Glad to hear that. Last year's GPs were not great for pairs, with the exception of James and Cipres. I'll look out for Denney and Frazier.
Hopefully S/H will be back on the GP circuit this season and there are young Russian teams on the rise so i think the competition will be much tougher and stronger this season. J/C may find a totally different Pairs field in 2020 then what they faced in 2018-19. That's why taking a year off is risky. These other teams are going to be battle tested and improving rapidly.