When 37-year-old Brian Campbell left the Florida Panthers to return to Chicago this summer, it looked like a bargain move by Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman.
The Blackhawks are perpetually locked in a hunt for bargains to round out their roster as their top players - defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook and forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane - have a combined cap hit of approximately $33.4 million this year.
That’s about 46 percent of the total team spending on the team’s top quartet.
So, landing an experienced blue liner at $1.