So I guess the Russian Fed could have sent Elizaveta if they had wanted to.
Not a prediction, but if each federation sent exactly the same skaters to the team trophy as they did to worlds, and if each skater pleced exactly the same way as at worlds, here is how it would turn out.
JAPAN
Takahashi 11
Hnayu 10
Suzuki 10
Asada 8
Takahashi/Tran 11
Reed/Reed 7
Total 57
Japanese ladies can probably do better, maybe land two on the podium.
CANADA
Chan 12
Reynolds 5
LaCoste 4
Canada #2 1
Duhamel/Radford 10
Virtue/Moir 12
Total 54
Canada can move up a point or two if Phaneuf comes as Canada #2 and beats someone.
USA
Abbott 7
Rippon 4
Wagner 9
Czisny 3
Denney/Coughlin 9
Davis/White 11
Total 43
Best chance to move up is for their men to do better, send Caroline Zhang as second lady.
RUSSIA
Voronov 3
Gachinski 2
Leonova 11
Makarova 6
Volosozhar/Trankov 9
Ilinykh/Katsalapov 9
Total 43
Gachinski can do much better (but the report on this thread says he will not be going), but the ladies might not do as well as at Worlds.
ITALY
Contesti 6
Italy #2 1
Kostner 12
Marchei 7
Berton/Hotarek 8
Alessandrini/Vaturi 8
Total 42
Go Italy! Do they have another man?
FRANCE
Joubert 9
Amodio 8
Silete 5
France #2 1
James/Cipres 7
Penchalet/Bourzat 11
Total 41.
Hard to overcome their weakness in ladies and pairs.
About Plush it was known long time ago because if his surgery. But all the rest is just
. A month ago or so they were fighting for Liza's right to take part in WTT. Now after Gachi's fiasco in Nice I assume Mishin doesn't want to take part in any event for a while. V/T, healthy and not injuried, are out because without SS, you see people, the event is not much fun for them. Oh, yes. And then Piseev said in the tone of some Soviet leader that WTT is just a commercial show for the sake of Japanese organizers. Well, there is some truth in his words when he claims that the format of WTT doesn't correspond to the format of OG: two single skaters instead of one just in order to satisfy the gap that Japan has in dances and pairs. All right I get it, Mr. P. But. Still the event is an Olympic Gold Medal segment, where the mother Russia is definitely planning to medal, even gold medal. And to see how the RFSF basically disses the event by not bringing the best skaters, well. Just don't whine later, Mr.P. 
I miss her skating and usually she skates better when the competition is only for the pleasure to be with friends and for enjoying the moment. I wish that they send Mirai
In addition, I wish that Frank Carrol will not going into this competition. Mirai skate better when he is not with her.
