lots of rumors flying around. but I wouldn't be surprised if Skinner is still a Cane come season opener. The only way I see him traded is if new head coach Brindamour has been pushing to get Skinner out of Carolina.
To be honest I’d be fine with that but that’s not the lay of the land. Typically news out of Carolina is completely localized and not affected by national news in terms of the Canes. Meaning all the smoke that goes around the league about the Canes is usually different than what Canes fans hear from around the team. The local news is almost always accurate. They don’t say anything unless it’s about to happen.
The comments on this issue all came from the team. They want a different team. They have specifically said they are looking to moving out a guy or two that have been with the team a long time and never been successful. That’s where “changing the culture” comes from.
The two most obvious choices there are Skinner and Faulk, with Staal and Rask also being close to what’s described. They’re all still young which makes them painful to move but the Canes don’t have any older key players. TVR is the oldest D at 26. The oldest non ufa other than Williams is Staal at 29.
Skinner has one year left on a deal, he will likely get a raise and it seems the team is going to give that money to Aho and reshuffle the focus of the offense around him and likely Svech, with the supporting prices of Staal, TT, McGinn, Lindy .....etc..
Local news has said Skinner is as good as gone. He hired a new agent. 5% chance he’s with the team in training camp.