Chicago Blackhawks Brian Campbell Retires

The one thing everyone stated this offseason about the veteran Chicago Blackhawks defenseman, was that he would either sign a very cheap hometown discount or probably retire from the NHL.

Brian Campbell has chosen the latter of the two options, and has retired to take a job in the front office of the Chicago Blackhawks.

You can chalk up Campbell in the list of unsuccessful Chicago Blackhawks retreads that Stan Bowman has brought back, but the thing about Campbell last season is that it really didn’t cost the Chicago Blackhawks much since he took a huge hometown discount to come back for what ended up being his last season in the NHL.

Campbell was a very important piece to the puzzle when the…