Stephane was 7.2 points behind Jeff. A triple flip-triple toe is worth 4.2 points, and a fall on a triple axel loses you 4 points. So with a triple flip-triple toe like Jeff and a clean triple axel he gains 8.2 points and only beats Buttle by 1 point. Well in the past when Stephane skated clean with a quad-triple vs Jeff, he beat him by between 3-4 points, with a quad toe-triple toe being worth 3.5 points more then a triple flip-triple toe. So basicaly past indicates the two are almost tied doing clean shorts with the same jumps, so this is no different then that.
It's quite reasonable that quadless Buttle's PCS is lower than Joubert.
He has the highest PCS among the quadless, and still higher than several quad-equiped skaters. That's enough isn't it.
No, it's not. When it comes to PCS Buttle really has no equal except for Lambiel. Having a quad has nothing to do with it. Why would a quad make someone's PCS higher?
It's quite reasonable that quadless Buttle's PCS is lower than Joubert.
He has the highest PCS among the quadless, and still higher than several quad-equiped skaters. That's enough isn't it.
Having high jump arsenals has everything to do with PCS.
I know Canadian don't want admit that. That's why they send a skater like Phaneuf to 4CC and you know the result.