The delicate balance between word and action plays out on the ice for Jamie Benn like a Tom Hardy film role.
The Stars captain is typically a man of few words, but he seems to choose his moments well. And when he doesn't want to talk, well, that's when the movie gets really good.
As the Stars have started the kind of journey Hardy treads in The Revenant or Mad Max: Fury Road, it has been anything but easy. The team quickly fell in a ditch and has been battling adversity much of its first 40 games.