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Think Lindy Ruff is playing Jordie Benn simply because of his name? You're missing the bigger point

As the Stars were stumbling to a 4-1 loss in Winnipeg on Thursday, there was some vibrant hockey discourse on Twitter.

I hesitate to use the word intercourse, in part because it has become a literary stop-down in the current sex-fueled lexicon of our land (I'm looking at you, Newt Gingrich), and in part because the old version of the word seemed to indicate a pleasant exchange of differing ideas. Discourse implies more debate, and as we have discovered in recent months, nobody changes their mind after partaking in a debate.

Anyyyyywayyyy, the subject of Jordie Benn arose, as it often does, and sides dug in.