Quoting: TheAlien
It'll cost way more than that to get anyone to take Skinner
Quoting: Birtle34
I wonder what Francis opinion is of skinner, they were both in Carolina together, so could possibly be a fit, but going to take something rather shiny to even come close to entertaining the thought of taking on that contract.
Quoting: Pond_Duck
No way Seattle takes skinner, some including myself consider his contract the worst in the NHL
Quoting: LeafsFanForSomeReason
I would ask for so much to take him if I were Seattle.
Quoting: TheAlien
Cozens, Reinhart, Jokihurju+
Quoting: ddottay
Might have to give up two firsts to get Seattle to take that contract, and honestly that's not something Buffalo can afford to do.
Quoting: MisstheWhalers
Is Kruger still playing Skinner on the 4th line?
Quoting: RyanMarte
He played on the first tonight but he really only had a decent pass and thats about it
Quoting: SalamiCheese
Skinner is not a problem, don't forget to trade Hall, Eichel and the rest of the top 6 forwards who suck as well.
Quoting: OldNYIfan
How are you going to get him to waive his No Movement Clause?
Quoting: Dpellz90
Or maybe he should be played in a role that will help him succeed?
Quoting: BluesBandit
The funny/cruel thing is, if you paid that much to get rid of him, he’d probably end up doing well in Seattle.
I love all of these conversations about Skinner.
First only a few Sabres played well last night and only he and Thompson played well enough to draw penalties.
Check out these NHL career stats:
year......gm-go-ast-pts-PIM
1991-92 64 13 18 31 18
1992-93 82 46 43 89 28
1993-94 82 41 26 67 42
1994-95 46 18 14 32 24
1995-96 81 34 31 65 40
1996-97 82 36 31 67 29
1997-98 75 11 18 29 38
1998-99 75 12 18 30 22
1999-00 67 13 13 26 22
2000-01 68 30 26 56 46
2001-02 42 11 5 16 12
2002-03 82 34 33 67 34
2003-04 80 16 20 36 38
2005-06 77 25 21 46 58
From 1997 to 2000 this fellow played for the Buffalo Sabres with Ruff as the coach.
He played fourth line minutes with players who were marginal NHL quality.
It is easy to see the impact that a coach has on a players performance.
If you have not figured it out, this was another LW named Jeff (Geoff).