Blackhawks fans had to say goodbye to Bryan Bickell last year when he was traded to Carolina. Now the hockey world is getting ready to do the same after the winger revealed Saturday that he’s retiring from the NHL at the end of the season. Two more games, and Bickell will go off into the sunset to enjoy his post-hockey life.
That’s understandably got a lot of Blackhawks fans a tad emotional, because if you could say anything about Bickell’s career, it’s that it had ups and downs. Seriously, I can’t imagine many players who have had higher highs and lower lows in the same few years than Bickell.