If we're calling Faulk and Gardiner a push for arguments sake, Brown/2nd/4th gets you Skinner?

Brown is younger and a year longer term. I think it's close but might need a tweak.

Brown is 24 with 35 career goals and 70 career points.
Skinner is 26 with 204 career goals and 379 career points.

Close? Tweak?

You're looking at least 7x8 or 7x8.5 for John Carlson and that Faulk trade is pretty weak for Carolina.

I suspect Skinner might go for less than we'd expect given his boxcar stats... but not Brown/2nd/4th lower. Kapanen or Johnsson might get you there.

As for Faulk... now that Francis is gone, some of those excellent D might shake loose for less than the Maner/Nylander swap. But, as above, I doubt they'd do it just to swap out defensemen and lose a year of term, unless they just really don't like Faulk

i think id rather keep bracco kid looks like he could be a very good playmaker in this league top 6 role potentially and play johnsson in a bigger role honestly i think johnsson is gonna be better then domi .

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