I mean, duh. It’s an idea that’s not really at the forefront of our minds very often, but something that generally goes without saying. The Dallas Stars need Jamie Benn.
However, in the midst of a season turned topsy turvy and inside out with failure and disappointment, that fact may have been one of the things muddled up and forgotten in between so many other pressing concerns.
Last night’s performance against the Calgary Flames, though, sans the captain, served as a reminder that a team needs its leader, and that Jamie Benn has been that leader for the Stars, despite some minor downswings of his own.