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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
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.
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Only 3 out of 9 teams make the playoffs so I would think you have to be 6-2. 5-3 might get you a tiebreaker.
Harrison the qualifier has two wins over Homan and Einarson. She could get into the mix. But you'd think now it would be Fleury and Jones as favorites. Would not bet against Jones in a winner-take-all final.