Every season, players on teams that don’t qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs head off to Europe to play in the annual IIHF World Hockey Championship. The annual tournament pits international clubs against each other in an event that hands out medals and has immense importance for Olympic qualification.
Usually, there would be a lot of Calgary Flames representation in the Worlds. But this isn’t a usual year.
If you look at the current Flames roster, you could carve the group into two big chunks: players that have played in the Worlds and players that would probably like the opportunity to do so.