Skinner looks to develop leadership role

The News & Observer passes along that both Jeff Skinner and Justin Faulk, who have been trying to lead on the ice, will also be looking to become part of the leadership team in the dressing room.

“Every year you come in and you try to work on things and I think that’s part of my game I’m trying to develop – as a player, as a person, you want to become more of leader, the older you get and the longer you’ve been here,” Skinner said. “It’s not going to happen overnight. It’s not going to happen in one season or one training camp. It’s something you have to continually work on, but, yes, as you move forward that’s where you see yourself.”

He continued.

“I don’t think it will be new or outside of my nature,” Skinner said. “Everybody deals with that kind of thing in their own sort of way. I was a leader in junior and I feel more comfortable every year I’m here.

“It’s not something that you can set out and say you’re going to do this. It’s a little more abstract than that. For me, personally, it’s something you grow into and something you earn as you go.”

Source: Chip Alexander, News & Observer