Congrats. to Jean-Michel Menard and his Quebec rink on winning the Brier. However, this is a tainted win as Mark Nichols (the best curler on the planet right now) and his Newfoundland team skipped by Brad Gushue were unable to attend. Some genius scheduled the provincal playdowns at the same time as Mark and the boys were winning gold at the olympics. Congrats. again to Quebec for winning the brier but it must seam like an empty victory as they actually never beat the best team in Canada.