If things had gone differently, Carolina Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen believes he could have been at the Winter Olympics.
He could be playing for Finland, enjoying his first Olympic experience, hopefully competing for a medal in hockey.
Who knows, he could have been on a line centered by the Canes’ Sebastian Aho, with, say, Patrik Laine on the other wing.
The NHL’s decision not to allow its players to participate in the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, didn’t set well with a lot of those players. And now that the Games are underway, and men’s hockey beginning Wednesday in Gangneung, it stings even more.