[Mr. Lim]

It's been a really great year for Canadian teams:

1114 and 2056 have been outright dominant - even more so than in the past. Many of my colleagues have noted that even though the other teams in the area have stepped it up, we have never seen this duo perform at a level so much higher than the rest of the field. They are scary good... be afraid.

1503 has surprised many with their lack of ground pick-up, but easily has one of the fastest, most efficient, well-practiced and reliable robots in all of FIRST. Ground pick-up or not, this team puts up a lot of points - end of story.

781 has really established themselves as a serious force this year, and I think you can safely predict that they will cause some serious noise on Archimedes. I really like what this team has done this year, and will be trying to follow them as much as possible through Champs. They were picked before us at both our regionals, and for very good reason.

My two Canadian darkhorses this year are definitely 2809, and 188. Although you can't really ever call 188 a darkhorse... good robot or bad, they always seem to find a way to win. But both teams can score tubes at a deadly rate, but still haven't seemed to dial everything in to perform consistently every match. The timing seems right for both these teams to put it all together in St. Louis, and I'm betting that they both do.