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Bonne fête de St-Jean-Baptiste! (St. John the Baptist got around, San Juan Bautista is also the national holiday for Puerto Rico).

Still so sad over Joseph Phan retiring....:cry:
 
4everchan said:
that's my understanding too... but JO... i am soooooo sad for our "sons" i am usually okay with retirements... even Chiddy.. I just feel that Jo's injury may have forced things for him... and it sucks... you know how much i cared about Jo.. he is even in my avatar... i guess i will not put conrad back until he is signed up for minto or whatever...
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Conrad is on the entry list for the Wild Rose Summer Invitational, so no need to worry about him
 
4everchan said:
note that he and sister Amelia seem to have moved to Ice Palace (Ravi Walia, Ekaterina Goordeeva ?)
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Isn't the Ice Palace in Edmonton? Seems a big decision. Conrad quite recently posted on Instagram a set of photos taken on the Ontario lake but hasn't posted any photos from Edmonton, so probably the moving is still ahead him...


Edit: I'm sorry, I mistook Rogers Place for Rogers Centre :palmf:
So Conrad posted a photo from Edmonton some time ago.
Truly believe the change is fruitfull.
 
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icetug said:
Isn't the Ice Palace in Edmonton? Seems a big decision. Conrad quite recently posted on Instagram a set of photos taken on the Ontario lake but hasn't posted any photos from Edmonton, so probably the moving is still ahead him...
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yes... it's in Edmonton...
 
Colonel Green said:
In a big surprise, Piper said on TikTok today that they're going to compete this season.
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big surprise ? yes and no... yes because they have been around for a while... no because with many teams retiring, the RUS not allowed, they can make a move up...

More importantly : i believe the change of rules will benefit them. In the RD, they were often set back because of lost levels on the pattern .... not anymore
 
4everchan said:
big surprise ? yes and no... yes because they have been around for a while... no because with many teams retiring, the RUS not allowed, they can make a move up...

More importantly : i believe the change of rules will benefit them. In the RD, they were often set back because of lost levels on the pattern .... not anymore
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Agreed that the rule changes will benefit them, but those changes will also benefit other teams with crowd-pleasing “wow” elements who aren’t so strong in the basics, like Fear & Gibson and many of their Gadbois colleagues. Since there are a number of teams that fit that profile, I’m not sure that G/P, particularly, would have a special advantage due to the rule changes.

I just hope they don’t give us another career retrospective, “farewell” type program like the Long & Winding Road. It’s a new cycle. Let’s shake it up!
 
Seven Sisters said:
Agreed that the rule changes will benefit them, but those changes will also benefit other teams with crowd-pleasing “wow” elements who aren’t so strong in the basics, like Fear & Gibson and many of their Gadbois colleagues. Since there are a number of teams that fit that profile, I’m not sure that G/P, particularly, would have a special advantage due to the rule changes.

I just hope they don’t give us another career retrospective, “farewell” type program like the Long & Winding Road. It’s a new cycle. Let’s shake it up!
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I agree that some teams, like Fear and Gibson will also benefit from it.
I am not agreeing entirely with the rest of your conclusions.

Gadbois : if some teams are more of the dramatic enjoyable skaters, some are really strong as well, H-B come to mind, the French, the young Canadians (Lala) etc At the Olympics, the French as well as H/D skated strong programs without gimmicks. I wouldn't refer to Gadbois as the crowd pleasing ice dance mecca... though crowd pleasing ice dance doesn't sound terrible either... :scratch2:

A rule change has a positive effect on a team if it can gain ground on the others... Whether or not some of the Gadbois teams (and some others as well) fit the same profile as Piper and Paul, most of the other teams were gaining points on Piper and Paul who were regularly hammered on the pattern dance. So this is where there may be an impact. Piper and Paul will no longer start with a 2 points deficit before they even hit the ice... (that's put a bit harshly just to illustrate my point)

One team really disadvantaged by the rule change : the Italians. And that's one of the teams Piper and Paul will have to chase back... they used to be ahead of them....

Your final comment : I trust Carol Lane will have learned from her mistake. I also think that if Piper and Paul are thinking about the entire quad, or at least two years, as Worlds are in Montreal, they may be willing to go a bit more daring, like they used to do, with their programs this year.
 
Agreed that Guignard/Fabbri will have less technical advantage under the new rules, but in their favor, with P/C “taking a break,” no Russians to worry about, and the two Spanish teams retired, G/F look to have a pretty clear path to the podium at Europeans. Good results there never hurt when Worlds come around!

They also do Latin themes very well, another advantage.

Really, it will be such an interesting season. And I think having G/P continue on will help light a fire under Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen—I’m hoping for better programs from them as well.
 
Seven Sisters said:
Agreed that Guignard/Fabbri will have less technical advantage under the new rules, but in their favor, with P/C “taking a break,” no Russians to worry about, and the two Spanish teams retired, G/F look to have a pretty clear path to the podium at Europeans. Good results there never hurt when Worlds come around!

They also do Latin themes very well, another advantage.

Really, it will be such an interesting season. And I think having G/P continue on will help light a fire under Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen—I’m hoping for better programs from them as well.
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i haven't checked before posting this but last time i looked at the summer competitions, the top 3 Canadian teams were not registered anywhere.... while Lauriault Le Gac, Soucisse-Firus and Fabbri -Ayer and everyone else were all entered at least one event...

The suspense will last a bit longer
 
GP Assignments:

Women:
Gabrielle Daleman - Skate Canada
Madeline Schizas - Skate Canada, Espoo
Alison Schumacher - Skate Canada

Men:
Wesley Chiu - Skate America, France
Roman Sadovsky - Skate America, MK John Wilson (Sheffield)
Stephen Gogolev - Skate Canada, NHK
Keegan Messing - Skate Canada, Espoo
Conrad Orzel - Skate Canada
Corey Circelli - MK John Wilson (Sheffield)

Pairs:
Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps - Skate America, France
Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar - Skate Canada, NHK
Evelyn Walsh/Trennt Michaud - Skate Canada, MK John Wilson (Sheffield)
Lori-Ann Matte/Thierry Ferland - MK John Wilson (Sheffield), Espoo
*1 Skate Canada host spot TBD

Dance:
Marie-Jade Lauriault/Roman Le Gac - Skate America
Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus - Skate America, Espoo
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier- Skate Canada, Espoo
Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha - Skate Canada, MK John Wilson (Sheffield)
Miku Makita/Tyler Gunara - Skate Canada
Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen - France, NHK
Molly Lanaghan/Dmitre Razgulajevs - France
Alicia Fabbri/Paul Ayer - MK John Wilson (Sheffield)
Haley Sales/Nikolas Wamsteeker - MK John Wilson (Sheffield)
 
Are Bashynska/Beaumont staying in juniors?

Who's likely to get the pairs host spot? Fredette/St Louis?

I am so happy to see Gabby make her GP comeback! :)
 
Dreamer57 said:
Are Bashynska/Beaumont staying in juniors?

Who's likely to get the pairs host spot? Fredette/St Louis?

I am so happy to see Gabby make her GP comeback! :)
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That team split a while ago (I believe she was on IPS). Bashynska/Beaumont are registered for a couple summer comps as juniors.
 
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