Selected by the Calgary Flames with the No. 4 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, Bennett has 336 points (162 goals, 174 assists) in 691 regular-season games for the Flames and Panthers, and 78 points (40 goals, 38 assists) in 107 playoff games.

The Panthers signed Conn Smythe winner Sam Bennett to an eight-year extension worth $64 million on Friday night, hours before the start of the NHL draft.

Sam Bennett is back to help the Florida Panthers seek a third straight Stanley Cup. Bennett and the Panthers agreed to an eight-year contract to bring the reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner back before the start of NHL free agency, the franchise announced Friday. The deal is worth $64 million, according to Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press.