SURPRISE, Ariz. - Jamie Benn: You're the defending Art Ross Trophy winner and you just helped return the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second time in the last eight seasons. What are you going to do next?

Answer: Explain baseball to a bunch of your teammates, that's what.

The Stars captain and most of the team, sans coach Lindy Ruff, attended the Rangers-Cubs exhibition on Wednesday, a day after clinching a playoff bid. Ruff gave the team the day off before their Thursday night meeting with Phoenix in nearby Glendale. The players chose to attend the exhibition. Even if some of them weren't exactly sure of what exhibition they were seeing.

"Yeah, I've done a lot of explaining of the game, especially to the Europeans" Benn said from the front row of Surprise Stadium after a between-innings chat with Rangers manager Jeff Banister. "We had to tell them we were going to a soccer game to get them excited."

Really cool moment today when the @Rangers' Jeff Banister greeted @DallasStars visiting Spring Training. pic.twitter.com/LX1yuFxQOH — WFAA Sports (@wfaasports) March 24, 2016

Big thanks to @Dutch_Oven45 and the @Rangers for a fun outing today in AZ. Nice to share a little DFW sports love! pic.twitter.com/02TC6v0xXz — Jason Rademan (@jerpsu00) March 23, 2016

Benn was a fine amateur baseball player growing up in British Columbia before pursuing NHL dreams that led to his current captaincy.

He said he gets to about five to 10 Rangers regular-season games per year, but had never been to a spring training game before.

"You can't beat this," he said. "It's a beautiful day. It's baseball. It's nice to do something a bit different."

Apparently, even if you have to explain what it is your doing to the rest of your team.