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Time for a Scotties thread as the play-in is only 2 days hence.

It looks like there are five realistic contenders in Group A and only two in Group B.

Cheers!

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Originally posted by Qtownranger It looks like there are five realistic contenders in Group A and only two in Group B.

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it is insane to me that it worked out that in 1 group we have canada, alberta, manitoba, northern ontario and saskatchewan. 4 of the 5 of those teams could make legit claims for winning ti all. it sucks that 1 wont advance. then in the other pool ontario stands out. wild card will be a contender regardless of who gets through

after ontario and wild card its really anyone's guess who qualifies out of the pool. nova scotia, prince edward island and northwest territories have tons of experience but british columbia is a great young team. if they are not rattled by the occasion they should qualify

predicted top 8:

canada
manitoba
saskatchewan
alberta
ontario
wild card
british columbia
prince edward island

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you do realize that birchard and mielleur are on einarson's team right?. they wont be curling in the wildcard game

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I'll take Jones in the playin game simply because McEwen/Peterman are way stronger than Macuish/Fyfe.
For the whole deal I'll go out on a limb and say Einarson beats Silvernagle in the final. The draw Einarson made to win Manitoba makes her and her team way more confident and that will put them over the top.

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im not even gonna watch they play in game. i never have. just dont believe in the whole wild card concept.

that being said i will predict fleury to win

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I just want to know which team is most likely to give me a "WE WON THE EFFING SCOTTIES!!!!" celebration.

That was amazing last year. As far as pure unbridled joy goes, that was one of the greatest moments I've seen on TV.

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Team McCarville might not be getting its due in this conversation. McCarville has played a limited schedule this season, but her last 'spiel was the Mesabi Classic where Team McCarville beat Team Laura walker 7-1 in the final. The two top American teams were there too, so it was not a real strong field but not all pushovers either.

Krista McCarville rarely blows anyone out, but she doesn't get blown out either. She seems to have the ability to hang around in every game, and often comes through at the end.

In the past four years she has lost twice in the Page 3-4 game and twice in the semifinal. Same squad this year - this could be her moment.

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I just want to know which team is most likely to give me a "WE WON THE EFFING SCOTTIES!!!!" celebration.

That was amazing last year. As far as pure unbridled joy goes, that was one of the greatest moments I've seen on TV.

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Team McCarville might not be getting its due in this conversation. McCarville has played a limited schedule this season, but her last 'spiel was the Mesabi Classic where Team McCarville beat Team Laura walker 7-1 in the final. The two top American teams were there too, so it was not a real strong field but not all pushovers either.

Krista McCarville rarely blows anyone out, but she doesn't get blown out either. She seems to have the ability to hang around in every game, and often comes through at the end.

In the past four years she has lost twice in the Page 3-4 game and twice in the semifinal. Same squad this year - this could be her moment.

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Lori and Mary from "2 Girls and Game" raised an interesting point about having unbalanced pools — the teams that advance have their records carried over.

That means the Pool B teams that advance will likely have better records entering the championship pool than their Pool A rivals (who will be beating up on each other in initial play).

If if a Pool A team does well, they may have a harder path to the playoffs than the top Pool B teams.

I don't have any predictions for this year's Scotties. I imagine it will be as competitive as last year's.

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I want the champion to be a team that performs at the worlds & makes the playoffs there...flame away!

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the best shot at worlds would be homan obviously. after her jen. einarson is strong but who knows if theyd perorm as we think or struggle like chelsey

thats not intendedn to be a shot at carey by the way. love that team. one o the best in canada. but chelsey struggles internationaly

i dont know how mccarville or silvernagle ior even fleury would do. krista doesnt play the international teams really at all. tracy has done okay against some.

at their best all could medal but i think homan and jones and maybe einarson are the only ones capable of winning

that being said hasselborg is looking unstoppable this year and i dont know if even homan could be the one to stop her from adding world gold to her trophy case

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let the curling start good fri game between Mb. teams

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Is it guaranteed that Tirinzoni will be representing at the worlds? I think the Swiss championship is on-going, and the only undefeated team is Stern. In fact, I think Gerry Guerts said on the commentary for Canad Inns Classic (in which Stern stole the win from Homan) that Stern could've locked the Team Switzerland position back then based on rankings had the playoff scenario played a little bit differently.

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If Hasselborg is on her game or even brings her B+ game to worlds - she'll be virtually unstoppable. Too many warts have crept up on Canada's best hope - R. Homan so they'd need Anna to collapse to a B or B- game to enable Canadian gold.

I think Carey - and her team were so overwhelmed by toppling Homan last year (to be truthful, Homan toppled Homan) that they arrived sour at worlds - and stayed sour.

Jones has the reputation & provenance to stop Hassleborg and/or Tirinzoni; only problem is she doesn't have the shots anymore.

Silvernagle & Waller are full of spunk, both have excellent teams but neither has been tested on the world stage - as a skip.

Einarson is so mercurial - she could beat Hasselborg in the round-robin but lose badly in the playoffs.

McCarville & Fleury are wild cards. McCarville is a steady ultra-defensive skip who could really thwart Hasselborg; the real question is whether she could score enough points to win.

Fleury gets wild card status cuz she's bringing in a very non-threatening team - although Selena has really been coming on strong after being labelled (by me) as a meek curling rabbit for so many years. That said, still not enough horsepower to handle super-powers like Hasselborg or Tirinzoni.

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730 sk time as per tsn
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I take it wild card game 20 minutes not televised

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Am watching percentages and line scores. Jones started poorly, that is obvious - but team Fleury doesn't have the %ages. Big trio on five for Jones - gonna be a burning second half.

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jen has put herself in a pretty strong position here. assure your one in 8 then, as long as you dont give more than 2 in 9 she's tied with hammer coming home. you'd like her chances in that situation

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Steal for the win? Let's hope

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Who knew bubbles knew curling

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jen gets in. honestly, it would have seemed weird not to have her there. she's just one of those teams you expect to be there

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