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Hurricanes are sellers this NHL offseason; these 5 players are most likely to be traded

By Derek Grochowski

RALEIGH, NC - JANUARY 21: Tom Dundon, new owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, sounds the Hurricane warning siren calling players to the ice prior to an NHL game against the Vegas Golden Knights January 21, 2018 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC - JANUARY 21: Tom Dundon, new owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, sounds the Hurricane warning siren calling players to the ice prior to an NHL game against the Vegas Golden Knights January 21, 2018 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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RALEIGH, NC – MARCH 26: Carolina Hurricanes Left Wing Jeff Skinner (53) chases after a puck during a game between the Ottawa Senators and the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on March 24, 2018. Carolina defeated Ottawa 4-1. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC – MARCH 26: Carolina Hurricanes Left Wing Jeff Skinner (53) chases after a puck during a game between the Ottawa Senators and the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on March 24, 2018. Carolina defeated Ottawa 4-1. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

3. Jeff Skinner

Carolina’s problem for a long time has been scoring goals. They are talented on defense but a look at their forward group is uninspiring. Outside of Sebastian Aho, Jeff Skinner and Teuvo Teravainen, no Hurricanes scored over 20 goals. As the Hurricanes unload current players they will undoubtedly be looking to get younger and faster up front. Unfortunately for the Hurricanes, they need to trade good players to get good players back. Jeff Skinner falls into that category; he is a good player, but he may find himself on a new team to start next season.

He has one year left on a $5.725-million-dollar contract so Carolina could retain some salary to maximize their trade return. Skinner has been consistent recording over 40 points in six of his eight seasons. At only 25 years old he might be the piece to put a fringe team over the age and make them a Stanley Cup competitor.

Jeff Skinner will end up on a team that just missed the playoffs or were eliminated early with a closing window. A fit would be the Minnesota Wild. This team snuck into the playoffs while Nashville and Winnipeg ran away with their division. Once the playoffs started the Wild were skated out of the building in four out of five games. The Wild have seemingly always struggled to score goals or at least spread out their scoring.

Jeff Skinner will come at a steep price but would be a huge boost to that lineup. Skinner could comfortably slide into the second line and take pressure off of players like Charlie Coyle, Jason Zucker and Zach Parise. Adding Jeff Skinner, with a full season of Luke Kunin and Jordan Greenway could give the Minnesota Wild new life as they try to win with Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu and Parise still on the team.

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