Everyone in the sports world knows that the Buffalo Sabres and Columbus Blue Jackets aren’t rivals. They never have been and never will be. Even when Marcus Foligno was playing in Western New York the two teams weren’t even close to rivals.
Everyone in the sports world also knows that sports is a business. One that is all about maximizing profits now. Not growing the game to make future revenue or make decisions that will payoff three fold in years to come. That should be obvious to anyone that knows how the NHL handled the Olympic situation.