{"id":88852,"date":"2020-10-10T17:25:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T21:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=88852"},"modified":"2020-10-10T17:25:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T21:25:47","slug":"ottawa-senators-acquire-austin-watson-from-nashville-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/10\/ottawa-senators-acquire-austin-watson-from-nashville-predators\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators Acquire Austin Watson From Nashville Predators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was announced by Frank Seravalli of TSN Sports that forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/watsoau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Watson<\/a><\/strong> was acquired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>. The return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a> was a 2021 fourth-round pick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sens<\/a> acquire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/watsoau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Watson<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/preds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#preds<\/a> for a 2021 4th round pick (from COL).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1315019547636830213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Austin Watson Traded to Ottawa Senators<\/h2>\n<p>The six-year left-wing has played his entire career in Nashville. The 28-year-old native of Ann Arbor, Michigan was the Predators 18th overall selection in the 2010 NHL entry draft. Watson has not drawn much attention but is a physical player with 646 hits in 306 NHL games. He has added 36 goals and 41 assists in his career. His faceoff win percentage is a respectable 48.2. He is not the best possession player with just a 44.7 Corsi For and a Relative Corsi of -8.8. Watson has averaged 12:04 minutes of ice time and will be a good bottom-six player.<\/p>\n<p>He had his best season in the league during the 2017-18 season. He had 14 goals and five assists and led the team in hits with 187. In fact, that may his best attribute to help the Senators. He stands 6&#8242;-4&#8243;, 204 pounds and is not meek about using his physical game to help his team succeed. He also was third on the Preds that season in shooting percentage with a 14.6 rate. It gives to the question as to why he doesn&#8217;t shoot more often. He will get a good chance to do that in Ottawa, who almost revamped their entire team through the draft and free agent signings. Watson has a contract worth $1.5 million through the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<p>The most significant addition from the free agency market has to be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a><\/strong>. He signed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/09\/matt-murray-re-signs-ottawa-senators\/\" target=\"_self\">four-year $25 million deal<\/a> to fortify the Sens net for some time. That&#8217;s huge.<\/p>\n<p>Adding <strong>Tim Stutzle<\/strong> and <strong>Jake Sanderson<\/strong> has upgraded an Ottawa club significantly. Look for their continued success in the near future.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes the addition of bottom-six players like Watson can really help a team get to where they want to be. He will, along with the physical play of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brady Tkachuk<\/a><\/strong> (303 hits last season), certainly make the Senators a tough team to play against. Look for Watson to shine in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"5t0aiiz7TjZpyOI-tAqvBA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1203216230\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'5t0aiiz7TjZpyOI-tAqvBA',sig:'Ogz03W49e2-dtwyQm4JVK6qEZMbspqDzsDAYe8-QrfY=',w:'594px',h:'430px',items:'1203216230',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It was announced by Frank Seravalli of TSN Sports that forward Austin Watson was acquired by the Ottawa Senators. 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