I wish Belarus was in this year, they would have definitely been the best of the worst.
Two days later the well known hockey power Italy defeats your "definitely best of the worst" team of Belarus.
Am I right if I guess that you haven't seen many (or any at all) games in U20 Div.1 tournaments?
Austrian roster:
HIRN Lorenz GK 173 73 20.04.1990 L EHC LIWEST Linz (AUT)
WIESER Marco GK 183 75 15.12.1990 L Alpena Ice Diggers (USA)
ISOPP Maximilian Oliver D 181 80 05.02.1990 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
MÃœHLSTEIN Florian D 185 82 12.11.1990 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
PALLESTRANG Alexander D 184 86 04.04.1990 L EHC LIWEST Linz (AUT)
SCHOLZ Fabian D 179 80 08.01.1990 L EC KAC (AUT)
ULMER Stefan D 176 72 01.12.1990 R Spokane Chiefs (USA)
UNTERGANSCHNIG Andreas D 180 89 17.01.1990 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
ZOREC Marco D 195 98 12.09.1990 L EC VSV (AUT)
BRUCKER Marco F 179 65 14.05.1991 R EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
HOFER Fabio F 170 70 23.01.1991 R EC hagn_leone Dornbirn (AUT)
HARTL Nikolaus F 175 65 18.12.1991 R EK Zeller Eisbären (EKZ 2 (AUT)
HEINRICH Dominique F 175 76 31.07.1990 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
KAINZ Pascal F 177 78 30.04.1990 R EHC Oberscheider Lustenau (AUT)
KOMAREK Konstantin F 179 82 08.11.1992 L Lulea HF (SWE)
KRISTLER Andreas F 179 75 30.08.1990 L EC VSV (AUT)
MAIER Patrick F 178 78 17.04.1990 R EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
PÖCK Markus F 185 80 15.01.1992 L EC KAC (AUT)
UNTERWEGER Markus F 173 73 24.08.1990 R EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
WOLF Marcel F 180 72 25.08.1990 R EC hagn_leone Dornbirn (AUT)
PUSCHNIK Kevin F 175 75 02.09.1991 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
SCHNEIDER Peter F 181 83 04.04.1991 R HC Orli Znojmo (CZE)
On call:
BRENKUSCH Andreas GK 182 71 14.07.1991 L EC KAC (AUT)
GRABNER Mathias D 178 82 16.02.1991 R FBI VEU Feldkirch (AUT)
SCHWEDA Peter D 184 87 22.11.1990 R EAC Junior Capitals (AUT)
STIBERNITZ Thomas D 182 73 21.01.1990 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
BEITER Michael F 170 67 30.01.1990 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
KORNER Alexander F 183 80 23.10.1990 L EC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
MODERER Kevin F 186 83 08.02.1990 R Moser Medical Graz 99ers (AUT)
WILFAN Maximilian F 173 77 16.01.1991 L Grums IK (SWE)
It´s a very complicates issue, we´ve got to ask ourselves whether 15-0 losses to Canada and such will actually give the players on either side something. And the answer to that question is far from easy. Plus it would require the tournament to be a bit longer and I can´t see most teams appreciating losing their players for even longer than they have to now.
I would not use the potentially most lopsided game to define the format of the championship. If most of the games are close to some extent there is no need for big changes.