Man, what has gotten into Austin Watson? Is his recent point production merely a lucky hot streak or has they guy perhaps turned the corner and is starting to live up to the potential that made him a 1st Round draft pick?
- shamula62
He has a long way to go to live up to the potential that made him a 1st-round draft pick. At least he's not a total bust, which is always the worst fear with such picks, but you generally don't draft players in the 1st round with the expectation of getting a career 3rd-liner, which I expect is still Watson's trajectory. He's already 25 years old, which is the new prime for players, and he's on pace for 8 goals on the season, after all.
I liken him to LA's Trevor Lewis, also a 1st-round draft pick who "busted" because he's never been anything more than a 3rd-liner with a ceiling of 25pts, but who's still carved out a nice NHL career as a contributing role player on winning teams, chipping in now and then and doing the little things, so it's certainly not the worst thing in the world.
