2. Boyang Jin
3. Max Aaron
4. Sergei Voronov
5. Han Yan
6. Daniel Samohin
7. Michal Brezina

Pairs:

1. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG (CHN)
2. Cheng PENG / Yang JIN (CHN)
3. Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS)
4. Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH (CAN)
5. Jessica PFUND / Joshua SANTILLAN (USA)
6. Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)

Ice Dance:

1. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI (USA)
2. Kaitlin WEAVER / Andrew POJE (CAN)
3. Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS (USA) :dance:
4. Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV (RUS)
5. Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN (RUS)
6. Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM (CAN)

Just as a note, in case anyone has forgotten, Daisuke Murakami has withdrawn.

Men
1. Patrick Chan
2. Jin Boyang
3. Sergei Voronov
4. Michal Brezina
5. Max Aaron
6. Misha Ge

Ladies
1. Ashley Wagner
2. Elena Radionova
3. Kaetlyn Osmond
4. Mai Mihara
5. Courtney Hicks
6. Rika Hongo

Pairs
1. Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao
2. Peng Cheng/Jin Yang
3. Lubov Iliushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch
4. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexanader Smirnov
5. Wang Xuehang/Wang Lei
6. Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise

Ice Dance
1. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani
2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
3. Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov
4. Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin
5. Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus
6. Alexandra Paul/Mitchell Islam

Gia_Sesshoumaru said:

Just as a note, in case anyone has forgotten, Daisuke Murakami has withdrawn.

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He is still on the entry list...is he going to be replaced or is it just 10 men? (If so, ugh.)