2016 Finlandia Trophy Free Dance

bramweld said:

H/D looked even more subdued today. Me thinks changes are on the way. I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a C/L and withdrew from S/A to work on their dances.

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I think they won't be able to beat C/L. It looks a bit impossible.

Snow63 said:

Knowing Zhuline even his Spanish bears will be very dramatic and very Russian I can't wait to see it honestly!

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same same
super exciting!

As for Ilinykh/Zhiganshin, yes, they used to be inconsistent, but we don't know if they will be that now after training in a different regime with Shpilband for so long.

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yep I expect a lot of improvement from them+ IS knows what judges like & the progs may not be as creative as IZ may want (judging by last seasons) but i bet Igor would create effective programms that would fit them & fit the judges taste more
& Hopefully better constructed progs (& sure crowd pleaser at least FD) will help them avoid meltdowns

Niki Im more worried about his drunk twizzles. At leats IZ doesnt have that enemy element

yeah too early to tell but I still expect the same situation as last year
BS on top unquestionably #1 with I/Z SK & SB battling for #2-3

sneakers said:

dont forget Zahorski / Guerreiro is on the same level now as Ilinykh / Zhiganshin and Sinitsina / Katsalapov

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We really don't know yet on what level Ilinykh/Zhiganshin and Sinitsina/Katsalapov are/will be this season. We will know only after their first international competition or a two.

icedance said:

I think they won't be able to beat C/L. It looks a bit impossible.

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bramweld did not say that Hubbell/Donohue are going to beat Cappellini/Lanotte. To "pull a C/L" just means that probably they are going to do what C/L did - that is, withdraw from their GP to work on their programs like Cappellini/Lanotte withdrew from their second GP in the 2014/2015 season after poor results (for them) at Cup of China.