WOW campbell to chi he is not worth that money. he went where the money was so do not give me this crap he wanted to stay close to home.campbell is NO lidstrom.join the money campbell not hockey.CANADA is hockey CANADA is your home..

Huet, Campell & Khabibulin total over 20M/yr for only those three players. I guess they will try and buy out Khabibulin to get under the salary cap.

agree, campbell is definitely no lidstrom. i still see him as a rent-a-player type who doesn't bring it when it matters. his defensive game is still questionable, especially during the playoffs he was rather sloppy. iginla made campbell look like a fool a couple of times in that series. offensive-d are good as long as they don't forget to play the actual position. sharks fan here that is happy san jose didn't dish out all the funds to keep this guy, i'm not sold on his value yet.

good wouldnt it be great if they actually made the playoffs?? lol

He's also allowed 10 defensive zone Spin-O-Ramas a year.

This is a great signing for the Blackhawks and they absolutely did not overpay for him especially considering that Atlanta offered him more. Blackhawks got the best UFA defenseman and the best UFA goalie available this year. And with almost $17 million coming off the books at the end of the season (and maybe sooner) with Bulin, Havlat, and Lang's contracts being up and an expected slight increase to the salary cap, neither of these deals will effect their ability to sign players next year either.
Great day for the Blackhawks organization all around. Bravo, Dale Tallon.

I can't belive the Sharks. There must be no money in SJ becasue they we in the bottom 5 teams in Payroll last year. Just Call them the "MoneyBall" of Hockey.

It was very obvious from the beginning that Brian Campbell would not stay with the Sharks, he knew he would receive over $7 million a year, there are MANY teams with the budget. Shark's GM, Doug Wilson, will NOT sign a defenseman like Campbell for that amount. They do indeed have one of the lowest salary caps in the NHL. I was told my a source within the executive management that the Sharks do not generate enough income through ticket sales, because the arena is too small (sits 17,500) to allow them to be near the NHL salary cap range. It is a very conservative management when it comes to salaries. Honestly, I would rather see the Sharks sign an offensive players such as Malkin or Hossa for $7-8 million. The Sharks' goals against average was one of the lowest in the NHL without Campbell, so the defense structure does their job, but fail to offer an offensive attack and the Sharks rely too much on their offensive three for scoring. So, it would be nice to have Brian Campbell a great blue-liner defense that can can put points on the board - but he did nothing for us in the playoffs. It is very clear that Campbell went for the money, Chicago has been in a Stanley Cup run for many years, the Sharks have been but have failed miserably in the playoffs but, hey, the Sharks do not have any $5-7 million dollar players except for Joe Thorthon, which is WELL worth any amount for the Sharks.

Campbell is a great regular season player but in the playoffs he looks like a deer in headlights... guess that is why he signed with Chicago since they never get to the playoffs...

can't believe we lost Bernier for this punk Campbell. the fans bent over backwards to make him feel welcome and wanted. turns out he is no great star anyway. break a leg, Campbell.

Wyshynski you stink!