Love the Japanese team and this program - don't care if her triples are sketch as hell, the Italians do nothing for me, would have had the Georgians above them.
Hungarians are solid as a rock. And about as entertaining. But I admire their reliability.
Germans looked really tight out there - they don't seem to have the power and confidence of last season. Many of their skates so far have been really nervy. Hope they come back in the free.
Deanna/Max - their skating has really regressed this season, has there been injury? Agree with the earlier poster that the backflip just feels more awkward than WOW given it's placement and the very cumbersome set up it requires. Also the fact that it's mostly done at a standstill just feels very underwhelming.