GP 2016-17 Pre-Announcement Thread

[Visaliakid]

At what time should they announce GP assignments?

Tomorrow, June 30... Time is always undetermined.

 

[screech]

I would think P/C would choose Canada, since they train within easy driving distance, meaning less travel wear and tear.

 

[alchemy void]

Now who do I have to blow on the ISU council to get Wagner, Leonova, Pogorilaya, Helgesson, Chartrand, Murakami, and Lecavalier invited to Skate America?!

Hoping all my hard work has paid off! Anxiously awaiting tomorrow's announcement!

 

[Bookslut]

Do we know where they are meeting? Time zone will play a factor in the timing of the announcement.

 

[oleada]

Do we know where they are meeting? Time zone will play a factor in the timing of the announcement.

New York

 

[misskarne]

See you all the in the morning. Hoping for good news for Brendan. (And all my other favourites too, but they're a lot more assured of spots than he is.)

I don't think my Australian Queens are high enough placed this time around to get one, but if they are, it will be a happy start to the day for me.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

I would think P/C would choose Canada, since they train within easy driving distance, meaning less travel wear and tear.

That would be suicidal. Didier knows that everybody will watch the first match-up against Virtue/Moir. He will want that to happen in neutral ice, or preferably in Marseille for the GPF.

 

[screech]

I thought I'd read somewhere that V/M are skipping the GP? Or maybe I imagined that...

 

[sk9tingfan]

I thought I'd read somewhere that V/M are skipping the GP? Or maybe I imagined that...

Not that I am saying that you are wrong, but I can't imagine that they would put off competing in the GP in order to figure out where they are in the mix and what needs to be changed. After all, the 2018 Winter Olympics are only 18 months away.

 

[Sylvia]

In the March 1st article linked in this Virtue/Moir thread, Marie-France Dubreuil was attributed as saying that V/M "will likely be assigned as a host pick for Skate Canada and hope to compete at a senior B international event before that."

 

[npavel]

shouldn't the assignments be out now?

 

[cheerknithanson]

ISU is teasing us so badly right now....Like it's almost 11:00 am EST....grrrr......

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Must be a zamboni break.

 

[CassAgain]

I heard late afternoon...

 

[npavel]

but it is 17.00 CET

 

[oleada]

but it is 17.00 CET

But the meeting is in NYC and it's only 11 am here.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Hoping it's not while I'm driving home on my 1.5 hr commute....

 

[sk9tingfan]

Hoping it's not while I'm driving home on my 1.5 hr commute....

It's like umbrellas. If you don't take one, it will rain But apparently not yet so my hypothesis will be disproved.

 

[VGThuy]

I know they are having a meeting in NYC today, and it's usually announced around this time, but has it actually been confirmed that the GP entries will be announced today?

ETA: It looks like there was a May press release that said it would be announced on June 30.

 

[SamuraiK]

I know they are having a meeting in NYC today, and it's usually announced around this time, but has it actually been confirmed that the GP entries will be announced today?

ETA: It looks like there was a May press release that said it would be announced on June 30.

My thoughts aswell. I doubt ISU staff will go running to their website to publish the assignments as soon as the meeting is over. I actually imagine someone like Flash from Zootopia is being assigned to this job

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

If the selection process is today.... perhaps they are published tomorrow, Fri? Do we know that this is happening in the morning versus the afternoon?

Will the isu have these up on website today if they are selecting today? How long or many hours does the selection process take?

GO CAROLINAAAAAAA (sorry just getting my fingers ready!)

 

[breathesgelatin]

Looks like they are fiddling with the site. the links to the rankings that were previously up are now gone.
http://www.isu.org/en/single-and-pair-skating-and-ice-dance/series/isu-grand-prix-of-figure-skating

Maybe the lists soon??

 

[hanca]

And still nothing ....

 

[peibeck]

People are certainly impatient to start the and over the assignments..... and non-assignments.... and TBAs.

 

[jkl]

I don't mean to take the thread off topic but when are Senior B's announced?

 

[Debbie S]

People are certainly impatient to start the and over the assignments..... and non-assignments.... and TBAs.

Well, it is the off-season, we've got to talk about something!

 

[kimkom]

No here. I just want to see how or I'll be at Skate Canada this year.

 

[rfisher]

No here. I just want to see how or I'll be at Skate Canada this year.

And I want to know if I should : or because I won't be at SKAM. It's the later unless Sav/Mass will be there because I'll sit at home in my PJs and think about how much money I saved.

 

[SHARPIE]

Aww I remember the days when I used to have a email me the lists and I'd post them here before they were anywhere else.

 

[taz'smum]

Aww I remember the days when I used to have a email me the lists and I'd post them here before they were anywhere else.

Where have all the spies gone when you need them?