Brandon deserved to be in the tournament only because the tournament format guarantees the host team a spot. They did not earn their way in via their play - Unless you think the other eight CHL teams that made it to their league's Conference Finals also deserved to be at the Memorial Cup.
As I said, I don't really have a problem with the tournament format. But Brandon went in through the back door, and there is no possible way you can sugar coat that fact.
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