Playoff Sam Bennett.



It’s not so much a nickname as it is a way of being. A damn effective one, too. When No. 93 goes into his version of beast mode — opposition, look out.



“One of the things that’s been a staple in Sam’s game, he’s been an impactful player at playoff time, every time he’s been in the playoffs and we saw it again this year,” Brad Treliving said on Wednesday after signing the 23-year-old forward to a two-year, $5.1-million deal, thus avoiding arbitration. The contract represents a $600,000 raise on his average annual value over the past two seasons.



How close did the two sides get to their arbitration hearing on Saturday? Very close. When Treliving got the call from Bennett’s agent, accepting the offer, he was at the Calgary airport, just about to go through security ahead of his flight to Toronto.



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