07-02-2009, 12:08 AM
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns
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The Florida Panthers agreed to a six-year contract extension with David Booth(notes), shortly after the young forward became a restricted free agent on Wednesday.
The deal was announced early in the NHL’s free-agent signing season.
In 72 games for the Panthers last season, Booth recorded 31 goals and 29 assists, both career highs. The 24-year-old Michigan native also became the sixth player in franchise history to score at least 30 goals. He led the team with 246 shots.
“I’m really pumped to be in the organization,” Booth said. “This is one of the best days of my life.”
Florida’s third choice (53rd overall) in the 2004 draft, Booth has 56 goals and 54 assists in his 193 NHL games. Booth, who has been invited to attend USA Hockey’s Olympic orientation camp next month, remains part of a hockey club that hasn’t won a playoff series since 1996 or a playoff game since 1997.
“We’re just delighted,” assistant general manager Randy Sexton said. “I think David embodies everything that we believe is the ideal Panther. … For us, it was critical to get this guy signed.”
Defenseman Ville Koistinen(notes) also agreed to terms on a two-year deal on Wednesday and the Panthers added goalie Scott Clemmensen(notes), who agreed to a three-year contract. Goalie Craig Anderson(notes), who had spent the past three seasons with the Panthers, signed a two-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche earlier in the day.
“He’s going to do a great job for us,” Sexton said. “We don’t think we’ll skip a beat with Anderson gone and Scott Clemmensen here.”
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I think signing clemmensen should be a great fill in for the departed anderson. Also, Glad to see that they wasted no time locking up Booth, one of the panthers' biggest unsung heros.
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