Are they going to put Booth on Waivers?

[Mike Martin]

The David Booth experiment has failed, he has 1 goal this season. It seems obvious that the team isn't going to make the playoffs so wouldn't you rather see a Marlies prospect in his roster spot?

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[ACC1224]

Hasn't failed, the cat has hardly played. Trade him for a pick at the deadline.

 

[Mike Martin]

Hasn't failed, the cat has hardly played. Trade him for a pick at the deadline.

28 games is hardly playing?

 

[Simcoe23]

Hasn't failed, the cat has hardly played. Trade him for a pick at the deadline.

1 goal in 28 games. You could trade him for a 10th rounder, but they dont do 10 rounds at the draft anymore.

Any ice time you would give Booth, needs to go to Broll/Devane/etc since its 4th line and those are the guys that are auditioning for those spots next year.

 

[Morguee]

If they really do start a auction they are going to need warm bodies after the trade deadline.

 

[Erdinger]

Nonis is keeping him for his big splash on the TD. Booth for a 6th rounder will be the start of the Leafs rebuild.

 

[Smif]

Why would you want a Marlie call up being played 4-5 mins a night. It might as well be someone that we don't care about rotting away in that role.

 

[ACC1224]

1 goal in 28 games. You could trade him for a 10th rounder, but they dont do 10 rounds at the draft anymore.

Any ice time you would give Booth, needs to go to Broll/Devane/etc since its 4th line and those are the guys that are auditioning for those spots next year.

In and out of the lineup with injuries and limited ice time when he has dressed. Seems to have shown some jump the last couple games, someone will pick him up.

 

[ironhorse384]

Might as well waive him he hasn't done **** all.

 

[Morbo]

If they really do start a auction they are going to need warm bodies after the trade deadline.

yep. booth has a higher chance of having to fill in for somebody who gets moved than being waived.

 

[LaPlante94]

He might not be scoring, but he's playing well. He's been standing out quite a few games to me as one of the very few people who have been hustling and forechecking hard. Why waive the guy when a team would easily give something away for him at the deadline.

 

[ACC1224]

He might not be scoring, but he's playing well. He's been standing out quite a few games to me as one of the very few people who have been hustling and forechecking hard. Why waive the guy when a team would easily give something away for him at the deadline.

He looks to me like a guy hoping for a deadline move to increase his value for next year.

 

[ToneBone03]

The guy averages under 10 minutes a game. Do some of you expect him to be a PPG player given his ice time or what? I thought he's played extremely well given his limited minutes. He's a puck hound and is hard on the forecheck. Something we lack throughout the entire lineup save a few players, Booth being one of them.

 

[Rielly Good]

He looks to me like a guy hoping for a deadline move to increase his value for next year.

Or he's just playing hard. Like how our whole team should be playing. Putting in that effort

 

[Warden of the North]

I'd imagine they'll try and trade him

 

[HeroNtF]

if we move lupul/santo he would slide in there nicely, and leivo could fight him for that position. i dont mind if he stays, and dont mind if he doesnt get any goals, just lead by example with work ethic.

 

[Al14]

if we move lupul/santo he would slide in there nicely, and leivo could fight him for that position. i dont mind if he stays, and dont mind if he doesnt get any goals, just lead by example with work ethic.

 

[ToneBone03]

if we move lupul/santo he would slide in there nicely, and leivo could fight him for that position. i dont mind if he stays, and dont mind if he doesnt get any goals, just lead by example with work ethic.

Agreed. Guys a workhorse.

 

[Joey24]

28 games is hardly playing?

how many minutes does he get a night he also wasn't given a roll to produce points. He's cheap and I would just use him as a filler when Winnik is dealt. and those 28 games are spotted not consistent.

 

[Leafidelity]

Why on earth would they waive him? He makes pennies.

 

[Christ]

Not sure why we would bother putting him on waivers. He is not exactly the reason that the team is unable to win anything and he may be worth a small something at the trade deadline. If not the team will have need of warm bodies to fill out the roster after what is expected to be a busy deadline in which multiple players could be finding new homes away from Toronto. Not like we want to gut the Marlies and deprive the youngsters there of a chance at a playoff run.

 

[TheProspector]

David Booth is a good role player. He'd be a nice 4th line piece on this team if it weren't performing like garbage.

 

[PuckMagi]

They should go with Booth - Winnik - Clarkson as a 4th line and hope to trade Booth to someone looking for a 4th line winger. Maybe get a 3rd or 4th round pick.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Meh. Let him finish the year playing on the 4th line. He's pretty useless out there but who cares he's helping the tank. He can sign in Europe next year.

 

[Northernguy10]

Surprised that most people commenting so far like his work ethic. He does work hard and he does forecheck which are two things sadly missing on this team.I guess this shows how obvious these shortcomings are when so many are noticing the work ethic of an eight-minute-a-night player.I still say we need less X's and O's and more fore checking and rolling of 4 lines.Hopefully our next coach will think along the same lines and also play players according to what they deserve and not who they are or how big their contracts are.At the risk of beating this term to death, we are going nowhere til we change the culture on this team.