From Russia Daria and Dennis will very probably be there (I can't actually imagine a scenario where they'll miss out).
And what about Alexandra and Ivan? Or perhaps Charlene and Marco? Again 7 in total, so there should be a fight. And...even the Danadians have a chance.
We'll see of course, but it's fun that the outcomes - apart from a few - are so unpredictable. Even more than last year. And that's just great!
I actually have a scenario where P/K don’t make it (not rooting for or against just trying to think out all possibilities)...T/M win Rostelecom, B/K are second. At NHK S/H get gold, MT/M get silver and M/G get bronze. I think those placements are possible...and if that happens...S/H are in (30 points), P/J and B/K are in (28 points)....P/K are now tied with T/M, MT/M and M/G all with 26 points but loose out in tie breakers with all those couples because the 2 other Russian teams have a first place and they don’t and MT/M have higher scores. Don’t know the likelihood of that but it’s possible and then they’d be the unlucky first alternates.
In order for G/F to make it they’d need to beat S/B at NHK and beat them by enough points to win a tiebreaker (and I don’t think that’s happening, S/B got more points already at SkAm then G/F did at IDF and judges seem to favor S/B...unless S/B fall on an element then they could beat them and close the tiebreaker gap). The CanaDanes can’t beat S/B, they didn’t get a second place, they will be alternates though probably with G/F and they are on the rise in the ice dance world so that’s a good sign for them!
I agree with your last statement, some unpredictability is kind of fun and it’s exciting to see some of the younger skaters making moves to the top and fan favorites like Nam and Kevin do well! The men’s field is just wild right now outside the top 2.