Chan's scores were definitely inflated. He should have been at least four points lower. I'm not saying that he should have beat Takahashi, because as much as I love Daisuke, his short program was not as good as Patrick's. However, the margin should not have been as high. Five points higher, maybe, but not eleven. It's disappointing. Chan is a beautiful skater, and his program at World's was brilliant, but however, it was not here and he did not deserve to be scored as high. Like I said, though, he did deserve to win over Takahashi - at least here, just not be as much as he did. I'm waiting for Four Continents and Worlds, and see what happens between Takahashi's scores and Chan's. I would like to see them both do clean programs, both performing at their best and then see what the judges say.
Takahashi should won the free skate, though.