Quite a bond was formed between Aaron Ekblad and Brian Campbell during their shared tenure on the Florida Panthers blue line.

In advance of Tuesday's game between the Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks, with whom Campbell signed as a free agent in the offseason, Ekblad talked about the impact Campbell had on him both on and off the ice:

Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad on former partner Brian Campbell. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/G4Iw6rxM1N — Tracey Myers (@TramyersCSN) November 29, 2016

Campbell caught wind of Ekblad's comments, and responded via Twitter in the nicest of ways: