He was most recently the head coach of Slovak ice hockey team Vlci Zilina in Tipos Slovenská hokejová liga.
Skalde further improved during the 1989–90 season, scoring 40 goals, tied for the second-highest total on the team, and 92 points, which was the third-highest, in 62 games played, helping the Generals to the best record in the Leyden Division.
At the Memorial Cup tournament, Skalde scored two goals and five points in four games, as the Generals defeated the Kitchener Rangers in the final to win the championship.
In three games with the Utica Devils of the American Hockey League (AHL) that season, Skalde scored three goals and five points.
Skalde also played in four games with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League (IHL), scoring a goal and three points.
On June 24, 1993, Skalde was left unprotected during the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft, and was selected by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Skalde spent most of the 1993–94 season with the San Diego Gulls of the IHL, scoring 25 goals and 63 points in 58 games.
On December 17, he recorded his first career multi-goal game in the NHL, as Skalde scored twice against Darcy Wakaluk of the Dallas Stars in a 3–2 victory.
In the playoffs, Skalde scored four goals and had a team high 13 points in 16 games, as the Flames lost in the Northern Conference finals.
Skalde appeared in his first game with the San Jose Sharks on October 25, earning an assist in a 4–3 win over the New Jersey Devils.
Skalde appeared in his first game with the Blackhawks on January 10, as he was held off the scoresheet in a 4–3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Skalde appeared in one game with the Stars following their waiver claim, spring no points in a 1–0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on February 4.
During his tenure with Chicago, Skalde appeared in two games with the IHL affiliate, the Indianapolis Ice, scoring two goals.
Skalde finished the 1997–98 season with the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the Kentucky Thoroughblades, playing in 23 games and scoring five goals and 20 points.
On July 21, 2000, Skalde signed with the Atlanta Thrashers, making debut on October 7, in a 2–1 loss to the New York Rangers.
Skalde spent most of the 2000–01 season with the Thrashers' IHL affiliate, the Orlando Solar Bears, scoring 14 goals and 54 points in 60 games.
In the playoffs, Skalde added three goals and nine points in 15 games, helping Orlando win the Turner Cup.
In 2001–02, Skalde was assigned to the Thrashers' AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, playing 64 games, scoring 15 goals and 52 points.
On November 20, 2004, the Lightning loaned Skalde to the Utah Grizzlies with whom he finished the season, scoring seven goals and 22 points in 56 games.
Skalde also appeared in two games with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL, scoring a goal and three points with the team.
Skalde signed with the Oji Eagles of the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH) in 2006–07, a team based in Tomakomai, Japan.
Skalde played in ten games with the Bloomington Prairie Thunder of the newer International Hockey League in 2008, scoring five goals and nine points.
Skalde returned for a third season with Cincinnati in 2012–13, as he led the team to a 42–22–5–3 record, earning 92 points and winning the North Division, helping the Cyclones into the post-season as the second seed in the Eastern Conference.
In the post-season, Norfolk upset the heavily favoured Manchester Monarchs in four games in the Eastern Conference quarter-finals.
On October 11, 2014, Skalde earned his first career AHL victory in his first game as the head coach, as the Admirals defeated the Hershey Bears 5–4.
In his first season as head coach with Norfolk in 2014–15, the team struggled to a 27–39–6–4 record, earning 64 points and finishing in a last place tie with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the Eastern Conference.
On December 29, 2015, Skalde coached his first game with Guelph, as the team earned a point in a 2–1 loss to the Erie Otters.
Two days later, on December 31, Skalde earned his first career OHL victory, as Guelph defeated the Peterborough Petes 6–4.
Despite the 2020-21 Elite League season being suspended indefinitely because of ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions, on September 22, 2020, Skalde was introduced as the new head coach of UK EIHL side Cardiff Devils, replacing Andrew Lord.