Kru and cloud9 not doing very well in playoffs
Mibr is mostly inexperienced and aspas is starting to play worse
Loud went 0-5 and revamped their roster with Europeans and lukxo to try and recover
Furia and 2G are some of the worst teams in vct right now and are unlikely to become contenders this year (spike may give hope though)
Leviatan's roster is imploding, desperately signing a bunch of big names just to throw them away after playing below average while also not signing any players from their home to represent their country
100 thieves, evil geniuses, and nrg have been mostly mediocre despite showing some promise occasionally (yet I do believe that they have some potential and are getting better, especially considering eg's 4th place finish in stage 1, 100t's reverse sweep against mibr and qualification in the EWC, and nrg's overall performance in the EWC so far)
Sentinels are not performing well at internationals
G2 can't win an international even though they tend to be one of the favorites every time
Second lowest average placement at masters Toronto (only ahead of emea) and also marks the lowest the highest placing americas team has been at an international so far (I think) (4th)
I think that what is going to have to happen is that one of the top teams (G2, sen, etc.) start playing really well after a disappointing international for them, or a new team with some potential (ex. Nrg/evil geniuses/100t) makes a big push to win