SportsLine NHL analyst Scott Erskine, who has hit on nine of his 13 best bets (+927) in the series, gives his thoughts and top picks for Thursday's Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton

The Florida Panthers have the chance to move to the verge of winning the Stanley Cup for a second consecutive year.

Panthers' Sam Bennett betting odds for next team officially come out with sizeable front runner ahead of the pack

Bennett had the kind of shift in Game 3’s victory on Monday that tells the larger Panthers’ story. It’s as much the moment of this series as Panthers forward Brad Marchand’s breakaway goal to win Game 2, defenseman Aaron Ekblad’s hit that sent Connor McDavid spinning to the ice or McDavid’s brilliant “walk-on-water toe tap,’’ as Ekblad called it.

The bumps and bruises and worse started to pile up midway through the Florida Panthers' third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Final and second in a row against Edmonton.

If Bennett decides to leave Florida and is willing to spend the rest of his career in Toronto, should the Maple Leafs put in a bid?

The Florida Panthers reached the Stanley Cup Final for the third consecutive season with the help of forward Sam Bennett.