It appears Zito is breaking in this summer’s pen by re-signing a number of players today. Here’s the highly-anticipated Bennett signing.

via GIFER

Benny & the Cats ☀️

It’s official: We’ve got four more years of @sbennett93!!

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— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) July 26, 2021

Here’s the breakdown of the contract. Was hoping it would be a little more loaded on the front end:

Sam Bennett contract structure:
Year 1, $2.925M (includes $1M signing bonus)
Year 2, $3.425M
Year 3, $6.35M
Year 4, $5M

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) July 26, 2021

Some nice depth sticking around for the blueline, too.

We have (also!) re-signed Lucas Carlsson to a one-year, two-way contract.

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— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) July 26, 2021

We have re-signed Noah Juulsen to a one-year, two-way contract!

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— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) July 26, 2021

Exciting to see all the movement from teams ahead of Free Agency. I keep seeing the Panthers are possibly interested in Ryan Suter, too.

So let’s see what else Zito has up his sleeve as the week progresses.

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