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- Mar 4, 2018
More than any other country, Canada has a huge changing of the guard and challenge going forward. Although they do seem to have numerous promising up and comers which is good. Duhamel & Radford, Virtue & Moir, Chan are all 100% retired and done with amateur skating for good after these Games. There isnt even a sliver of a chance any of those would even attempt a comeback at this point (nor frankly would it be a good idea for any of them, only V&M to some extent but even they would probably be greeted with a somewhat lukewarm to negative reception if they dared make an other comeback). So it is time to move forward with the next generations. And as a huge Canadian skating fan I think that is a good thing, and as much as I will miss that golden generation, their going out with a Team Gold, and some more individual medals, and even another Oly Gold for V&M, is the perfect ending for the group.
Pairs- Sequin & Bilodeau are the ones with the most potential IMO. If they stay healthy I truly believe they have medal contending potential. They even looked to be rising to that place 2 years ago before all the injuries stalled their progress and momentum. They have the technical ability, they dont exactly stand out technically in the field today but they are strong enough to be competitive; and most of all they have the style, look, programs, and chemistry needed to be contenders. I think the judges love the beauty of their look together, and if they can stay healthy and be more consistent they could get up there. Moore-Towers & Marinaro are coming together in a big way right now. I am less sure on their potential to be future medalists, but I could see them maybe pushing for a top 5 finish at the world level someday. And some very promising junior teams.
Men- I think Nguyen is finally back on track, and I think if he can stay healthy and keep working on his artistry he has potential to get amongst the elite. A lot of the top guys could be retiring, and he has very strong jump technique and technical ability. He has to improve his consistency and PCS but it cant be done, he has the talent. Not sure if there is as much up and coming strength here as the other events though. The elusive Oly singles mens gold at the Olympics will probably be waiting quite awhile longer.
Dance- Here there are numerous major youngers to look at with Soucisse & Firus and Lajoie & Lagha, both who I think have potentials to rise and be contenders on the world stage by the next Olympics. There is also still the veterans Weaver & Poje though whose time in the spotlight was cut short by Virtue & Moir and their surprise return, and they might feel they have more to give as well, and they still could have more to achieve, particularly going back to Canadian #1 for awhile should they stay. Gilles & Poirier I guess shouldnt be totally discounted, but of all these teams I think they are the least likely to ever be real contenders. Still lots of depth and options here, Soucisse & Firus especialy I am super high on the potential of.
Ladies- The future here is bright and it is one event there is very little turnover. Osmond, Daleman, Chartrand are all still young and all have potential to keep improving and still be contenders numerous more years, but there are even some younger skaters on the rise behind them. Osmond especialy I think still has a further peak she could reach, I definitely think she is a potential future gold medalist despite being a so called middle aged skater now.
Pairs- Sequin & Bilodeau are the ones with the most potential IMO. If they stay healthy I truly believe they have medal contending potential. They even looked to be rising to that place 2 years ago before all the injuries stalled their progress and momentum. They have the technical ability, they dont exactly stand out technically in the field today but they are strong enough to be competitive; and most of all they have the style, look, programs, and chemistry needed to be contenders. I think the judges love the beauty of their look together, and if they can stay healthy and be more consistent they could get up there. Moore-Towers & Marinaro are coming together in a big way right now. I am less sure on their potential to be future medalists, but I could see them maybe pushing for a top 5 finish at the world level someday. And some very promising junior teams.
Men- I think Nguyen is finally back on track, and I think if he can stay healthy and keep working on his artistry he has potential to get amongst the elite. A lot of the top guys could be retiring, and he has very strong jump technique and technical ability. He has to improve his consistency and PCS but it cant be done, he has the talent. Not sure if there is as much up and coming strength here as the other events though. The elusive Oly singles mens gold at the Olympics will probably be waiting quite awhile longer.
Dance- Here there are numerous major youngers to look at with Soucisse & Firus and Lajoie & Lagha, both who I think have potentials to rise and be contenders on the world stage by the next Olympics. There is also still the veterans Weaver & Poje though whose time in the spotlight was cut short by Virtue & Moir and their surprise return, and they might feel they have more to give as well, and they still could have more to achieve, particularly going back to Canadian #1 for awhile should they stay. Gilles & Poirier I guess shouldnt be totally discounted, but of all these teams I think they are the least likely to ever be real contenders. Still lots of depth and options here, Soucisse & Firus especialy I am super high on the potential of.
Ladies- The future here is bright and it is one event there is very little turnover. Osmond, Daleman, Chartrand are all still young and all have potential to keep improving and still be contenders numerous more years, but there are even some younger skaters on the rise behind them. Osmond especialy I think still has a further peak she could reach, I definitely think she is a potential future gold medalist despite being a so called middle aged skater now.
