"Whether or not Brian Campbell plays next week in Nashville, the Blackhawks defenseman said he will be there, if he has to pay for his own flight. But the idea is to actually participate, which is why Campbell has tried almost everything to get back in form after suffering a broken clavicle March 14.

Even just to get back to practice -- he was cleared for that Wednesday and practiced again today -- required a litany of remedies.

"There's an Aerodyne bike in the back there, if anybody wants to go do sprints on that for 30 seconds," Campbell said after that first practice. "(Tuesday) I almost fell over. It's not a whole lot of fun. There's that. There's taking every legal pill in the book that will allow me to heal faster. Eating things that are not a whole lot of fun to eat. And just battling.""