Ottawa Senators forward Ryan Dzingel has offered a spot on Team USA for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

The 26-year-old, however, has not yet decided whether he will accept the invitation to the tournament, which runs from May 4-20 in Denmark.

“They asked. It’s just tough; I’ve got stuff in my personal life right now and I’m going to figure it out in the next few weeks,” Dzingel told Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen. “I think I’ll go as long as we have some good results (with the personal issue).

“I’ll find out in the next two weeks and then I’ll be able to decide.”

Dzingel has had career year with the Senators hitting the 20-goal mark for the first time and posting a career-high 36 points in 73 games to date.

A seventh-round pick of the Senators in 2011, Dzingel has played for Team USA just once in his career, at the 2010 World Junior A Challenge.

He told Garrioch he'll understand if the United States management team decides to move on from him while he makes his decision.

“It’s a big tournament with a lot of good guys, so they might tell me they don’t have time to wait on (me), which I respect, so we’ll wait to see what they say,” said Dzingel. “Hopefully, they’ll give me some time because I should know within a couple of weeks here.

“I’ve never played for my country before. It’s a really cool opportunity and there’s some really good guys going. There’s some speculation that (Patrick) Kane and guys like (Johnny) Gaudreau are going so it would be a good opportunity for me to play on a big stage. At the same time, my family is first, so hopefully we can get some goo Jays d results in the next two weeks.”