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It wouldn't surprise me.gopher9 wrote:boblee wrote:Here is what I have seen, in my honest opinion:
Stillwater
Eden Prairie
Roseville
Grand Rapids/Greenway
Edina
Hopkins
Centennial
Irondale
Elk River
That is just AA and not in order, but in two groups. Edina leads the charge in the second group.
So Bob lee you mean to tell me that you have seen every one of these teams play?
Good list. And yes, I've seen them all play.gopher9 wrote:boblee wrote:Here is what I have seen, in my honest opinion:
Stillwater
Eden Prairie
Roseville
Grand Rapids/Greenway
Edina
Hopkins
Centennial
Irondale
Elk River
That is just AA and not in order, but in two groups. Edina leads the charge in the second group.
So Bob lee you mean to tell me that you have seen every one of these teams play?
Its a metro poll. It makes no sense to even have one. I don't see an outstate poll anywhere. Why? Because if teams are excluded because they are or aren't metro it doesn't matter. Either way some of the best hockey teams are excluded.Bensonmum wrote:I don't usually comment on polls, but this one is particularly crappy. The top 4 is OK, you could put them in any order, but after that this makes little sense.
Agree. This would be like a "metro" poll of Big-10 NCAA football teams. There's no need to pander to the metro teams.State Champ 97 wrote:Its a metro poll. It makes no sense to even have one. I don't see an outstate poll anywhere. Why? Because if teams are excluded because they are or aren't metro it doesn't matter. Either way some of the best hockey teams are excluded.Bensonmum wrote:I don't usually comment on polls, but this one is particularly crappy. The top 4 is OK, you could put them in any order, but after that this makes little sense.
Why would you post the most meaningless of polls twice in the same thread on the same day?MNHockeyFan wrote:Here is the latest version of the Pioneer Press Metro Poll:
Pioneer Press - January 29, 2008
GIRLS HOCKEY
Rankings
1. Roseville (18-3-2)
2. Blake (20-0-3)
3. Stillwater (19-2-2)
4. Eden Prairie (20-1-1)
5. Holy Angels (18-4-0)
6. Hopkins (18-3-3)
7. Eastview (17-5-1)
8. Centennial (18-4-0)
9. Elk River (15-5-2)
10. Irondale (18-3-1).
Are Elk River and Stillwater concidered "Metro"? Hmm, guess the "Metro" is what you make it?State Champ 97 wrote:Its a metro poll. It makes no sense to even have one. I don't see an outstate poll anywhere. Why? Because if teams are excluded because they are or aren't metro it doesn't matter. Either way some of the best hockey teams are excluded.Bensonmum wrote:I don't usually comment on polls, but this one is particularly crappy. The top 4 is OK, you could put them in any order, but after that this makes little sense.
Its more of a shot at the newspaper. Than people that look at the poll.MNHockeyFan wrote:The entire thread is devoted to Metro rankings. If it's meaningless to you, maybe you shouldn't waste your time looking at it!State Champ 97 wrote:Why would you post the most meaningless of polls twice in the same thread on the same day?
yeah those What I am also saying as that by doing such a poll it excludes some of the best hockey teams in the state. Maybe I can talk to the folks over at the Bemidji Pioneer and have them do a weekly northrn teams poll. One question though. If Elk River is in the metro poll and plays in section 8( a historically northern, outstate section) are they eligible? 
I know I am, confused that is. Great idea, do a northern pole and lets see how many finish a head of the metro poles in the end? Alexandria and Grand Rapids could, to say nothing short of Duluth, Cloquet, Bemidji, Crookston, Warraod, Roseau, in no particular order. Elk River maybe, but I guess we can't have them in both poles. Oh yeah isn't Forest Lake a northern team also, or are they metro? That one is more confusing than Elk River.hockeyheaven wrote:That sounds great! I think you’re really on to something here...... or you’re just on something.
However if that were to happen ....those poor folks up in Elk River will be sooo confused
When you think of the Metro area, you think of the seven surrounding counties, the "Seven County Metro Area" which I believe the U.S. considers for population figures, etc. I know some of the outlying towns (exurbs?) are outside of these 7 counties, like Elk River is in Sherboune, but yet they are considered for these Twin Cities' newspaper polls. And then you have places like St. Cloud, Chisago Lakes, Cambridge...not Twin Cities but not Northern Minnesota either...if they deserved consideration, which poll would they be in?hockeyrube7 wrote:I know I am, confused that is. Great idea, do a northern pole and lets see how many finish a head of the metro poles in the end? Alexandria and Grand Rapids could, to say nothing short of Duluth, Cloquet, Bemidji, Crookston, Warraod, Roseau, in no particular order. Elk River maybe, but I guess we can't have them in both poles. Oh yeah isn't Forest Lake a northern team also, or are they metro? That one is more confusing than Elk River.
Not sure if you are kidding or not, but there is that Freedom of the Press thingie which of course gives them the right to publish their own poll. We should keep in mind that these polls are just opinions and we are in turn free to state our own opinions on whether they are accurate, ridiculous, or somewhere in between.GOCARDS1 wrote:I think the Pioneer Press should be banned from being able to do rankings. They are ridiculous.
