That is one crazy group... something doesn't entirely seem fair about it though. You're replacing perhaps the weakest team in the whole tourney with a team that traditionally would challenge for gold?
Just switch the format for this one year back to 2 groups and go from there... drop the 2nd Newfie entry and you would have 2 even groups of 5.
Seems more reasonable and saves upwards of $30K - $40K for a second-place BC or Alberta team spending to get there.