After launching into a rant against NHLPA members who've headed to Europe to continue playing hockey, the Hockey News's Ken Campbell offers a particularly intriguing bit of news regarding the NHL-sized rink proposed for Markham, Ontario. As it turns out, the rink's ownership has some...intriguing...business ties...

The proposed GTA Centre in suburban Toronto doesn’t have an NHL team yet, but it does have an NHL feel to it. Earlier this week, chairman and CEO Graeme Roustan announced that the GTA Centre had secured a venue manager and a food and beverage service provider.

We don’t expect any of this to interest you terribly, but while Roustan publicly states he has received no guarantees from the NHL (which he hasn’t) and that his building would be self-sufficient without an NHL team, there is no doubt getting one is the end game.

Then you start to connect the dots. The venue manager just happens to be Global Spectrum, which is a subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor, which is a company owned by Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider. The food and beverage provider is none other than Delaware North Companies, which just happens to be the property of Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs.