His head is looking directly down at the puck at 0:39. His head comes up before he makes contact with the puck, but he was clearly not "looking up the entire time."
@@neutralsportsfan17 Go look at 0:02 right after he receives the puck. He looks directly up at Lauzon after getting the pass and firing it directly at him. Your bias is confirmed by seeing what you want to see.
@@j7572 Yeah as you can probably tell by my name I'm a massive fan of the Tampa Bay Lightning and will stop at nothing to defend my favorite player, Austin Watson! The comment said he was "looking up the entire time" which is inarguably false. I never said he didn't look up before the slapper or that it was or wasn't intentional. Frankly, I think it's difficult to speculate on this one. I know that sounds odd to hear since everyone else in the comments is always right 100% of the time. The play was reckless, but it's nearly impossible to truly prove intent, which is why he won't be suspended. The overreactions and emotionally-charged rants from the experts in the comments section make the league office look pretty good, which is hard to do.
Give him 10 games to think about it since that’s intent to injure. He’s been playing hockey his entire life, at this level, he knew exactly what he was doing.
Watson’s a classy guy who is more than capable of handlings problems the old fashioned way. No way would he try to hurt someone like this. No story here, just babies.
Our broadcasters can say really stupid things sometimes and I think they clearly have players they favor and thus make excuses for. They aren’t the best broadcasters in the NHL honestly, only periodically do they have a good opinion on something.
@@camberweller any player that worships a literal chy-ld preh-dah-torr that thinks only straight air-ab muz-zlim males should have rights deserves everything he gets and more.
Yep, shot toward net befire the horn, Preds attack. The team needs suspensions and huge fines for fighting after the whistle. Five games per player and $10,000 eachplus a $100,000 team fine. Preds are river scum, like the village they represent.
He had every opportunity after he jumped up from the scrum to let it be known that he f***ed up and was apologetic. He did not. Suspension is justified. Still needs to work on his temper, it seems.
Even though it looks like he did it on purpose it probably won’t end in a suspension since the puck was fired toward the net even though everything points to it being on purpose. It’s messed up but I’m shocked more players don’t do this when trying to go after someone since there really isn’t a way to get in trouble if you hit somebody when firing a puck towards the net even if it looks like it’s with intent.
@@irvinepoker3187 you do realize they switch it, the people in the room switching the cameras knew what was happening and just didn’t want to go over to it because the game is woke and they’re trying to get that shit out.
Maybe they should have called the game 10 minutes early. I mean….why play to the buzzer sounds. I mean ….slightly moronic. Yea. A little wreckless. Yea. But you play until the buzzer and wild slap shots or clearing attempts isn’t exactly new to hockey even when down several goals. Intending to injury. Who knows.
@@justinlefevre542 yeah but would you take that shot any other time in the game probably not unless it's an empty net. I actually think that logically you could probably imply that he meant to do it.
um...yea....you don't take that shot if there is time on the board but in the waning moments of a game you shoot the puck. You play to the whistle whether you loosing by 1 or 10. Can't prove the motive especially when someone is shooting towards the net. That being said was it dumb and wreckless....but can't prove his intentions so you can't suspend. @@ivgondef4408
Why do announcers make up excuses for dirty plays by dirty players? He knew what he was doing, he picked his head up as he was intentionally aiming for Lauzon. ( fixed it.)
@@konstantgus9208 I don't disagree 🤣 Imagine if Watson put that effort into actually trying to put the puck on net normally. He might not be a 4th line plug
Lauzon's fault for being in the way of a perfectly good clearing attempt at the buzzer when the other team is down 123578 goals to 1. He was trying to be a hero.
Deliberate attempt to injure. There’s only ONE reason someone does that at that. If they were down by 1 goal and it was a Hail Mary shot, I’d cut him a break. But down by 4, he’s trying to hit him. And even if he’s shooting it in frustration, it’s still completely irresponsible to do that. Suspend him 2 games.
The score is 5 to 1 and he is mikes away from being able to score a meaningless goal. It may have been unintentional but, sure is a potentially dangerous move.
That was a 🍆move by a 💩player. Tampa is on the a hard decline right now. It's going to get even worse when Stamkos walks away in free agency next year.
The broadcasters were wrong; there are no excuses for that. But what’s worse is the terrible camera work, focusing on the injured player instead of all the action going on during the retaliation.
Where was the scrum? I guess the cameraman felt that it was too unimportant? No message for next game? I think I would like to have that determination, not a cameraman.
Because every hockey player fires the puck down the ice at the end of the game lol that’s why cause it’s a normal hockey play. Guess you’ve never watched or played hockey before
@@SmallzTvGamingthat's what I was thinking lol. People are acting like this isn't one of the most common endings to a hockey game that there is. Sure, someone got hit and that doesn't typically happen, but on the whole, alot of shots at the end of a game happen. Whether Watson was aiming for Lauzon or not is a bit in the air, but judging from the replay it looked like he was just shooting at the net at the end of a game which is fairly routine, especially when you're frustrated from a blowout.
