Confirmed with Link: Austin Watson joins Red Wings for training camp PTO

[ShanahanMan]

The Panthers as a whole are a tough team. There's no point on that roster as they have the player personnel already in place. Wings are a much less physical team, which could benefit from an enforcer type

Seider plays a huge physical game. Ed is like 6’7. That’s not enough?

 

[izlez]

Would Watson be an upgrade from what we had in Kostin?

 

[newfy]

I’ll bite on this just because I’m genuinely curious. Who did the Panthers or Knights have who’s sole purpose was to enforce and made a genuine impact for their cup run?

Ryan Lomberg is cut from the exact same cloth as Watson, Watson is a better player than Jonah gadjovich who was good enough to play half the season with the panthers. Kolesar for Vegas is also a similar player to Watson

Seider plays a huge physical game. Ed is like 6’7. That’s not enough?

No, it’s not. The wings have gotten pushed around consistently the last couple years. Compare those 2 and chiarot as your “huge physical” guys to Vegas or the panthers, it’s not that close

And do you really want your best 2 dmen having to be the ones that worry about that

 

[ShanahanMan]

Ryan Lomberg is cut from the exact same cloth as Watson, Watson is a better player than Jonah gadjovich who was good enough to play half the season with the panthers. Kolesar for Vegas is also a similar player to Watson

No, it’s not. The wings have gotten pushed around consistently the last couple years. Compare those 2 and chiarot as your “huge physical” guys to Vegas or the panthers, it’s not that close

And do you really want your best 2 dmen having to be the ones that worry about that

I mean, I guess we’ll just have to disagree on relevance here. Lomberg was a healthy scratch a lot of the playoffs last year so I don’t think he was that important to their success, just like Kostinin didn’t make much of a difference either but to each their own.

 

[14ari13]

Ryan Lomberg is cut from the exact same cloth as Watson, Watson is a better player than Jonah gadjovich who was good enough to play half the season with the panthers. Kolesar for Vegas is also a similar player to Watson

No, it’s not. The wings have gotten pushed around consistently the last couple years. Compare those 2 and chiarot as your “huge physical” guys to Vegas or the panthers, it’s not that close

And do you really want your best 2 dmen having to be the ones that worry about that

The team has been pushed around for at least 2 decades

 

[heyfolks]

Seider plays a huge physical game. Ed is like 6’7. That’s not enough?

On the blue line, yes. The Wings need a more physical presence on the Wings.