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I will ibe very interested to see, in the coming season, how the international judges handle the PCSs for the Trusova-Scherbakova generation, compared to the established seniors. Will the youngsters have to "pay their dues" first?
If we assume that the baby quadsters will deliver on their base value, I would predict that they won't suffer so terribly much on GOE. After all, a quad Lutz (no edge call, no UR) is certain to get at least +1 GOE, even if it is only avaerage in quality, just because it is a quad Lutz.
But a quad Lutz with +1 GOE is only about 4 points higher than a triple Lutz with +4 GOE, which is what Zagitova and her cohort will be getting. This is basically the difference between PCSs of 9.0 versus 8.5.
Will the PCSs of the new seniors rise over the course of the season as they establish themselves as the real deal technically?
Once they deliver a few clean(ish) performances, their components will definitely rise to 9s (Kostornaia's may grow even higher). For example, Kihira's components rose after she delivered clean short program, I believe the scenario will be similar to 3A.