Two days ago, the Carolina Hurricanes traded Jeff Skinner to the Buffalo Sabres. In return, they got four assets.
Opinions (mostly negative) have been flying around all over the place since then, so I’m not necessarily interested in talking about the missteps by Skinner and the organization over the past eight years, the emotions of the trade, “culture”, no-trade clauses, or any of the extracurriculars surrounding the trade.
Instead, I want to talk about what the Hurricanes are getting and what it means this season and beyond - on the ice.