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[QUOTE]Originally posted by alex
Kind of strange NL is so weak except for Gushue. If he isn't team Canada he can win so easily if he can satisfy residency. rules. [/QUOTE Not strange. NL has a population of slightly more than 1/2 million. NS pop is closer to 1 million and how many Brier worthy teams have they produced ?

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Someone mentioned there haven't been much in the way of upset wins; there's the historic win of of Nunavut's over NL.

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Kevin himself is struggling badly tonight. They have him at 75 . I'd put him down more in the 60s . He's let manitoba off the hook so many times

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Matt Dunstone is Goliath. He can give up a 4 and still easily win.

The only one capable of defeating him is Joey Hart.

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Someone mentioned there haven't been much in the way of upset wins; there's the historic win of of Nunavut's over NL.

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I wonder if Carruthers is rethinking his decision to part ways with Gunner before the Brier now he’s out of the playoffs!

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B Laing in the first end of the win and your in game:
McEwen calls a board weight hit and roll. Laing mutters in the hack that he can't make the roll with board. Doesn't ask if he can throw hack instead, throws board and makes the roll perfect.
McEwen calls for an outturn draw. Laing mutters that the inturn is better while Fry is in hack.
Fry is throwing draw says "8 feet less than his last", Laing says yes and is starting to say something else but Fry is already shooting. Rock misses, Laing mutters to lead how Fry needs to let him talk but doesn't say anything to Fry.
This is your calming veteran presence? Snippy and jittery to start the game?

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McEwen, Laing, and Fry are washed up. That team is finished. Never had any chemistry.

<REMOVED> Carruthers ruined his entire season pretending Gunnar wouldn't take over the team and screw everything up.

Team Bottcher is headed for trouble. Kennedy has never been a convincing 3rd and Bottcher doesn't have Gushue like clutch performance. How long before Benny starts freaking out?

Thiessen is the weak link on Koe. And Koe himself isn't quite the game saver he used to be.

So this Brier is down to Dunstone and Gushue.

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The chemistry on mcewens team is non existent. It was really uncomfortable to watch . The commentators mentioned it more than once al. Cathy was lost for words both times vic brought it up to her.

Vic said kast night team mcewen may win in spite of itself and I think that rings true for every game

I came into this hoping for mcewen but this team is just so uncomfortable to watch. Imagine this team as team canada.

I am curious though what Mike said to Ryan after the game last night. Ryan patted him then Mike gave him a quick hug and said something that sounded like " thanks for putting up with me tonight" or thanks for helping me tonight. But I'm not sure

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Horgan vs. Bottcher
McEwen vs. Koe.

On paper looks it'll be Botch and Koe into the final 4, but Curling the curling gods had different ideas sometimes.

In looking @ both how Gushue and Dunstone are playing, I'm not sure if any of the above 4 teams will be able to past either of them.

Hoping this will be Dunstone's year. Great team dynamics and attitude on and off the ice.

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I agree bottcher should beat Horgan. McEwen v.s koe is tougher to call. Youd favor koe but he's looked shaky these last few games. With the pressure of qualifying off mcewens back that team could play freely and if they can do that they have a shot against koe. In particular if laing and fry can put pressure on Thiessen and tardi .

Koe probably wins a skipping duel but in my opinion mcewen is stronger in the middle positions. Depends what version of fry and laing show up

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The chemistry on mcewens team is non existent. It was really uncomfortable to watch . The commentators mentioned it more than once al. Cathy was lost for words both times vic brought it up to her.

Vic said kast night team mcewen may win in spite of itself and I think that rings true for every game

I came into this hoping for mcewen but this team is just so uncomfortable to watch. Imagine this team as team canada.

I am curious though what Mike said to Ryan after the game last night. Ryan patted him then Mike gave him a quick hug and said something that sounded like " thanks for putting up with me tonight" or thanks for helping me tonight. But I'm not sure

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I Depends what version of fry and laing show up

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I agree about McEwen, misty. I was hoping he would have learned to regulate his emotions a bit since he behaved so badly at provincials a few years ago. Imagine not coming out of the locker room after losing and leaving it to his teammates to deal with the ceremony and press.

It must be difficult to play with him.

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Perhaps McEwan is the difficult one to play with…he seems pretty moody at times. Fry can get hyper but don’t forget he has Olympic Gold while the others don’t.

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I didn't mean to put it all on Mike and I dont think that teams chemistry issues all fall on mike, that's not fair to say. Look at laing and fry griping about calls at the hack and saying nothing to Mike himself

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I think Mike being a little moodier than usual can be attributed to what vic and Cathy mentioned last night. How he does feel pressure to win a brier and maybe feels like his time is running out. They mentioned Brent pointing out that Glenn won his last in his 50s.

There's an Internal pressure Mike feels . Then you hear him talk about how he was starting to question himself, if he still had it. I feel for mike. It seems like he's hit a pretty low point..or at some point was there

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Chemistry issues aside I'm kind of pulling for mcewen. Just because it would be nice to see someone new win and the truth is his window may very well be closing this might be one if his last shots . Bottcher, koe and gushue have won already and dunstone is going win at least one. Maybe more

Mcewen winning could be a great story and they might calm down if they do. Might not be so uncomfortable with confidence boost

I don't think Mike is washed up as some on here have said. Confident mcewen is still a threat he just...hasn't had that in a while

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Hoping this will be Dunstone's year. Great team dynamics and attitude on and off the ice.

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Perhaps McEwan is the difficult one to play with…he seems pretty moody at times. Fry can get hyper but don’t forget he has Olympic Gold while the others don’t.

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I wonder what Laing is like off the ice. He is one of maybe 2 curlers I find difficult to watch because everything he says is negative.

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Great win for mcewen. We have a 2/4 chance if a first time winner. Let's hope it happend

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I wonder what Laing is like off the ice. He is one of maybe 2 curlers I find difficult to watch because everything he says is negative.

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Great win for mcewen. We have a 2/4 chance if a first time winner. Let's hope it happend

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I'm hoping Dunstone vs. Gushue final. Either new blood or a record 5th. Bottcher/McEwan don't interest me though I admit Mike winning would be a sight to see.

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