2018 Canadian Nationals Senior Men - SP

[beki]

Seems like Patrick's heart is just not in it anymore, and it's out of his conscious control.

 

[Violet Bliss]

Kevin listened to me and rotated. No carrots.

 

[Sabrina]

Patrick was talking about small mistakes here and there, did I miss anything? Small a fall?

 

[bixby]

If he skate like that at the Olympics, it will sure be just dust in the wind!

Like Nam, where did their jumping go? It's crazy how it can come and go for a skater.

 

[cheerknithanson]

Omg I just realized if Kevin had done the quad in the combo along with the triple with the same GOE, he would have been in the lead....

 

[Yatagarasu]

Nevertheless — that footwork sequence — there's nothing better.

No doubt, and his skills are obviously there so especially now, considering the timing, it'd be awesome if he could go out with two clean programs, after the career he had. But Blackbird was also a lovely program, I don't think he'd lose anything with the switch. Ah well.

 

[lady_bee]

Yeah, I forgot about his age. I certainly congratulated his 25th Birthday, but thought he is still that age.

Because Kevin is Peter Pan.

 

[cheerknithanson]

Kevin listened to me and rotated. No carrots.

Or my good vibes I sent to him worked. Or both.

 

[Mrs. P]

Patrick's PCS was actually about the same as the top 3 us men. Subtle message by SC? Ha just tossing conspiracy theories around.

 

[el henry]

Five guys within six points of Patrick:shocked:

Including Elladj (sorry, mon brave, I won’t make the same jinxing mistake in the LP)

What alternate universe have I stepped into?

 

[TontoK]

Well, Patrick is going to the Olympics whether he wins here or not. Skate Canada will not NOT send him.

But, looking ahead, there are a lot of guys who can beat that program if he delivers it that way.

I really want to see that skated squeaky clean, as I think it's a beautiful program. I acknowledge that's not a universal opinion, but I love it.

Also, I think if Patrick doesn't skate both programs in the Team Event, then Canada is in trouble. I had a general sense of the gap behind Patrick, but having watched this entire event... it's a bigger gap than I imagined.

I wonder if Canada will take the path that Russia did, and put all the eggs in the Team Event Basket, potentially sacrificing a men's medal?

 

[silverfoxes]

This competition is more interesting than US Nationals to me because I don't think the second spot is predetermined and anything can pretty much happen. Who wants it the most?

I can't say Patrick's performance surprised me. He's clearly been over competing for awhile. Well, he chose to come back, it wasn't forced upon him.

 

[cheerknithanson]

Caps won at the last second AND Kevin is in 2nd after the SP. Today was a good day!

 

[CAS]

I think at this point Patrick and Skate Canada know he is only skating for the team event. He isn't a factor in the Men's event anymore. I do think they need him for the team because they don't have any other man that I think judges will give the PCS to that he will get and none of the other men are that reliable.

For me the skate of the night was Elladj but I don't see him making the team. Think second spot will go to Keegan or Kevin. Neither ideal imo but Keegan seems semi-reliable and Kevin did pull a rabbit out of his hat in the team event in Sochi so he could do it again.

 

[bixby]

Patrick was talking about small mistakes here and there, did I miss anything? Small a fall?

I know, right? Fall on a quad and messy landing on the axel; that's almost the weight of SP TES wise. You missed those and you pretty much dug yourself in the whole if you're with a bunch of top tier skaters in the world.

 

[SarahSynchro]

That was the competition he could have won with high possibility:noshake:

But would he have qualified for the GPF based on his Skate Canada placement?

 

[Yatagarasu]

Patrick's PCS was actually about the same as the top 3 us men. Subtle message by SC? Ha just tossing conspiracy theories around.

You know, it's actually interesting, I noticed that. I mean, he'll obviously go to the Olympics, but I expected more to be honest.

 

[Mrs. P]

So Patrick's probably going to do both for the team event?

 

[cheerknithanson]

I think at this point Patrick and Skate Canada know he is only skating for the team event. He isn't a factor in the Men's event anymore. I do think they need him for the team because they don't have any other man that I think judges will give the PCS to that he will get and none of the other men are that reliable.

For me the skate of the night was Elladj but I don't see him making the team.

I don't either based on results from international events (Minus Nebelhorn 2015...But I doubt they're going to count that into the factoring).

 

[SarahSynchro]

If he skate like that at the Olympics, it will sure be just dust in the wind!

Like Nam, where did their jumping go? It's crazy how it can come and go for a skater.

Well, in the case of Nam, he had a huge growth spurt between 2015-2017.