Sunday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum

“@rinkside: #Canucks GM Gillis revealed he and #FlaPanthers GM Tallon had discussed a deal for Booth over the past six months.”

I like this trade, I didn’t see Booth finishing his contract in Florida and Reinprecht was to expensive to hide in the AHL. Samuelsson, like Booth, is a former 30 goal scorer and has been excellent on the powerplay with Vancouver. Marco Sturm is a pretty good player, when he gets enough ice time, which he’ll get in Florida, and is a former teammate of Matt Bradley and Marcel Goc (before he was traded for Joe Thornton). Also both players contracts end after the season, which gives room for Howden and Huberdeau.

decent trade for the short term and long term. Booth was simply not performing up to his contract and you have to think any pre Tallon players have a bit of a target on their back when it comes to setting an example. The players coming should help solidify the lineup as far as this year’s goal of making the playoffs. The savings on Booth could be used to bolster the offense next offseason.

Drew Shore had a career high 4 assists in Univ. of Denver win last night.

We’ve proven we can beat Isles, Lighting. Now can we beat any other teams? Also Guds hasn’t impressed yet this season. Weak Link.

I think it might be in Guds best interest to go back to OHL.

Though I am still shocked about the Booth trade, it brings the ability of overpaying for a goal scorer we haven’t had since Bure. Both Parise(who if we are going to over spend for a goal scorer I prefer) and Semin scheduled free agents next off season. It also gives us the ability to give young players a shot at the NHL. I will miss Booth as he was home grown talent but it was a big risk hoping he would bounce back from his concussions at 4.25 a year for 3yrs while there will be better proven goal scoring talent available this summer.

You just know habs will come out strong. Nothing would warm my heart more than to extend their losing streak to 6 games and keep them winless at home. Show no mercy panthers!!

Here is a small list of free agents for this summer… http://spectorshockey.net/wordpress/2011/10/13/notable-nhl-free-agents-%E2%80%93-2012/

So I’m finally going to say it… I know Booth was a fan favorite and to those of you who loved him and felt broken up over this trade etc then I’m sorry for your loss.. but I was never a huge fan of Booth, and thats not saying I didnt like him because Ive cheered for him Ive gotten excited when he’s made a good play He just wasn’t the guy I always singled out as a favorite… and with that I look at the trade as a big step for us, short term we could gain some good offensive numbers as well as even more help on the PK and more leadership.. if it doesnt work out theyre shipped at the deadline for picks or let go in free agency to make room for Huberdeau, something that couldnt have been done with Booths 3 yrs remaining.. Long term sure we lose a young player in his “prime” but how can anyone possibly know how that will work out.. sure he could play next to the sedins or kesler and score 40 and if he does then great, if he doesnt I wont be surprised

People can criticize the move all they want but for those of you who looked past the trade and noticed the game last night youll notice the panthers had a jump in their step, and sure you can say thats because it was “Just the islanders” but that’s not the case, Florida has ragdolled washington and buffalo before and the past two games were embarassing.. This move was to shake the roster up and send a message, knock the sh** off or be gone, and so far I think it’s worked

If you can’t handle trades then don’t pick a favorite player.. and that’s not me trying to be mean, its just the truth.. It sucks Booth’s gone but it’s part of the business

are winning 15-0 and Tim Tebow has been embarrassingly bad. He just threw the ball away when he had a wide open receiver.

Florida will outscore the Dolphins tomorrow night though 16 goals against Montreal would be nice.

I heard from the grapevine from someone close to Goldstein that Viner was upset we were 6 million over budget, hence the trade.

If the rumors about the deal being worked for about six months now are true, then this doesn’t add up.

Am I the only one not impressed with Tomas Kopecky? Sometimes he looks like he’s in slow motion.

Andddd Kearns is gone

“@renhockey: #panthers José Théodore (lower body) did not finish saturday’s game. He won’t face the #canadiens monday. Jakob Markstrom will.”

I am loving Markstrom starting this game as I feel he has nothing left to prove in the minors. I don’t feel he should just be handed the number 1 job but if he were to play 20- 30 of the games this year against NHL talent it would give us a more fair assessment of whether he is ready to handle the load. If he continues to play the way he has in the limited sample size then there is a bright future in net for us.

Figured the “base” has been through enough, but in retrospect, we’ll be more aggressive in the future.