 Benoit returned to North America in 2009, signing a one-year contract with the Canadiens in May 2009 and playing most of the 2009–10 season with their AHL farm club in Hamilton.In the 2010 off-season, Benoit left the Canadiens organization and signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators.He failed to make the NHL team out of training camp and was assigned to its AHL affiliate in Binghamton.