DALLAS -- One consistent thread that has accompanied the St. Louis Blues on their playoff run this spring has been the success of their young players. It’s been a team effort to get this far, for sure, but often when the games are the tightest, it’s a young player like Robby Fabbri or Colton Parayko making a play that makes a difference. Fabbri was at it again on Sunday, assisting twice on goals that helped the Blues earn a split in Dallas and head home to St. Louis with home-ice advantage.

“It’s not [just] our team,” Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said after the game. “There’s so many young players that they’re stars every night. You look at the players [Saturday] in that Washington-Pittsburgh game -- that’s a bunch of young guys playing really well. It’s where our league’s at now.”

Earlier in the playoffs, Hitchcock credited the high-pressure international tournaments in which these young players compete while growing up. By the time they’re playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs, most have already played in huge, pressure-packed moments for their country. Some might get a chance to do so again later this year. In March, the first 16-player rosters for each World Cup team were announced, and there’s now a small window before the final rosters will be announced in June to fill out the remaining seven players on each team.

You can no doubt bet that those picking the teams are watching these playoff games closely, and there’s a group of players -- including Fabbri and Parayko for Team North America -- who are making a strong World Cup case with standout performances. Here’s a look at seven more: