I just saw this article on SN.....
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/why- ... out-booth/
A few snippets that stuck out.....
I think I lean more towards one of Higgins or Hansen, simply because I think they are eating cap space that can be spent in better ways, one of them is certainly easily replaced by Santorelli, who, IMHO, earned a new contract here. The guy can kill penalties, he's got a CRAZY first step, and he has better hands and a better shot than either of those two.He has the ability take the puck to the net like few Canucks forwards do. He’s that hip word – a heavy player. And it just seems to me that whenever Booth was on the ice this season, the puck wasn’t in Vancouver’s end all that much. Perhaps it’s no surprise Booth came on this season nearly one year to the day he broke his ankle. Which is the amount of time the doctor told him it would take before he started to feel 100 per cent...
Booth spent just about 410 minutes at 5v5 with Zack Kassian this season, and the two made sweet, sweet music together during that time. The Canucks controlled 53.8% of all shot attempts when they were on the ice, which borders on elite...
The elephant in the room is Brad Richardson, who — while valuable as a penalty killer and depth centre — really was an anchor for those two. When Richardson took the ice with Booth, they controlled 53.6% of all shot attempts. But when Booth wasn’t out there with him, he dipped down all the way to 43%.....