Preds trade Austin Watson to Senators

The Nashville Predators are moving on from Austin Watson. They traded him to the Ottawa Senators for a 2021 NHL fourth-round pick. Watson was suspended twice in the 2018-19 season for a misdemeanor domestic assault charge, which he pleaded no-contest, and an alcohol-related relapse.

The Predators have signed free agents defensemen Mark Borowiecki and Matt Benning and forward Nick Cousins since the signing period began.