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Bickell tallied 14 goals and 14 assists during the regular season while appearing in 80 regular season games in the [[2014-15 NHL season]]. The 80 games he played was a new career high in regular season games played. His production declined in the postseason, where he recorded only five assists in 18 games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Powers |first=Scott |url=http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/blackhawks/post/_/id/4689833/blackhawks-season-review-bryan-bickell |title=Blackhawks season review: Bryan Bickell |work=[[ESPN]] |date=2016-06-22 |accessdate=2016-02-29 }}</ref> After playing every game in the first three rounds, Bickell was scratched from the team's lineup for two games of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals due to health-related issues.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hine |first=Chris |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-bryan-bickell-blackhawks-vertigo-story.html |title=Bryan Bickell on his absence: I had vertigo |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=2016-06-18 |accessdate=2016-02-29 }}</ref> Bickell did return to the lineup for game three only to be scratched again for games four, five and six. The Blackhawks defeated the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in six games, giving Bickell his third Stanley Cup.
The Blackhawks unsuccessfully attempted to trade Bickell prior to the [[2015–16 NHL season]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Luke |url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/chicago-blackhawks-place-bryan-bickell-on-waivers-after-edmonton-oilers-trade-talks-fall-through/ |title=Bickell on waivers after Oilers trade talks fall apart |work=[[Sportsnet]] |date=2015-10-02 |accessdate=2016-11-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Dustin |url=http://thehockeywriters.com/chicago-may-trade-bryan-bickell/ |title=Chicago "50–50" on Trading Bryan Bickell |work=The Hockey Writers |date=2015-06-24 |accessdate=2016-11-12 }}</ref> The team initially waived Bickell but reinserted him into their roster as the season started.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leahy |first=Sean |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/blackhawk-demote-struggling-bryan-bickell-to-ahl-163405698.html |title=Blackhawks demote struggling Bryan Bickell to AHL |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=2015-11-02 |accessdate=2015-11-02 }}</ref> Bickell was unable to consistently perform due to health-related issues and spent much of the season with the [[Rockford IceHogs]] of the [[American Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Tracey |url=http://www.csnchicago.com/blackhawks/blackhawks-bryan-bickell-reportedly-waivers-again |title=Blackhawks: Bryan Bickell reportedly on waivers again |work=[[CSN Chicago]] |date=2016-01-16 |accessdate=2016-01-17 }}</ref> Bickell skated in 25 games for the Blackhawks and recorded two assists. He also played in 47 contests for the IceHogs where he scored 15 goals and 16 assists followed by 3 Calder Cup Playoff games with an assist.<ref>{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Tracey |url=http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-blackhawks/hes-back-blackhawks-recall-bryan-bickell |title=HE'S BACK: BLACKHAWKS RECALL BRYAN BICKELLICAGO |work=[[CSN Chicago]] |date=2016-04-16 |accessdate=2016-11-12 }}</ref> [[The 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs]] where the Blackhawks lost in seven games to the [[St. Louis Blues]] would be the first time since the [[2009 Stanley Cup playoffs]] where Bickell wouldn't play a single playoff game]]
During the 2016 off-season, Bickell's $4-million salary cap-hit posed a serious problem to the Blackhawks, who were struggling to stay below the NHL's salary cap. The team again shopped Bickell to other teams, but few teams seemed to be interested in him and his $4 million cap hit.<ref>{{cite news |last=Muir |first=Allan |url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2016/06/15/chicago-blackhawks-trade-teuvo-teravainen-bryan-bickell-carolina-hurricanes |title=Blackhawks pay heavy price to move Bryan Bickell's contract |work=[[sports Illustrated]] |date=2016-06-15 |accessdate=2016-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lambert |first=Ryan |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/what-we-learned--nhl-s-best-player--it-s-anze-kopitar-144742926.html |title=What We Learned: NHL's best player? It's Anze Kopitar |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=2016-01-18 |accessdate=2016-11-12 }}</ref> The Blackhawks eventually traded Bickell along with [[Teuvo Teräväinen]] at the [[2016 NHL Entry Draft]] to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in exchange for a [[2016 NHL Entry Draft#Round two|2016 second-round]] pick (originally acquired from the NY Rangers – used to select [[Artur Kayumov]]) and a [[2017 NHL Entry Draft|2017 third-round pick]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160615/blackhawks-trade-teravainen-bickell-to-hurricanes-for-draft-picks | title=Blackhawks trade Teravainen, Bickell to Hurricanes for draft picks | publisher=[[The State Journal-Register]] via the [[Associated Press]] | date=June 15, 2016 | accessdate=June 15, 2016}}</ref> The Hurricanes also agreed to accept Bickell's cap-hit and remaining contract.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hine |first=Chris |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-blackhawks-bryan-bickell-teuvo-teravainen-20160615-story.html |title=Blackhawks give up Teuvo Teravainen in dumping Bryan Bickell salary |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=2016-06-16 |accessdate=2016-11-12 }}</ref> Bickell scored one goal in seven games for the Hurricanes, before experiencing health issues again. The Hurricanes announced that Bickell had been diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] and placed him on injured reserve on November 12.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hine |first=Chris |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-bryan-bickell-diagnosed-multiple-sclerosis-20161111-story.html |title=Former Blackhawk Bryan Bickell diagnosed with multiple sclerosis |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=2016-11-11 |accessdate=2016-11-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/hurricanes-bryan-bickell-listed-on-ir/ |title=Hurricanes' Bryan Bickell: Listed on IR |work=[[CBS Sports]] |date=2016-11-13 |accessdate=2016-12-30 }}</ref>
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