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2014 Masters of Curling

It all starts tonight in Selkirk, Sportsnet coverage starts Thursday afternoon all the way into the men's and women's finals on Sunday.

Homan is the two-time defending champion at the event, while Glenn Howard has owned the event, having won it six times including last year.

Gotta pick Mike McEwen due to his 4 titles this year(only one defeat in that span) and Jennifer Jones based off of her Autumn Gold title over Homan.

Can't wait

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Looking forward to having most of the best teams in the world in Selkirk. Hoping that the place is full with appreciate fans. Wonder if Manitoba Legend will make an appearance and if he does will I be able to identify him?

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I'm gonna put my money on Jacobs and Muirhead. Jacobs has yet to win a slam event and I think they're due. Muirhead hasn't won an international event yet this season so I think they're also due.

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i wont make predictions. you cant ever count out howard or stoughton at these events. epping is already cooling down after a hot start and jacobs seems to be too. safe bet would probably be mcewen. none of the international sides are looking great right now, not enough to win the whole thing.

womens side i think the winner will be one of muirhead, sigfridsson, jones or homan although i'd love to be wrong and see someone unexpected win one of the big ones. same thing for the men really.

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okay what the hell is going on with the stoughton/gushue scoreboard?

first it had brad with a steal of 2
then that was erased and jeff scored 3 twice
now brad is elading 4-2 in the 8th end so it should be over but apparently they are playing an extra end and still throwing stones

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J Jones gets spanked by Flaxey 6-1

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Pretty quick reset. Jones went the distance in Portage last nite, machining off Thurston - prolly didn't get back to Winnipeg 'til midnite or 1am - then had to re-pack the bags for Selkirk, prolly leaving home around 4pm.....Jones looked to be tracking around 34% when I checked the stats - - she hasn't had one of those games for a long time!

And then Kristy McDonald continues her reign of red terror - pulverizing Princess in an extra end.

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Pretty quick reset. Jones went the distance in Portage last nite, machining off Thurston - prolly didn't get back to Winnipeg 'til midnite or 1am - then had to re-pack the bags for Selkirk, prolly leaving home around 4pm.....Jones looked to be tracking around 34% when I checked the stats - - she hasn't had one of those games for a long time!

And then Kristy McDonald continues her reign of red terror - pulverizing Princess in an extra end.

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I really like Kristy Mac's new team. The two big gals on the front end are massive although they seems to be getting in each other's way on brushing (not even close to Pidherney/Courtney or Courtney/Weagle or Officer/McEwen) but they make a ton of shots, they're not green rookies.
Kate Cameron is the wild card but she looks real comfortable in the games I've seen . . . Kristy, of course is the key. She's now gone to the Scotts and competed hard against some of the best - and not having Carey around for those nonsensical discussions might be the best thing that's happened to her. She's hungry, appears confident, throws the rock nicely and finally she's probably as mentally tough as any women curler in Manitoba other than JJ.

Needs to get out to more national and international events but Manitoba womens teams seem to be doing just that this year.

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As a fan, the grand slam events are always exciting to watch. Could be a bit more exciting this year with seeing all the top teams playing, many of them with new formations.

From a pure fan perspective, I offered up my blog predictions for the Masters event. Feel free to take a look, share some thoughts, agree or disagree. I am not a huge curler, don't really know many curlers but just a true fan of the sport since I was a little kid going to the Scotties with my grandparents.

#TwineTime Blog

It has been exciting to have athletes like Mike McEwen and Nik Edin comment, RT and fav my tweets on this blog though. Yesterday I even had Team Homan send me a a tweet about how they liked my predicted final on the women's side. One of the reasons why I love the sport, the athletes on the ice are personable and actually interact with the fans of the sport on a regular basis.

Enjoy the grand slam everyone....

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Pretty quick reset. Jones went the distance in Portage last nite, machining off Thurston - prolly didn't get back to Winnipeg 'til midnite or 1am - then had to re-pack the bags for Selkirk, prolly leaving home around 4pm.....Jones looked to be tracking around 34% when I checked the stats - - she hasn't had one of those games for a long time!

And then Kristy McDonald continues her reign of red terror - pulverizing Princess in an extra end.

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It seems like the men's scores aren't being posted this morning.

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What if she stayed over night and made the quick 1hr30min drive from Portage to Selkirk that next morning?

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First feature game at 1:30 will apparently be Howard v. Gushue

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i like kevin , i do but in his statement that jen started well right out of the blocks and dint stumble at all so far is not right. she might have made it deep in the stockholm cup but she had some losses and 1 shocking one to a swedish junior team for sure.

maybe he didnt pay attention to that one, i dont know

ulsrud is really struggling here, which i didnt see coming.they just dont seem like themselves this event. they usually curl a lot of events but havent this year. maybe thats hurting them

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Rachel just gave a steal of 4 to tirinzoni and saw a 5-1 lead become an 8-5 deficit

they have not looked good at all here though. needed a paetz collapse to win their first game. probably should be 1-2 right now

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great tourny for feltscher so far. dont know why they dont come here that often

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Jen was a bit unsteady coming out of the gate but has steadied the ship and are curling strong now. Still, nowhere near Olympic form. Jill Officer is closest to Sochi form, JJ and K are a bit behind.

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Cost & Sponsorship are my best guesses!

But now they're world champions after vanquishing Ms. Homan, Ott has retired (evidently) so the Swiss may be funding this team as their #1 squad - with Tirinzoni a close 2nd, followed by Paetz and the rest of them.

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So with the Morris loss: McEwen,Laycock,Gushue and Michel officially qualify for the playoffs.

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Loving the black and orange rocks for Halloween.

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Feature game tonite = Homan vs Carey

Hope Sportnet has an alternative package to run as this promises to be a huge mis-match.

There isn't one position where Carey's team can claim to match up to Homan's squad.

Homan is substantially better than Chelsea.

Emma Miskew and Laura Crocker aren't even in the same universe.

Courtney and Weagle are one of the true monster front ends in women's curling.

Tune in early, could be over quickly.

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You do know that Carey beat Homan in the Autumn Gold in Calgary?

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In 13 matches against each other, Carey has won 7. Rachel has won more recently, but Carey is no slouch either.

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i have to say im surprised at how much glenn howard and the team have struggled. they are very good at beating who they should but whenever they come up against one of the other top teams they lose

huge win for team epping over them this morning. some people had that team going winless here

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