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TORONTO -- The World Cup of Hockey will return, without a doubt, and avoid another 12-year break.NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and NHLPA executive director Don Fehr both confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that they expect the next World Cup of Hockey to be in 2020.It is much less certain whether the best players will go to South Korea to participate in the 2018 Olympics.International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel told the AP on Tuesday the odds of NHL players going to the Pyeongchang Games were 50-50, a slight upgrade from his forecast in May.Later the same day, Daly said he felt more negative about the chances the leagues players will be in a sixth straight Olympics because of the International Olympic Committees decision to not pay for NHL players travel and insurance as it has in the past.Fehr, who represents players who have made it clear they want to be in the Olympics, said hes more optimistic than pessimistic a deal will get done.The union head insisted he isnt concerned about the IOCs stance.Everybody understands that nobodys going to risk their career and future earnings and all the rest of it in return for no compensation and no coverage, Fehr told the AP. No one will do that. They understand that. Thats been a given for a long, long time. If it plays out that way, which I do not expect it to play out that way, well deal with it.The IOC isnt buying the banter.I think both sides are playing poker, International Ski Federation president Gian Franco Kasper, who represents winter sports on the IOC executive board, said Friday in an interview with the AP.The IOC does not want to continue its past practice of paying for NHL players travel and insurance because it doesnt want to have to do the same for athletes in other sports.Fasel said it is his job to raise the money needed, which he estimates to be about $10 million. Fasel said he plans to beg for the funds from national Olympic committees and hockey federations. He acknowledged using some of the $40 million the IOC gives the IIHF to fund its programs, including development opportunities for boys and girls, could be used to send the best hockey players to South Korea.Daly said the NHL would like a final decision by the end of the year so that it can set the 2017-18 schedule with or without a break midway through the slate for the Olympics.The World Cup of Hockey, which the NHL and NHLPA teamed up to bring back for the first time since 2004, does not conflict with the leagues schedule, because the games were played during training camp and early preseason games.Playing hockey in late September, however, is not an ideal time to draw TV viewers in the U.S., in part because of interest in the NFL, college football and baseball.Game 1 with Canada and Team Europe in the World Cup finals on Tuesday night -- without direct competition from football -- drew 494,000 viewers on ESPN, then only 296,000 watched Game 2 on Thursday. In Canada, Game 2 had an average audience of 2.27 million viewers on Sportsnet.Daly acknowledged it was a challenge to engage Americans enough to watch the event. It did not help that the U.S. and North American Under 23-teams didnt make it to the semifinals of the eight-team tournament.Surprisingly, it also was difficult to fill seats at the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs despite it being in a hockey hotbed even though the league said ticket sales went very well. It seemed many more people were interested in attending Toronto Blue Jays games when world-class hockey matchups and playoff-push baseball games were played at the same time.The level of hockey, at times, was impressive. And, the atmosphere was electric when Canada rallied from a one-goal deficit in the final few minutes Thursday night to beat Europe 2-1 to win the championship.During many stretches of play, however, the World Cup of Hockey didnt do enough to fire up fans in attendance.Days before Canada beat Europe 2-0 in the best-of-three series to win the World Cup, Canadian coach Mike Babcock seemed to sum up the situation best.The World Cup is great. Its not the Olympics, Babcock said in an unsolicited comparison of the two events. Lets not get confused. Cheap Authentic Air Jordan .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Air Jordan From China . Philadelphia is 2-0 against the Senators this season and scored five goals in each victory. The Flyers recorded a 5-0 win in Ottawa on Nov. 12 and then earned a 5-2 home decision on Nov. 19. 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Speaking Thursday on TSN 1050 Thursday, the Leafs GM also touched on the questions surrounding the teams leadership and the struggles of his big-name free-agent signing. “Its not from lack of effort from the coaching staff. NEW YORK -- Johnny Cueto was set to start for San Francisco against the New York Yankees on Saturday and Jeff Samardzija in the series finale, which Giants manager Bruce Bochy said was his plan all long.Samardzija had been listed as Saturdays starter, and Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he was not notified of the change until noon, about 4 hours before game time.Bochy, whose first-place team is in a season-high, six-game losing streak, attributed the confusion to a failure to inform the Giants media relations staff.We thought we had done it. This wasnt done last night, which a lot of people think, Bochy said. I guess its our fault for not putting it out there a litttle sooner.dddddddddddd I think it was more we took for granted that everybody knew that.Cueto, the NLs All-Star starter, follows staff ace Madison Bumgarner, who did not get a decision in Fridays series opener.Both pitchers will be making their second start since the All-Star break. Samardzija did not get a decision in a 7-6, 10-inning loss at San Diego on July 16, and Cueto took the loss in a 5-3 defeat to the Padres the following day -- his first loss since April 21. Cueto had pitched that day after waking up with pain in his left side. ' ' '