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Red Wings Sign Austin Watson To A One-Year Extension

March 6, 2025 at 8:55 am CDT | by Brian La Rose 3 Comments

March 6, 8:55 a.m.: Watson’s deal carries a $775K cap hit and NHL salary with a $375K minors salary, PuckPedia reports. The contract comes with a $400K guarantee.

March 5, 9:51 p.m.: The Red Wings are keeping one of their depth forwards around for a little while longer.  The team announced (Twitter link) that they’ve signed winger Austin Watson to a one-year, two-way contract extension.  Financial terms were not disclosed.

The 33-year-old earned a contract for this season via the PTO route after spending training camp with Detroit.  He did well enough to earn a one-year, two-way pact that pays $775K in the NHL and $200K in the minors.  However, it hasn’t earned him much NHL action this season as he has been limited to just two appearances with the big club, both coming back in October where he was held off the scoresheet in seven minutes of playing time per night.

Instead, Watson has spent the bulk of the campaign with AHL Grand Rapids, his first extended taste of action in the minors since the 2014-15 campaign when he was a prospect with Nashville.  In 51 games with the Griffins, he has 12 goals and 19 assists along with 91 penalty minutes.

In his career, Watson has 517 NHL appearances under his belt over parts of 11 seasons where he has 118 points, 707 penalty minutes, and 1,215 hits.  While he could have tested free agency again this summer and potentially changed organizations for the fourth straight year, he’ll now stay with the Red Wings where he’ll likely remain as a veteran option in Grand Rapids.

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  1. Tomas80

    6 months ago

    Ok.

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  2. Karlander

    6 months ago

    I always liked his game. Given the Wings lack of physicality I am surprised they havent used him more. He would be valuable against the physical teams that are challenging for Detroit. He has good hands for a big guy.

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    • Johnny Z

      6 months ago

      He is doing very well with the kids in Grand Rapids. Why ruin a good thing?

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