Imagine a floatplane descending onto the waters of Lake Union carrying goaltender Carey Price, who is whisked ashore and on to the big stage at Gas Works Park, where thousands of cheering Kraken fans welcome the franchise’s new marquee player.

It isn’t beyond the realm of possibility Wednesday night, whether with Price or another player the Kraken chooses in the long-awaited NHL expansion draft.

Kraken general manager Ron Francis was facing a Wednesday-morning deadline to hand in his list of 30 players selected, one from each NHL team with the exception of the Vegas Golden Knights. The suspense is whether the list includes Price, 34, who just led Montreal back to the Stanley Cup Final.