Brian Campbell was an integral part of the 2010 Stanley Cup run for the Chicago Blackhawks. But that was a long time ago. Since then, he was traded away for salary cap reasons, and spent five successful years with the Florida Panthers. He returned to the Blackhawks for the 2016-17 season. Campbell took a hometown discount to come back to Chicago, a town that he and his wife consider home.
Campbell’s return to the Chicago Blackhawks didn’t exactly go according to plan. He was supposed to bolster the blue line, and take some much-needed pressure off the top three defensemen, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Niklas Hjalmarsson.