2018 Skate Canada Men's Free Skate

[DanseMacabre]

Really glad Jason rebounded and climbed up to #6. Considering the depth of the men's field here, top six is nothing to be ashamed of. If he skates clean back to back, he'll be a force to be reckoned with.

 

[CellarDweller]

Congrats to Keegan on his silver. I was also glad to see the way both Jason and Kevin were able to move up in the standings.

 

[karne]

7 tenths of a point covering Tomono, Majorov and Brendan. Wow.

 

[kevinVchicago]

I'm sorry but that PCS is a joke...

I also thought Messing's PCS was way too high. Well, so much for that brief moment when I loved the judges.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I love this podium!

 

[jillredhand]

Almost 7 points above Cha in pcs with that? Yeaaah I don't think so.

IDK about 7 exactly, but Keegan really is a lot better than Jun in all of the PCS categories. His SS and Performance are divine.

 

[firal]

Would have like to see the silver and bronze reversed, but this podium is great nonetheless.

Gotta leave the house like a responsible adult now, see ya later in dance and ladies!

 

[Seren]

Really glad Jason rebounded and climbed up to #6. Considering the depth of the men's field here, top six is nothing to be ashamed of. If he skates clean back to back, he'll be a force to be reckoned with.

Agree 100%. Considering his technical ability right now I think he should be happy with it. Hopefully it helps him regain some of the confidence he lost last year.

 

[QueenOfTheRoad]

I'm sorry but that PCS is a joke...

Home-overscoring.

 

[Metis]

Once again, I think the order is more or less right, but not because the judges scored everything correctly. Would have narrowed the gap between Cha and Keegan somewhat, but he did have that lead from the short (which is where I thought the judges really underscored everyone). Lots of solid shorts, relatively good frees, but I’m guessing it’s the ladies who will have the clean(er) free later on — we we went clean for the men in the short and the women were messier, so if the inverse correlation holds....

 

[Metis]

Protocols are already up!

 

[AJVMSA8588]

He's come so far since the days of the Hulk honey badger. He's still cheese, but now it comes with some hardware.

The last few years have been such a revelation after the hulk that had power but appeared so clumsy

 

[DanseMacabre]

I'm sorry but that PCS is a joke...

I also thought Messing's PCS was way too high. Well, so much for that brief moment when I loved the judges.

Co-signed

 

[TallyT]

Would have like to see the silver and bronze reversed, but this podium is great nonetheless.

me too, but I unblushingly admit it is simply and unobjectively because I am starting to adore Junhwan. But his first GP medal!!!

 

[Spirals for Miles]

Chaplin seems to be Keegan's style but I'd've expected to have Shoma more than a point ahead in PCS since both fell.

 

[rain]

Great for Keegan Messing, I was worried he'd implode, given that I'm sure he never expected to win this thing over Shoma. What really helps him is the jumps, of course, but he also has good spins and great speed. That's where someone like Nam loses so many points, though he has noticeably improved his speed over the ice.

I love Shoma Uno's program. Even with mistakes it's beautiful to watch.

 

[s_parks]

IDK about 7 exactly, but Keegan really is a lot better than Jun in all of the PCS categories. His SS and Performance are divine.

7 points was a reach with that program and let's not pretend Messing is on Uno's level in pcs.

 

[Metis]

J1 still having issues with the new PCS caps for programmes with a fall or serious error. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[cake]

Congrats all medallists! Happy for Messing. Must have been incredibly hard to perform after Unos monster score.
I´m totally on the Cha-bandwagon arty: To my surprise Eurosport Germany commentators also loved the Juuuuuuliet-program

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Samarin, watch Messing and take note how to skate with charisma.

Well, not really! Chaplin would be the only one who can skate it. Javi tried also, still... I mean, it was a good try, but please no more Chaplin, just no :roll5: