Brian Campbell asked his 3-year-old daughter Harper a question: "What is your favorite hockey team"
There was a moment of silence as Harper looked around the dining room of the family home in Western Springs, aware that all eyes were on her.
Again Campbell asked: "What team do you like?"
A smile appeared on the face of Harper.
"The Blackhawks Jersey!" He said with a dose of excitement.
Campbell asked a follow-up question: "Do you want to return to Florida"
The smile disappeared. Substitution was an expression of disgust as if someone was trying to feed their vegetables.
"No," he said softly, and then resumed playing with plasticine.
Campbell played for the Panthers the last five seasons, but the native of London, Ontario, actually never left Chicago.
He had met his wife, Lauren, born in Burr Ridge, in 2009 and his family is here. They had built a life and do not want to give it up, even after the Hawks traded him for salary cap reasons after three seasons in 2011.
They maintained their place at the center and bought a house in Western Springs in 2014, while Campbell was sticking Panthers in the contract he signed with the Hawks in 2008 paid about $ 57 million through last season.
This summer, Campbell became a free agent and there was no choice - he wanted to play for the Hawks. Campbell enjoyed his three seasons with the Hawks and admire the organization, but above all I wanted Lauren, Harper and 16 months old daughter Everley home forever - even if it means giving millions of dollars to make it happen.
In this way, perhaps Hawks fans have to thank Lauren much as they do general manager Stan Bowman to get Brian back on the Hawks.
"If Lauren was not in the equation, I do not know I would be here at this time," Campbell said. "It's a big problem with children being at home. I can say that even when I signed here at the beginning (in 2008) it was not my house. But this is my home town (today)."
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