[GDT] February 18 General Thread

[cannon7]

The Latvians cannot be taken lightly. They're finding offense against stiff competition.

I think there's potential for an upset in the Quaterfinals, the Slovenians are very confident, the Czechs are always dangerous and how can we forget those pesky Russians?

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

Another mixed bag for Canada:

The Good: 2 Silver medals which is awesome, Humphries and Moyse are in the hunt for a Gold, Maltais and Drolet got through their heats in 1000 m short track, Cournoyer and Jean advanced in their heats as well in 500 m mens short track.

The bad: Hamelin crashing yet again in the 500 m heat, Robanske crashing out of his QF in snowboard cross after leading 2/3 of the heat, and Hill not finishing in his semi in Snowboard cross as well.

Definitely still some opportunity for Canada to win some gold medals. We still have ski cross, Mens and women's Curling, Mens and Womens hockey, ladies ski half pipe, and snowboard slalom as well.

Yeah, realistically our best remaining chances are:

- Ice Hockey (Men and Women's)
- Curling (Men and Women's)
- Bobsleigh (Women's)
- Ski Half-Pipe (Women's - Rosalind Groenewoud has been on the podium the last four X-Games)
- Ski Cross (Women's: Thompson has been solid all year, Serwa is inconsistent but talented)

And the ones where we are either close to or are considered outside shots:

- Men's Ski Cross (Our issue here is consistency - Delbosco and Duncan are wildly inconsistent, Leman has had some good performances this year)
- 500m Short Track - Men's (Olivier Jean, when he's on)
- 1000m Short Track - Women's (Maltais is our best shot)
- Speed Skating - Women's/Men's Team Pursuits (Women are our best shot, they have a 2nd place on the world cup this season)
- Snowboarding Parallel Slalom, Ladies (Caroline Calve has a win this year)

To me, that looks like a likely 7-8 medals, plus or minus how we actually do. I predicted 27 medals and I hope we reach it, but I think we might finish at 25.

[jkflames]

Originally Posted by Kelekin

Yeah, realistically our best remaining chances are:

- Ice Hockey (Men and Women's)
- Curling (Men and Women's)
- Bobsleigh (Women's)
- Ski Half-Pipe (Women's - Rosalind Groenewoud has been on the podium the last four X-Games)
- Ski Cross (Women's: Thompson has been solid all year, Serwa is inconsistent but talented)

And the ones where we are either close to or are considered outside shots:

- Men's Ski Cross (Our issue here is consistency - Delbosco and Duncan are wildly inconsistent, Leman has had some good performances this year)
- 500m Short Track - Men's (Olivier Jean, when he's on)
- 1000m Short Track - Women's (Maltais is our best shot)
- Speed Skating - Women's/Men's Team Pursuits (Women are our best shot, they have a 2nd place on the world cup this season)
- Snowboarding Parallel Slalom, Ladies (Caroline Calve has a win this year)

To me, that looks like a likely 7-8 medals, plus or minus how we actually do. I predicted 27 medals and I hope we reach it, but I think we might finish at 25.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Jasey-Jay Anderson medal in the Men's side of this...

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by jkflames

I wouldn't be surprised to see Jasey-Jay Anderson medal in the Men's side of this...

I love Jasey-Jay, but he hasn't finished higher than 17th in the two years since he has returned. I would be pretty surprised to see a medal, although it would be awesome of course.

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by Kelekin

I love Jasey-Jay, but he hasn't finished higher than 17th in the two years since he has returned. I would be pretty surprised to see a medal, although it would be awesome of course.

What's really odd is that Bodog still has him at 11/2 which is the second best odds in the Parallel Giant Slalom. Either the bookmaker has some strong hunch or they figure people will be betting on him due to name recognition. I agree that looking through his results there is nothing to support those odds and no reason to expect a medal.

[GirlySports]

if you haven't had the chance to see the full replay of the biathlon men's mass start today and have 1 hour to spare, do it. Biathlon in the snow was awesome!

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by cannon7

The Latvians cannot be taken lightly. They're finding offense against stiff competition.

I think there's potential for an upset in the Quaterfinals, the Slovenians are very confident, the Czechs are always dangerous and how can we forget those pesky Russians?

I doubt it, I'm thinking the clock will strike twelve on Cinderella .