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Originally Posted by sadora
I think that perhaps you would feel differently if Canada was in the top ten in that list. The list doesn't really mean much, you're right, but it does give you a pretty good idea as to who the best teams are at any given point. You will notice too that six out of the top ten on that list are teams that have won the world cup before, sharing 16 out of 18 titles between them.
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I would think it'd be like the CHL Top 10, or CIS Top 10. The rankings can be weird, and difficult to judge fairly. There are a lot of problems with both. A few years ago I remember the CBU Capers won their division but were ranked lower than a team within their division nationally.
At the same time in the CHL after the Christmas trading period some teams can ice a drastically different team. Does this effect the rankings? Not in the short term. In 2002 Cape Breton had a mediocre first half, and tore it up in the second half, I don't think they made the Top 10 where a sliding Halifax who trailed off at the end of the season and were caught by Cape Breton were ranked.
There rankings are good as they give a general idea of how good teams are at the sport, however there is a method and formula to it which can be altered and biased. When I say biased I don't mean intentionally, just that it's debatable.
Any ranking system is the same way, I can tear apart the McLean's Magazine university ranking system. Yet people still use it as a gauge of how good an institution is.
If any thing it's a neat tidbit, but shouldn't be taken as fact.