It could be that, in just a few weeks, Jim Slater will never again have to pay for an adult beverage anywhere from Maine to California.
Or that Rob Klinkhammer will become his country’s most revered sports hero since Paul Henderson, celebrated by Canadians from Nova Scotia to Nunavut.
Or that Germans in rathskellers from Dusseldorf to Dresden will be toasting Gerrit Fauser for leading their national team’s improbable surge to an Olympic medal.
Hey, with NHL players not participating in the tournament that begins Wednesday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, just about anything is possible.