I'm guessing we'll see plenty of withdrawals....I'm thinking Johnny, Yu-Na, Plushenko, Pang/Tong & the Zaretskis.
For TBA spots:
FRA: Amodio in the men; Marroco & Meite if they have good outings in their first event. Canac/Bonheur for the pairs??
RUS: Ladies, no clue. Men, no idea. Pairs and dance, I'm thinking Khoklova/Andreev and Mukhortova/Blanchard, if they're ready.
USA: Men, not sure...Ladies, one of Gilles, Dobbs or Musademba if they do well earlier. Maybe Maxwell, as a really long shot, and if she does well over the summer. I'm guessing Zhang/Toth for the pairs, as they were the junior champs, did well last year and didn't get an initial assignment.
JPN: Takahashi/Tran :lol: maybe Nana Takeda in the ladies. But I also like Ayumi Goto, and unlike Nana, she's got all of the triples, and beat her a Nationals.
CAN: Ladies is kind of a mess...maybe Adriana DeSanctis. Duhamel/Radford for pairs.
CHN: Cong/Han, since they only got one event.
Other thoughts.
- The NHK dance field is really deep. I hope Ilinykh/Katsalapov can do well here and medal! I agree that it's the toughest event overall. Love the mens field; it has all my favorites except Joubidoo and Tomas.
- SA has great fields in dance & men. Pairs is nice, and it has Aliona & Robin, the new world junior champs and a battle between D/B & M/B. Ladies is a snoozefest...I'm hoping for a Laura/Kanako/Kostner or Kwak podium in that order, but I'm guessing it won't happen.
- I hope Alessandrini/Vaturi can get a second event.
- I'm glad Frohberg/Giesen and Turoczi/Major both got assignments, as they has quite respectable seasons last year, and were my favorites among the ice dance teams outside the top 10 at JW. Nice to see Tibbetts/Brubaker get one too, as they're probably my favorite of the American junior teams last year.
- Nice to see that all the Russian young teams that were eligible for an event got one. Novik/Kuznetsov are voidy.
it's just a sheet of paper with a bunch of names on it. 
The best Usa man that won me over, everybody retires!:scowl:
