2015-16 GP Predictions Round 1: Skate America

[voolfee]

Men:

1. Shoma Uno
2. Han Yan
3. Denis Ten
4. Takahito Mura
5. Jason Brown
6. Konstantin Menshov

Ladies:

1. Satoko Miyahara
2. Evgenia Medvedeva
3. Gracie Gold
4. Elizabet Tursynbaeva
5. Julia Lipnitskaya
6. Haruka Imai

Pairs:

1. Sui/Han
2. Stolbova/Klimov
3. Scimeca/Knierem
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Seguin/Bilodeau
6. Wang/Wang

Ice Dance:

1. Chock/Bates
2. Gilles/Poirier
3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4. Yanovskaya/Mozgov
5. Hawayek/Baker
6. Nazarova/Nikitin

 

[Isabel_O'Reilly]

Ladies
1) Julia Lipnitskaia
2) Evgenia Medvedeva
3) Gracie Gold
4) Satoko Miyahara
5) So Youn Park
6) Alaine Chartrand

Men
1) Jason Brown
2) Denis Ten
3) Han Yan
4) Max Aaron
5) Takahito Mura
6) Adian Pitkeev


Ice Dance
1) Chock/Bates
2) Gilles/Poirier
3) Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4) Yanovskaya/Mozgov
5) Hawayek/Baker
6) Nazarova/Nikitin

Pairs
1) Sui/Han
2) Stolbova/Klimov
3) Seguin/Bilodeau
4) Scimeca/Knierim
5) Astakhova/Rogonov
6) Wang/Wang

 

[Imagine]

Don't watch the other ones so....ladies:

01. Gracie Gold
02. Yulia Lipnitskaya
03. Evgenia Medvedeva
04. Miyahara Satoko
05. Karen Chen
06. Alaine Chartrand

 

[satine]

Don't watch the other ones so....ladies:

It's worth it to randomly guess the other disciplines- you can't get negative points, afterall PLUS, there is this handy tool I linked to quite a bit last season when people dealt with skaters they weren't familiar with :thumbsup:

 

[samm22]

Ladies:
1. S. Miyahara
2. G. Gold
3. E. Medvedeva
4. E. Tursynbaeva
5. J. Lipnitskaia
6. S. Y. Park

Men:
1. S. Uno
2. J. Brown
3. T. Mura
4. D. Ten
5. M. Aaron
6. K. Menshov

Pairs:
1. Sui/Han
2. Stolbova/Klimov
3. Scimeca/Knierim
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Seguin/Bilodeau
6. Wang/Wang

Dance:
1. Chock/Bates
2. Gilles/Poirier
3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4. Yanovskaya/Mozgov
5. Hawayek/Baker
6. Nazarova/Nikitin

 

[tulosai]

It's worth it to randomly guess the other disciplines- you can't get negative points, afterall PLUS, there is this handy tool I linked to quite a bit last season when people dealt with skaters they weren't familiar with :thumbsup:

It works as well as anything else for the men most times

 

[randomfan]

Edit 2: After hearing Denis Ten's injury I have to change men again...

Men:
1. Takahito Mura
2. Jason Brown
3. Denis Ten
4. Han Yan
5. Shoma Uno
6. Max Aaron

Ladies:
1. Satoko Miyahara
2. Evgenia Medvedeva
3. Gracie Gold
4. Yulia Lipnitskaya
5. So Youn Park
6. Karen Chen

Edit: Finally got some time to do Pairs and Ice Dance! I'm hoping that my guessing skills are good.

Pairs:
1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
2. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
3. Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim
4. Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang
5. Kristina Asthakova/Alexei Rogonov
6. Julianne Seguine/Charlie Bilodeau

Ice Dance:
1. Madison Chock/Evan Bates
2. Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
3. Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov
4. Alexandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin
5. Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker
6. Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov

 

[Alisa]

Men:
1. Shoma UNO
2. Denis TEN
3. Jason BROWN
4. Takahito MURA
5. Max AARON
6. Adian PITKEEV

Ladies:
1. Satoko MIYAHARA
2. Gracie GOLD
3. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
4. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
5. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
6. Alaine CHARTRAND

Pairs:
1. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA /Fedor KLIMOV
3. Alexa SCIMECA /Chris KNIERIM
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA /Alexei ROGONOV
5. Xuehan WANG /Lei WANG
6. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU

Ice Dance:
1. Madison CHOCK /Evan BATES
2. Piper GILLES /Paul POIRIER
3. Anna YANOVSKAYA /Sergey MOZGOV
4. Kaitlin HAWAYEK /Jean-Luc BAKER
5. Victoria SINITSINA /Nikita KATSALAPOV
6. Anastasia CANNUSCIO /Colin MCMANUS

 

[NC89]

Men:

1. Shoma Uno
2. Jason Brown
3. Han Yan
4. Denis Ten
5. Konstantin Menshov
6. Max Aaron

Ladies:

1. Satoko Miyahara
2. Evgenia Medvedeva
3. Julia Lipnitskaya
4. Gracie Gold
5. Elizabet Tursynbayeva
6. Karen Chen

Pairs:

