In 2013, Bryan Bickell was a savior for a Stanley Cup champion. Now he's getting paid millions to play in the AHL.
"It was frustrating but, the way my game’s been going, I feel like I deserved to sit out," Bryan Bickell told reporters after getting benched. "I need to do more and get myself more into the game."
That was in January 2014, less than seven months after Bickell scored a career-defining goal against the Boston Bruins to help the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.