Hockey Central on Sportsnet talks to Carolina Hurricanes General Manager, Don Waddell. He mentions how Skinner and Hanifin are both high-end assets. Moving those assets can prove to be difficult. An asset would have to help sooner rather than later.
“One team called me and asked if we would ever consider trading Hanifin and what would it take.”
“Then when we said we’ll see, that team got it out to the media and my phone started ringing off the hook.”
That is all it takes. Phones ring off the hook when anything gets out into the media.