I have heard that due to a strange loop-hole that was not closed the interpretation of "calendar year" is a bit more open than previously thought... and it is not just in relation to the length of "this" calendar year, but allows the NHL to choose any calendar year in history.
And the NHL have chosen the calendar year of 46 BC as the basis in this instance. A year with 445 days.
Which means that there are still 78 days away from the trade going through.
Which funnily enough is September 26th. 2 weeks before the season starts... and more importantly 2068 years to the day in 46 BC that Julius Caesar himself dedicated the Temple in the Forum of Caesar to the goddess Venus Genetrix... the ancestor of all Roman people.
Which would have special pertinence to Tony who has spoke about being so proud of his Italian, and by extension Roman ancestry.
It is also the eve of Mawlid, Muhammed's birthday, that day... which is also pertinent to his Sicilian ancestry!
So really all in all the perfect day for the trade to go through.