Prediction Thread for Trophée Eric 2009

[Tinymavy15]

I figured we will do predictions for all 6 events, as preliminary as it is, but here are mine.

Ladies:
1. Kim
2. Nakano
3. Asada
(sasha withdraws)

Men:
1. Oda
2.Joubet
3. Verner

Pairs:
1.savchenko and szolkowy
2. mukhortova and trankov
3. dube and davidson

Dance:
1. Virtue and Moir
2. Pechalt and Bourzat
3. Sameulson and Bates?

 

[Mathman]

I hope Sasha doesn't withdraw. She would have to fake an injury to do so.

I don't think she has to beat anybody to keep her comeback on track. Just show that she is still competive against a tough field.

Prediction for ladies: Caroline Zhang will be the surprise medallist, maybe second.

Another prediction: NBC televison sees what a great pre-Olympic competition this is going to be (not to mention Sasha's debut as the comeback kid) and they decide to televise it in prime time in the U.S.

Men: Oda

 

[Tonichelle]

keep dreaming, MM!

 

[Dipyramidal]

TEB:
Asada
Kim
Nakano, Kostner, Cohen, Zhang.
Men:
1. Oda
2.Joubet
3. Verner

 

[jjane45]

Another prediction: NBC televison sees what a great pre-Olympic competition this is going to be (not to mention Sasha's debut as the comeback kid) and they decide to televise it in prime time in the U.S.

add one more dreamer to the list...

 

[chuckm]

DANCE:
Virtue/Moir
Pechalat/Bourzat
Kerr/Kerr
Samuelson/Bates
Hubbell/Hubbell

PAIRS:
Savchenko/Szolkowy
Mukhortova/Trankov
Dube/Davison
Castelli/Shnapir
Dong/Wu

MEN:
Joubert
Ponsero
Oda
Verner
Rippon

LADIES:
Kim
Asada
Zhang
Nakano
Cohen (if she doesn't withdraw, Kostner if she does)

 

[jennylovskt]

Oda couldn't count, so Joubert wins with the beautiful program choreographed by Albena and Maxim.

 

[R.D.]

I hope Sasha doesn't withdraw. She would have to fake an injury to do so.

Nah, she doesn't need to do that. The likelihood of a real one is large enough.

Prediction for ladies: Caroline Zhang will be the surprise medallist, maybe second.

I suspect Kim and Asada will go 1-2 in either order. Rochette is the only one who has proven she can hang up there with them, and she's not present here. Zhang can definitely sneak in 3rd though- absolutely.

Another prediction: NBC televison sees what a great pre-Olympic competition this is going to be (not to mention Sasha's debut as the comeback kid) and they decide to televise it in prime time in the U.S.

The ladies' FS is set for Sunday afternoon (according to the web site). I don't see them tape-delaying the event to Sunday night in any scenario. Plus, I don't know how much flexibility there is in moving the times around. The site didn't say "subject to change" or anything so I'm assuming they're all but set in stone

 

[Morning Glory]

Ladies
1. Yuna
2. Mao
3. Caroline, Sasha, Yukari(my hope)

Men
1. Joubert
2. Oda
3. Verner, Poncero


Very suprised to see Mao vs. Yuna at the first competion of the GPs.

 

[NatachaHatawa]

i'm just predicting that it's gonna be amazing!

 

[Danale]

i'm just predicting that it's gonna be amazing!

I agree, TEB look fantastic this year (barring WDs)!

I'll go with:
Men: Joubert, Oda, Rippon (just cause I love this kid).
Ladies: Asada, Kim, Koster
Pairs: S/S, D/D, M/T
Dance: V/M, K/K, P/Brock

 

[Betty07]

My prediction:

Ladies
1. Yu-Na Kim
2. Caroline Zhang
3. Mao Asada

Men
1. Brian Joubert
2. Tomas Verner
3. Nobunari Oda

Pair
1. Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
2. Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison
3. Maria Mukhortova & Maxim Trankov

Ice Dance
1. Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
2. Nathalie Pechalat & Fabian Bourzat
3. Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates

 

[yangjie]

men
1 oda
is strong at the first event evreytime
2 yanick
is strong in europe,especaillly in france
3 verner
this is my hope.i think he is storong when skating with high-level-sketers like joubert
4 joubert
becouse he is not good at first event,and in france.

ladies
1 yuna
2 one of american
3 one of japanese

 

[Wicked]

Kim
Asada
Cohen

Oda
Verner
Joubert

S&S
D&D
J&B

V&M
S&B
K&K

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

is it a real prediction thread based on the last 4 years or is just Listing your favorite skaters? We had a HOPE thread last year which made more sense.

 

[Wicked]

is it a real prediction thread based on the last 4 years or is just Listing your favorite skaters? We had a HOPE thread last year which made more sense.

This is why I do so badly at fantasy figure skating!

 

[＊Sunrise＊]

Well, I think it's early to do this but...

Ladies
1. Yuna Kim

Caloline, Cohen, Asada, Kostner, Yukari
(can't decide.. very interesting to watch!! )

Men
1. Brian
2. Tomas
3. Oda, Yannick, Ryan, Voaughn


Yay~~ TEB!!!

 

[Chrystia Mee]

Men:
1. Brian Joubert
2. Tomas Verner
3. Nobunari Oda


Ladies:
1. Yu Na Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Caroline Zhang/Carolina Kostner - if Kostner is on I think she will take the edge, but if she's off I think Zhang will overthrow her and sneak on the podium. Especially if Zhang has fixed her downgrades on her jumps

I can't see Sasha on the podium. At best I can see her 4th, but until we get some practice reports on her, it will be hard to determine what shape she is in.

 

[R.D.]

Ladies:
1. Yu Na Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Caroline Zhang/Carolina Kostner - if Kostner is on I think she will take the edge, but if she's off I think Zhang will overthrow her and sneak on the podium. Especially if Zhang has fixed her downgrades on her jumps

Kind of early to be predicting stuff but that probably looks to be the most likely outcome based on last season. Notice I said BASED ON LAST SEASON so obviously there's room for things to change, withdrawals, etc.

I can't see Sasha on the podium.

I can't see her showing up at the event. :scratch:

 

[PolymerBob]

I would say

1) Brian
2) Nobunari
3) Thomas ( maybe Ryan )

and

1) Mao
2) Yu-Na
3) Caroline ( maybe Sasha )