Anyone stop to think that just getting how the arrangements between UND and REA work out into the public eye wasn't someone's end game? Or maybe exposing how Ms. McGarry operates? One can easily posit that UND got the existing deal but got those items out in public review.
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." -- Sun Tzu
Based on last year's performance I'd call it surprising even for trade value. Something wasn't right with Galchenyuk last season. His performance slid and that's not right for a guy his age. Who do I think will ultimately win this deal. The team that got Galchenyuk.
So are we going to see some sort of on-ice demarcation or is it by eyeball.
Maybe sell the 5 feet in front of the benches as an on-ice ad space: The Uber pick-up / drop-off zone!