Just call it The Showdown in The Big Apple.
And when all is said and done, we could have a much clearer indication if NHLers will, in fact, participate in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.
For the first time since the International Olympic Committee said it would not pick up supplementary costs like travel expenses for NHLers, the four major parties involved — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, IOC president Thomas Bach and IIHF president Rene Fasel — will meet face to face, the rendezvous taking place Friday in New York.
While there has been no public announcement regarding the planned discussions, a source familiar with the scheduled talks on Thursday confirmed the get together to Postmedia.