{"id":460115,"date":"2026-02-16T20:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/460115\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:45:48","slug":"jeff-skinners-nhl-contract-is-set-to-be-terminated-and-toronto-will-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/460115\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Skinner\u2019s NHL contract is set to be terminated, and Toronto will notice"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Photo credit: Robert Edwards-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

According to Elliotte Friedman, the San Jose Sharks are set to put Keff Skinner into the free agent market and the Maple Leafs are a team that have to keep watch.<\/p>\n

They aren’t risking anything and want to make sure they have the best lineup viable which means letting one of their veterans go.<\/p>\n

San Jose says goodbye to Skinner after waivers placement<\/p>\n

According to Elliotte Friedman, the Sharks are placing forward Jeff Skinner on waivers for the purposes of contract termination:<\/p>\n

There is no official wording as to why San Jose and Skinner decided to part ways, but he has 13 points in 32 games with the Sharks (6 goals, 7 assists) and is a minus-8 in only 12:21 TOI.<\/p>\n

It very well could be performance-based as the Sharks were hoping for a little more from a guy who over the past few seasons has been one of the more consistent goal-scorers who often flies under the radar.<\/p>\n

But it may also be the fact that the Sharks are a much younger team and with no real hopes or aspirations of keeping Skinner around, may have decided to let him go to pursue more playing time and a bigger role.<\/p>\n

Maple Leafs need to reel in San Jose’s veteran ASAP<\/p>\n

For a team who needs to add some secondary scoring on the cheap (especially if they are losing Bobby McMann to a trade) it makes perfect sense to add Skinner to the mix.<\/p>\n

While he is 33 years old, the Toronto native does have 712 points in 1,110 career games, not to mention he has a lot more versatility than you’d think with him being able to play center in a pinch, as well as help sharpen Toronto’s discipline issues.<\/p>\n

You’re signing him to something arguably cheaper than you would have this past summer, and there is no commitment necessary as Skinner is a free agent at year’s end, but if he plays well enough then you have a reliable scorer for a couple years at a bargain price.<\/p>\n

It would be silly for Toronto to ignore Skinner and would be doing themselves a disservice by not checking in and seeing if he’s interested in running things alongside Auston Matthews.<\/p>\n

Teams will be able to sign Skinner after he clears waivers which is a likely outcome, and will need to wait 24 hours before they can approach him with a potential deal.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Skinner\u2019s NHL contract is set to be terminated, and Toronto will notice<\/p>\n

Should Toronto sign Jeff Skinner?<\/p>\n

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