She isn't guaranteed any GP assignments based on her season's best or world standings scores. We won't know who receives the extra invitations for GP events until June. And we won't know who is likely to receive them until we know how many athletes are declining to compete this season. Starr is ranked 52nd on the season's best list, and I think below about 7 U.S. ladies, which is pretty far down the list for being selected for an invitation. However, because this is a post-Olympic season, some of the athletes above her--and significantly some of the U.S. ladies above her--aren't likely to compete the GP. So an invitation is possible. The best way for Starr to control her own destiny, though, is to go out on the summer circuit and win. It would be a very good argument for her to earn a Skate America host berth and the support of USFSA if she doesn't get a GP invite but replacement spots open up. (Which, again, is pretty likely to happen in a post-Olympic season). She placed well at U.S. Nationals so even if she doesn't get a GP, she should be invited to Challenger events.
) If she moved to Toronto, she's be able to train with Shae more often too. But like you say, it seems like an impossible dream.
I think.
