CTRS Mumble Jumble Men continued

Men’s CTRS

With three days down at the Players’ Championship the men’s roster for the Olympic trials is starting to become clearer.
As was stated before, Joel Jordison, Mike McEwen, Brad Gushue, Bob Ursel and Jean-Michel Menard.
However, the crystal ball is starting to become clearer when it comes to the final three spots.
Going into the Players’, we had determined that eight teams had a crack at those last three spots. Those teams were:
Sean Geall
Greg McAulay
Daley Peters
Chris Schille
Dale Matchett
Ted Appelman
and Brad Heidt.

After losing three straight games and being eliminated, Schille is officially out of the picture. But the other seven remain alive.
Even though his team went three and out, Geall still has a ghost of a chance.
If the Players’ was to wrap up right now with the three teams from that list who are still alive not advancing to the playoffs, the last eight spots would be simple.
The four spots from this year’s CTRS would go to:
Gushue,
McEwen,
Jordison
and Menard.
The one spot from the three-year accumulated total would go to:
Ursel.
The two spots from the two-year accumulated total would go to:
McAulay
and Peters.
And the final spot, to be the top team from this year’s 2008-09 CTRS standings, would be:
Geall.

However, if Appelman or Matchett were to qualify for the playoffs (and Matchett has a couple of cracks at it in a B final and a C final, if necessary) then Geall’s dream would be toast.
A defeat in the quarterfinals for either of those teams would give them the eighth and final spot. If they both lost in the quarters, Appelman would score the bid.
For Heidt to get in there, he had have to make it to the final and lose there.
Now, all three of these teams could muddy the waters by winning the Players’ and getting an automatic spot. Appelman and Matchett could muck things up back making it to the semifinals.
If one of them was to make it at least as far as the semifinals, they would take one of the initial four berths from this year’s standings.
Also, if that happened, Peters, who is not at the Players’, would be knocked out of contention.
If just one of the two made it to the semis, while the other missed the playoffs, then Geall would hold on to his last spot. If the other team lost in the quarters, then they would get the spot and Geall would be SOL.
So, with just part of the Players’ to come, there still are several permutations remaining to determine the final three spots but Geall still has a solid hope even though he finished winless.