Carolina Hurricanes center Jeff Skinner (53) chases after Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green (52) during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner (53) battles with Washington Capitals' Steven Oleksy (61) during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner will play in the AHL during the NHL lockout. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Defeated Washington Capitals players Mike Green (52) and Dennis Wideman (6) pass celebrating Carolina Hurricanes players Jay Harrison (44), Justin Faulk (28), Jeff Skinner (53), and Brandon Sutter (16), after their 4-3 overtime win Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Carolina Hurricanes right wing Chad LaRose celebrates with left wing Jeff Skinner after scoring in the second period at Verizon Center in Washington on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner will play in the AHL during the NHL lockout. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Team Staal's Jeff Skinner, of the Carolina Hurricanes, takes the ice during the NHL All Star Skills Hockey competition on Saturday, Jan., 29, 2011, in Raleigh, N.C. Skinner is the youngest NHL player to participate in an All Star game. (AP Photo/Karl B. DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner, foreground, scores past Boston Bruins' Tim Thomas, right, in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
