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

newfy

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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
 

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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.
 

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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
 

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For me the ideal would be to have some toughness up and down the lineup. Every line should have some grit to it and be willing to take body and go into the corners.

with Watson specifically, I think he's being undersold a bit by some as an actual hockey player. In the past he has held down over a minute of PK every night and did well at it. He's physical beyond his fists and can be trusted to a regular shift without being a liability. Him being on the team and seeing occasional action is more than just dressing a goon.
 
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Moving on from Veleno and/or Berggren because you want Kane and Watson on a rebuilding team would be top tier asset-management...

It wouldn’t be awful asset management. Veleno and Berggren are dime-a-dozen players. When the Wings are good, it’s highly likely that neither player is on the roster.

Veleno is a younger Jay McClement. A good hockey guy, but not someone who is irreplaceable. Berggren is still a one-way forward. And if I’m icing a one-way forward, give me PPG Patrick Kane over half a PPG Berggren.

The Wings aren’t rebuilding. They’re aiming for the playoffs. They’ve got the core they’re working with and are trying to get playoff better now. For them to “rebuild” now would take them bottoming out the roster of quite a few guys.
 

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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?
Jonah Gadjovich.
Keegan Kolesar


* I'm fighting for the guy(watson) a little too hard. Lol, I really don't care if he makes the team that bad, just think he's a good fit for what Wings are missing.
 
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Retire91

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Not sure if I am a fan of someone who is purely a physical presence. Watson doesn't have a contract for a reason, We are past the days where you can have a roster slot on someone who just hits. He is like Dylan McIlrath the forward version.
 

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Not sure if I am a fan of someone who is purely a physical presence. Watson doesn't have a contract for a reason, We are past the days where you can have a roster slot on someone who just hits. He is like Dylan McIlrath the forward version.

I liked Jordin Tootoo.
 

Snuggs

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Not sure if I am a fan of someone who is purely a physical presence. Watson doesn't have a contract for a reason, We are past the days where you can have a roster slot on someone who just hits. He is like Dylan McIlrath the forward version.
A guy with 500 plus games is the D version of someone who's only played 75 games. Again, Watson is no Patrick Maroon, but the player comparisons are completely disingenuous from people around here.

It's really better to just say you'd like other forwards/players on the roster (and I even understand that part) vs comparing him too guys that aren't good at all to prove your point. Watson would have a role on this team, likely not an everyday player, physical enforcer while also a PK specialist. I really think he should be on this team before Tyler Motte but, that's just me personally. Motte is a career fringe player just like Watson, except Watson brings a element to the game Motte could never because of the size difference between the two.
 

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