Commencing on May 5, the stars of hockey will descend upon Paris, France and Cologne, Germany, the settings for the 2017 IIHF World Championships. But with so many Blackhawks stars declining to represent their countries, how many names will Chicago fans able to pick out on the international stage?
**Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith, and Brent Seabrook declined to play for Canada (SCH)
**Patrick Kane will consider repping the Red, White, and Blue at the Worlds (SCH)
**Richard Panik won't play for Slovakia, doesn’t want to risk an injury as RFA (SCH)
**Artemi Panarin will don a Russian sweater at the 2017 worlds, per a report (SCH)
**Marcus Kruger and Niklas Hjalmarsson are both considering playing for Sweden (SCH)
**Besides a Coach Q return, nothing else is guaranteed for 2017, says Bowman (ESPN)
**Scott Darling's career with Hawks appears over, wants to start (Chicago Sun-Times)
**Should he stay or should he go?