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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I understand about the potential fail for adding former Canucks, but would anyone consider acquiring Booth on a significantly reduced, post-buyout deal? He's got decent size, can play in the top-six, and is in the right age-bracket. There are definitely some injury concerns, but if the Flames are looking to filling out the roster while they add players through the draft, I think that he could potentially be a positive addition on a 2–3 year deal @ $2.0 m.
I don't know a lot about him. Can anyone comment?
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Living in Vancouver, the fans here have really soured on him. They were so happy with him when he came - big body with speed and skill. His 'compete level' wasn't there (and that's saying something on this version of the Canucks team). He seems to care more about his hunting than his hockey. Apparently he was already back home (forget where he calls home) before the playoffs even ended, which isn't the same as rehabbing with team doctors. I would rather we ice some AHLers than sign him for more than 1 year.
It seems that almost everyone that comes out of FLA seems to have this weird headspace where they can't bring it to the 'next level'.