The Vancouver Canucks do not need another fourth-line winger right now and Jack Skille clearly knows that. The 29-year-old forward from Madison, Wisconsin, has played like a man on a mission in his two games of preseason action against the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.
In his first game of preseason action against the Oilers, everybody had their eyes on Troy Stecher — and rightfully so. But Skille was quietly having a good showing himself. It seemed like he was everywhere on the ice, including in front of the net when Stecher fired a puck past goaltender Jonas Gustavsson that may or may not have been tipped by Skiile.