I planned on playing in Chicago obviously for a long time and uh, I enjoyed my time there. Um, it was a great place to play, but um I just felt there’s new opportunities and um it was a big decision to make but uh knowing that Dale was here and um, the biggest thing about Dale is that what he says is the truth and he’s not giving you a line, so I think uh for myself and uh, I’ve known that from our time in Chicago together, so um you know he asked me to come down here and give it a shot and make this a championship team and a team that has success every year and I think what they’ve done over the last few weeks is um, I couldn’t be happier. You look at the lineup we’re gonna produce this year and um I think we’re gonna give any team a break with the depth that we have and um put on other teams, so um you know I think that was the biggest thing is my relationship with Dale before and he was able to get me a Stanley Cup and a ring and you know now uh we’re gonna go try and get another one down here in South Florida.
Brian Campbell at the Florida Panthers press conference (via sarahhockey)












