Five years from now, you will have no idea what I’m talking about when I say, “Tell me about that Dallas Stars game in November ‘16 when they lost to the Blues in overtime.” That won’t be what jogs your memory. You probably won’t even get a glimmer of recognition in your eye when I say, “Hey, remember that game when Niemi made like four ridiculous stops on the Blues and they still lost in overtime?”
No, none of that will do the job. But in five years, I will say, “Hey, speaking of Jamie Oleksiak, I’ll never forget that Blues game when—” and you will stop me midsentence so that you can wax poetically about his two-goal game, about how he tied the game with the goalie pulled.