1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
2. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
3. Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knerim
4. Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov
5. Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau
6. Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang


Ice Dance:

1. Madison Chock/Evan Bates
2. Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
3. Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov
4. Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov
5. Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker
6. Alexandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin

 

[MalloryArcher]

MEN
1. Shoma Uno
2. Jason Brown
3. Denis Ten
4. Konstantin Menshov
5. Han Yan
6. Alexei Bychenko

LADIES
1. Satoko Miyahara
2. Gracie Gold
3. Evgenia Medvedeva
4. Elizabet Tursynbaeva
5. Julia Lipnitskaya
6. So Youn Park

PAIRS
1. Sui/Han
2. Stolbova/Klimov
3. Scimeca/Knierim
4. Astakhova/Rogonov
5. Wang/Wang
6. Seguin/Bilodeau

DANCE
1. Chock/Bates
2. Gilles/Poirier
3. Sinitsina/Katsalapov
4. Yanovskaya/Mozgov
5. Hawayek/Baker
6. Nazarova/Nikitin

 

[PorcoPlane]

Men:
1. Denis Ten
2. Shoma Uno
3. Jason Brown
4. Takahito Mura
5. Max Aaron
6. Han Yan

Ladies:
1. Satoko Miyahara
2. Evgenia Medvedeva
3. Elizabet Tursynbaeva
4. Gracie Gold
5. Julia Lipnitskaia
6. Karen Chen

Pairs:
1. Wenjing Sui / Cong Han
2. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
3. Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau
4. Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang
5. Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim
6. Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov

Ice Dance:
1. Madison Chock / Evan Bates
2. Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
3. Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov
4. Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
5. Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
6. Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu

 

[foruiz]

Men:

1. Denis TEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Jason BROWN
4. Han YAN
5. Takahito MURA
6. Konstantin MENSHOV

Ladies

1. Satoko MIYAHARA
2. Gracie GOLD
3. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
4. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
5. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
6. So Youn PARK

Pairs:
1. Ksenia STOLBOVA /Fedor KLIMOV
2. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN
3. Alexa SCIMECA /Chris KNIERIM
4. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU
5. Xuehan WANG /Lei WANG
6. Kristina ASTAKHOVA /Alexei ROGONOV

Ice Dance:
1. Madison CHOCK /Evan BATES
2. Piper GILLES /Paul POIRIER
3. Kaitlin HAWAYEK /Jean-Luc BAKER
4. Anna YANOVSKAYA /Sergey MOZGOV
5. Victoria SINITSINA /Nikita KATSALAPOV
6. Alexandra NAZAROVA /Maxim NIKITIN

 

[Art&Sport]

MEN

Denis Ten
Shoma Uno
Jason Brown
Max Aaron
Konstantin Menshov
Han Yan
Takahito Mura
Florent Amodio
Ross Miner
Adian Pitkeev


LADIES

Gracie Gold
Evgenia Medvedeva
Satoko Miyahara
Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Julia Lipitniskaia
Alaine Chartrand
Karen Chen
So Youn Park
Haruka Imai


PAIRS

Wenjing Sui/ Cong Han
Alexa Scimeca/ Chris Knierim
Ksenia Stolbova/ Fedor Klimoff
Kristina Ashtakhova/ Alexei Rogonoff
Julianne Seguin/ Charlie Bilodeau
Tarah Kayne/ Daniel O'Shea
Xuehan Wang/ Lei Wang
Gretchen Donlan/ Nathan Bartholomay


ICE DANCE

Madison Chock/ Evan Bates
Piper Gilles/ Paul Poirier
Anna Yanovskaya/ Sergey Mozgov
Kaitlin Hawayek/ Jean-Luc Baker
Anastasia Cannuscio/ Colin McManus
Victoria Sinitsina/ Nikita Katsalapov

 

[NoNameFace]

I told myself at the end of last GP season that I'll try my best to take part of this great prediction game this GP season so wish me luck and consistency!

here we go:

Men (this is really HARD...this field has a great potential to be brilliant or a total splatfest, 2 wild cards are for me Han Yan and Denis Ten - they can totally rock this or rock only in SP or not rock this at all...I'm torn at this moment, will see if some changes will be made):


1. Denis TEN
2. Jason BROWN
3. Shoma UNO
4. Takahito MURA
5. Han YAN
6. Konstantin MENSHOV


EDIT - I am a mess with this Men's competition, when I looked at my first guess today I thought I'm crazy...probably will be back with this one again...
EDIT 2 - mess is continuing...last time adjustments


Ladies (similar as Men's competition...lots of headcases there also with Gracie on the lead, Karen and Elizabet are totally wild cards there for me):


1. Satoko MIYAHARA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Gracie GOLD
4. Karen CHEN
5. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
6. Julia LIPNITSKAIA



Pairs (also not the easiest one to predict to be honest...there are 2 major things - battle for win and battle for the rest):

1. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN
2. Ksenia STOLBOVA /Fedor KLIMOV
3. Kristina ASTAKHOVA /Alexei ROGONOV
4. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU
5. Alexa SCIMECA /Chris KNIERIM
6. Xuehan WANG /Lei WANG
7. Tarah KAYNE /Daniel O‘SHEA
8. Gretchen DONLAN/Nathan BARTHOLOMAY



Ice Dance (very interesting field there - win of Chock and Bates and 2nd for Piper and Paul are 99,9% sure but placement of the rest - not so much...):

1. Madison CHOCK /Evan BATES
2. Piper GILLES /Paul POIRIER
3. Anna YANOVSKAYA /Sergey MOZGOV
4. Kaitlin HAWAYEK /Jean-Luc BAKER
5. Anastasia CANNUSCIO /Colin MCMANUS
6. Victoria SINITSINA /Nikita KATSALAPOV
7. Alexandra NAZAROVA /Maxim NIKITIN
8. Shiyue WANG /Xinyu LIU

Wishing all of you playing lots of luck!!!

