GRRM has said the upcoming books will take us further North than ever before, so I wouldn't be surprised if something similar happens. But it won't involve dragons, and more people on the group will die.

Technically 5 episodes ended at the bar. There was 1 episode which ended showing Coop standing by the statue.

correct, he was in assassin gear.

And Barry isn't going to be fighting Zoom any time soon. They just want to see who's paying attention.

Kind of odd that Malcolm didn't bring any League members for backup.