As much as Booth has potential, it has never translated onto the ice for the Canucks. He had one great season in Florida playing a very different system then we do here. Sadly, potential doesn't make a player great and who knows what his mental ability/confidence is at.
In my personal opinion he has shown flashes of the form he had in Florida, but it has come few and far between. He has had two different coaches who both have sat him due to lack of production and not following the coaches system. Plus the multiple injuries constantly setting him back have certainly given him no help.
I liked what booth was supposed to bring when the trade occurred. But it simply has not materialized and with his salary being what it is, the team could put that to much better use than on a player sitting upstairs.
In his defence, he has tried to change himself to fit into the system, but I just do not see 'enough' of a change. He falls into old habits quickly and I question his hockey sense while watching his game.
Since his game has been in such a state of flux for so long I cannot see a trade occurring unless we take on salary or lose a piece we perhaps don't want to move. A buyout is most likely and I see a team taking a shot at him in the off season at a very reduced rate.
I could be 100% wrong on all accounts here but this is my opinion.