Tigger said:
If you want to trade a young scoring winger with term for an about to be unrestricted goalie with health issues, by all means.
Over the last four seasons Skinner has produced at a rate of 28 goals/46 points per 82 games. Is having him locked in for 3 more years at 6 million per really that big of a plus?
The Hurricanes have to deal with Eric Staal at some point as well. If they're moving on from Staal then, yeah, maybe you don't want to deal Skinner for immediate help but if Staal isn't sure about coming back and would be swayed by a little more success then there is a bit of a pressing need to improve.