By Jen Calton
- former teammate Eric Staal
It was the moment every castoff player dreams of. Early in his emotional return to Raleigh on Jan. 11, former Hurricanes star Jeff Skinner planted himself in front of the Carolina net and calmly batted a Rasmus Dahlin rebound out of midair and past goalie Curtis McElhinney for his 30th goal of the campaign.
Even thoug. The’d just scored for the visiting Buffalo Sabres, many in the PNC Arena crowd celebrated right along with him. So many, in fact, that it might go down as the singular highlight of Skinner’s season of redemption … except that his story, one of the most unexpected of 2018-19, is far from over. And his best may be yet to come.
Skinner is just 26, an amazingly young age for a second act. But that’s wher. The finds himself a. The works to re-establish himself as an elite sniper.