Canes fans turned down Nylander
What, back when Nylander was fighting with the Leafs over his contract? No we didn't. We agreed to Nylander for Pesce, it was Leafs fans who wanted Pesce+ because they were afraid of Larsson for Hall 2.0.
I wouldn't even trade Rosen for him -- Canes will get less than they did for Skinner, since Skinner was far better. Which was Cliff Pu and a bunch of non-1st round picks.
The equivalent is Kisakov, 2nd, 3rd and 6th. But that was Skinner, so the Canes will get less -- probably something like Mats Lindgren, a 2nd, and a 3rd.
Two things:
1) Skinner had an NMC and wanted to return to the Toronto area- he only allowed a trade to Buffalo or to Toronto. Toronto didn't have the cap space and also didn't need scoring. Buffalo was the only option.
2) The Hurricanes decided that Skinner would not be on their 2018-2019 roster when they moved up in the draft lottery and nabbed Svechnikov. They viewed Skinner as a middle-6 guy who needed to be babysat, and once they learned they were getting the 18 year old Svech, they decided they only wanted one of those. And they went with the guy who had a future with the team.
Buffalo called the Hurricanes' bluff and waited them out. I may or may not agree with the singlemindedness of getting Skinner off the roster, but that's why his return was literal Pu.
This doesn't apply to Pesce. He has no NTC/NMC that I can find, for one. For two he fits on the roster, this is about the Canes weighing using Pesce as an "own rental" vs letting him walk for nothing if they can't reach a deal. Carolina has done both before.