- Joined
- Apr 5, 2016
I've been thinking about it a lot and I don't remember post-Olympics seasons being this empty. A lot of skaters/teams are gaining momentum who used to be only second row skaters. Due to a bucketload of injuries and changes in assignment, better skaters didn't end up in the GPF. Events have either predictable results or unpredictable disasters most of the time.
LADIES
Cons: Medvedeva, Zagitova, Daleman, Sotskova are out of form, Tuktamysheva is ill, Osmond, Kostner and Wagner are out of competitions. Pros: We have Kihira, Samodurova and Tuktamysheva as saviors. Undecided: Kihira having no competition if clean.
MEN
Cons: Fernandez retiring, Kolyada out of form, Uno struggling, Hanyu injured, Europeans being a splatfest, underwhelming GPF. Pros: Chen, Cha and Hanyu are going strong.
PAIRS
Cons: No Savchenko/Massot, Sui/Han, Duhamel/Radford, Stolbova/Klimov, Marchei/Hotarek, Seguin/Bilodeau. Scimeca-Knierim/Knierim and Tarasova/Morozov are struggling big time. Pros: James/Cipres.
DANCE
Cons: No Virtue/Moir, Shibutani/Shibutani, Capellini/Lanotte. Papadakis/Cizeron have no competition. Pros: Guignard/Fabbri shine. Undecided: Sinitsina/Katsalapov + Stepanova/Bukin drama.
Is it just me and the season is going as well as any other post-Olympics season tends to or has this season really been subpar so far? Looking at Europeans and GPF in all disciplines, both events were a disappointment for me (even though I'm happy for Fernandez and Samodurova in the former). Any comments? Any positives I'm failing to see?
LADIES
Cons: Medvedeva, Zagitova, Daleman, Sotskova are out of form, Tuktamysheva is ill, Osmond, Kostner and Wagner are out of competitions. Pros: We have Kihira, Samodurova and Tuktamysheva as saviors. Undecided: Kihira having no competition if clean.
MEN
Cons: Fernandez retiring, Kolyada out of form, Uno struggling, Hanyu injured, Europeans being a splatfest, underwhelming GPF. Pros: Chen, Cha and Hanyu are going strong.
PAIRS
Cons: No Savchenko/Massot, Sui/Han, Duhamel/Radford, Stolbova/Klimov, Marchei/Hotarek, Seguin/Bilodeau. Scimeca-Knierim/Knierim and Tarasova/Morozov are struggling big time. Pros: James/Cipres.
DANCE
Cons: No Virtue/Moir, Shibutani/Shibutani, Capellini/Lanotte. Papadakis/Cizeron have no competition. Pros: Guignard/Fabbri shine. Undecided: Sinitsina/Katsalapov + Stepanova/Bukin drama.
Is it just me and the season is going as well as any other post-Olympics season tends to or has this season really been subpar so far? Looking at Europeans and GPF in all disciplines, both events were a disappointment for me (even though I'm happy for Fernandez and Samodurova in the former). Any comments? Any positives I'm failing to see?