Charlie wrote, in part..
> as a matter of practicality, the B teams will not have impressive
> enough statistics to be chosen for the tournament.
 
This has been true in recent years, but as my previous post might have
implied, I don't think this is necessarily an absolute.  If that "B"
team wins their few games with teams under consideration, then they
might look *very* good, depending on the algorithm du jour.
 
Yours in college hockey,
 
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