 

[tvuckic16]

I only feel comfortable making predictions for ice dance, so I will try my hand at that.

1. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES
2. Piper GILLES/ Paul POIRIER
3. Victoria SINITSINA/ Nikita KATSALAPOV (not a fan but my view is they could be either 3rd or last...lol)
4. Kaitlin HAWAYEK/ Jean-Luc BAKER
5. Anna YANOVSKAYA/Sergey MOZGOV (4th and 5th place could be interchangeable)
6. Anastasia CANNUSCIO/Colin MCMANUS
7. Alexandra NAZAROVA/Maxim NIKITIN
8. Shiyue WANG/ Xinyu LIU

 

[Astrid56]

My gut feeling tells me to rank these teams as follows:

1. CHOCK/BATES
2. SINITSINA/KATSALAPOV - not a fan of Nikita but having seen his work, he with partner can squeak by [a narrow margin] either a 3rd or 2nd.
3. GILLES/POIRIER - they're very good and edgy but the above-mentioned Russian team skates faster ... shows more skating bravura
4. CANNUSCIO/MCMANUS
5. HAWAYEK/BAKER - still very much a novice in this level.
6. YANOVSKAYA/MOZGOV (either a 5th or a 6th place finish)
7. NAZAROVA/NIKITIN
8. WANG/LIU

 

[Snow63]

I only feel comfortable making predictions for ice dance, so I will try my hand at that.

Oh, you don't lose anything if you try to predict other disciplines, you know Even if you are not going to win there, you still can get some points for your overall rating! Besides, it is so much fun. What if you'll get lucky and win

Same goes for everyone, guys. You can at least try, don't waste an opportunity to get more rating points

 

[LisaM]

Dance:
1 Madison Chock/Evan Bates
2 Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
3 Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov
4 Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker
5 Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus
6 Viktoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov

Men
1 Shoma Uno
2 Jason Brown
3 Denis Ten
4 Konstantin Menshov
5 Takahito Mura
6 Han Yan

Ladies
1 Satoko Miyahara
2 Evgenia Medvedeva
3 Gracie Gold
4 Elizabet Tursynbayeva
5 Yulia Lipnitskaya
6 So Youn Park

Pairs
1 Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
2 Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
3 Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim
4 Kristina Astakhova/Andrei Rogonov
5 Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang
6 Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau

 

[jinhamasaki]

Tough field...Uno really seems like he really wants the win.
Men:
1. Shoma UNO
2. Denis TEN
3. Jason BROWN
4. Takahito MURA
5. Max AARON
6. Adian PITKEEV

I'm hoping Gracie can put it together, but she risks dropping below Tursynbaeva
Ladies:
1. Satoko MIYAHARA
2. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
3. Gracie GOLD
4. Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA
5. Julia LIPNITSKAIA
6. Alaine CHARTRAND


Pairs:
1. Ksenia STOLBOVA /Fedor KLIMOV
2. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN
3. Alexa SCIMECA /Chris KNIERIM
4. Kristina ASTAKHOVA /Alexei ROGONOV
5. Xuehan WANG /Lei WANG
6. Julianne SEGUIN/Charlie BILODEAU

Mostly a wild guess outside of the top 2!
Ice Dance:
1. Madison CHOCK /Evan BATES
2. Piper GILLES /Paul POIRIER
3. Anna YANOVSKAYA /Sergey MOZGOV
4. Kaitlin HAWAYEK /Jean-Luc BAKER
5. Victoria SINITSINA /Nikita KATSALAPOV
6. Anastasia CANNUSCIO /Colin MCMANUS

 

[Mrs. P]

Oh, you don't lose anything if you try to predict other disciplines, you know Even if you are not going to win there, you still can get some points for your overall rating! Besides, it is so much fun. What if you'll get lucky and win

Same goes for everyone, guys. You can at least try, don't waste an opportunity to get more rating points

Besides, as noted by many. the men are a huge guessing game anyway, even if you follow the discipline.

Where do you put Shoma Uno who can go from crashing and burning in his SP at Salt Lake to killing it in the FS at Japan Open? Or Jason Brown, who doesn't tend to peak until later in the season and is working on a quad? Or Denis Ten who tends to famouslynot do well in the GP series? Or what about Max Aaron who had a great SP at Nebelhorn and a not-so-great FS? Or how about Konstatain Menshov, who won Finlandia?

Randomizer, please.