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Originally Posted by transplant99
Havent watched a lot of this yet but when i did catch an end or two it was really surprising how many missed shots and generally sloppy curling i saw.
These teams are the creme de la creme in this powerhouse country, and it looked like a bonspiel in Yorkton in October at times.
It will get better as they figure out the ice....should be a good week.
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What you saw earlier was the qualification tournaments to qualify for the "Roar of the Rings". These qualifiers were certainly a tier below the Gushues, Jacobs, Jones' of the curling world.
On the Women's side Fleury has to be the favorite as she has a Slam win and 2nd place finish this year while Gushue is the best men's team in the country right now. Going in to this season you would have had to put Einarson and Botcher at the top of the pack but they haven't found the slide yet this year. Of course it is a long week and anything can happen but this is what these teams have been preparing for for the last 4 years, they have put a ton of pressure on themselves to peak for this week. Once this week is we are likely to once again see a shuffling of the deck when it comes to players and their teams.