RoseRed
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Of the new guys coming up right now, we have Alexei Krasnozhon (who I love) who's currently struggling coming back from injury. He's closer to having quads than Jason, and is a lot younger so easier for him to get it, but he actually doesn't have a lot of clean quads in comp. He also doesn't have the quality of Jason on his other elements and presentation. Then in juniors, the top guy right now is Camden Pulkinen. He's never done or attempted a quad in competition as far as I know, so he's not really ahead of Jason in that regard. Tomoki Hiwatashi does have the one quad in comp. Andrew Torgashev is very nice, but very inconsistent. But none of these guys are Nathan or even Vincent with all the quads. Now, internationally is another story, but nationally, I would say Jason is capable of keeping up (doesn't mean he will, but it's very doable).Realistically, though, does Jason have the luxury of a couple of years to make those adjustments? I don't mean that he's going to physically fall apart or anything [knocks wood], but he's been competing internationally since 2013, and there are newer skaters coming up in the US and internationally who are improving very quickly. I would love to see him make huge improvements, but I also feel that in some ways he has to step it up fast, because the rest of the world is catching up.