It seemed like it would be difficult for the Florida Panthers to re-sign each of Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand to new deals, but they got it done. 

Marchand completed the trio’s re-signings with a six-year contract extension, the Panthers announced Tuesday.

Marchand’s new deal, which carries an average annual value of $5.25 million, comes just days after Conn Smythe winner Bennett signed an eight-year, $64-million extension with Florida and one day after Ekblad signed his own eight-year, $48.8-million extension.

There was speculation about multiple teams wanting to sign the 37-year-old Marchand, including the Toronto Maple Leafs or even his former longtime club, the Boston Bruins. But in the end, the Panthers found a way to lock up the veteran forward for, more than likely, the rest of his career. He'll be 43 when the contract expires.

The Bruins dealt Marchand to the Panthers at the 2025 trade deadline in return for a first-round draft pick. While Marchand wasn’t an absolute game-changer in the regular season for Florida, contributing two goals and four points in 10 games, he more than showed up in the post-season. He had 10 goals and 20 points, including three game-winning goals, in 23 games. That effort also helped the Panthers win the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive year.

Before his trade to Florida, Marchand had spent his entire career with Boston, playing 1,090 games and posting 976 points with the Bruins during his nearly 16 seasons with the team. During those years after Boston selected him 71st overall in 2006, Marchand and the Bruins made it to three Stanley Cup finals twice, winning the Cup in 2011. Marchand actually had superior stats in his second run to the Cup, as in 2011, he put up 11 goals and 19 points in 25 games.

Now that the Panthers have the trio of Bennett, Ekblad and Marchand signed for the foreseeable future, it is time to see if the Florida Panthers can be the first team to win three Cups in a row since the New York Islanders did so from 1980 to 1983.

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