Flames ink Sam Bennett to two year, $5.1M deal, avoid arbitration

The Calgary Flames and forward Sam Bennett have come to terms on a two-year deal with an average salary of $2.55 million ahead of Saturday's scheduled arbitration hearing. The 23-year-old notched 13 goals and 14 assists in 71 games during the 2018-2019 season, was a minus 6 in plus/minus, and had 93 penalty minutes. He talled a goal and four helpers in the five games of the Flames first-round playoff exit to the Colorado Avalanche. Bennett was the Flames first round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Dr