I thought that might be what the whole 'Matt tries to make a deal with Fisk' was about; Waid and Samnee setting up the end of the run with Daredevil basically controlled by Kingpin as a challenge to whoever is taking over (on that note, do we actually know who is taking over from Waid/Samnee? Is the title going to stop for a bit, or are we going to go straight into a new creative team?). Looks like they had other ideas for that.

From what I've read of the other story arc handovers (like the Bendis to Brubaker), the current writer usually ties up MOST of the main storylines but with a resolution that ends in a challenge for the new team - DD as publically outed as Matt Murdock and in jail, for example. I'm guessing (there's still two issues, so anything could happoen really) that this means they'll probably tie up Foggy's cancer storyline one way or another. Sort out the whole thing with Ikira and the Owl, and keep Kingpin as a valid threat? Maybe have Matt think Foggy and Kirsten are dead (a la Devil in Cell Block D), only for it to be later revealed different - or, if they want to be REALLY cruel, write it in such a way that it would be really hard for a new team to write any deceased characters back in without a serious amount of handwaving / magic.

We clearly live in exciting, if stressful, times for the next few months. *rubs hands together*