@@SmallzTvGaming it’s not a normal hockey play when you’re down 4 goals with literally 1 second left on the clock in a regular season game and there’s a guy standing between you and the net. But what do I know I’ve only been watching and playing hockey my whole life.
@@SmallzTvGaming Buddy, anyone whose ever played hockey knows this is some bullshit. Notice how his whole team instantly jumped ontop of him for doing that? That's because they play hockey, and they know it's bullshit...
5-1 and he takes a pointless shot at Lauzon…should be a suspension for a goon like that, classless move
he knew exactly what he was doing, anyone playing hockey knows
Absolutely
he was going to score a four point goal and tie it up.
Yup 100%. Took a peek right before too. Classless.
Clean play. Grow some balls.
Bull, if he should shoot that accurate he'd actually score goals
"His head was down"
Slow motion replay of him looking up the entire time 😂
His head is looking directly down at the puck at 0:39. His head comes up before he makes contact with the puck, but he was clearly not "looking up the entire time."
@@neutralsportsfan17 0:39 doesn't show before the shot where he looks directly at Lauzon, slow down the video to 1/4 speed and watch at 0:02
@@neutralsportsfan17 Go look at 0:02 right after he receives the puck. He looks directly up at Lauzon after getting the pass and firing it directly at him. Your bias is confirmed by seeing what you want to see.
Exactly!!!
@@j7572 Yeah as you can probably tell by my name I'm a massive fan of the Tampa Bay Lightning and will stop at nothing to defend my favorite player, Austin Watson! The comment said he was "looking up the entire time" which is inarguably false. I never said he didn't look up before the slapper or that it was or wasn't intentional. Frankly, I think it's difficult to speculate on this one. I know that sounds odd to hear since everyone else in the comments is always right 100% of the time. The play was reckless, but it's nearly impossible to truly prove intent, which is why he won't be suspended. The overreactions and emotionally-charged rants from the experts in the comments section make the league office look pretty good, which is hard to do.
Give him 10 games to think about it since that’s intent to injure. He’s been playing hockey his entire life, at this level, he knew exactly what he was doing.
Props to Motte for checking on him.
Watson's going to get it in the next game for sure.
oh hell ya you know they took his number
They won't play again this year.
Dont count on it in the modern NHL.
@@ShadyLurker16exactly. Scrum and a face wash is "fighting" and "taking care of business" nowadays. It's really sad NHL has came to this.
@@chuckscum Right now neither team is making the playoffs either.
Classless move
Accident.
@@mv3380...his head was up and who does that in a 5-1 game as time expired
@jakeheerwagen8007 Calm down. Maybe soccer is more your vibe....
It looked more like an accident to me.
Watson’s a classy guy who is more than capable of handlings problems the old fashioned way. No way would he try to hurt someone like this. No story here, just babies.
Unfortunate that the broadcasters feel the need to make excuses for Watson. He is totally responsible and should be suspended.
who is gonna commentate after that
Completely agree. Watson an idiot
@davidrichardson5958 I agree with you Watson should be suspended 100% and find the maximum of what he did to lauzon
Our broadcasters can say really stupid things sometimes and I think they clearly have players they favor and thus make excuses for. They aren’t the best broadcasters in the NHL honestly, only periodically do they have a good opinion on something.
Suspension for that is a bit much.
Announcers giving Watson too much respect 🤦♂️
I'm a Jets fan and feel the rivalry with Nashville, but what a dirty play by Watson. No excuse for that nonsense.
Wish the league would take a look at things like this.
They do. And as soon as they see it isn’t Nazem Khadri they lose interest.
Hockey players police themselves so you can expect Nashvilles best fighter to square off with Watson next time they face each other.
@@camberweller any player that worships a literal chy-ld preh-dah-torr that thinks only straight air-ab muz-zlim males should have rights deserves everything he gets and more.
Yep, shot toward net befire the horn, Preds attack. The team needs suspensions and huge fines for fighting after the whistle. Five games per player and $10,000 eachplus a $100,000 team fine. Preds are river scum, like the village they represent.
They fined Watson, so they at least took a cursory glance at this
That was intentional. Watson's head is up and he has Lauzon right in the crosshairs.
Austin Watson is a repeat offender, and was playing for Preds before too.
Funny I was looking for this clip and found a clip of Lauzon and Watson fighting 10 months ago.
Deliberate for sure. He kept it low and drilled him. He was looking right at him.
"His head was down" LOL when it clearly wasn't. That guy could get Hitler off the hook.
I had a lot of respect for Austin Watson because he played hard for us and we chose to let him go but not anymore after what he did last night.
I’m sure he’s gonna lose sleep over it.
@@RayFinkle05 he should definelty be losing games over it
You had respect for Austin Watson 😂😂
He did rat shit like this in Ottawa too so I find it weird you’re just now losing respect for him
@@RayFinkle05 😄😄😄
Must be the away team commentators the way they were defending the Bolts
Nope. That was the Preds. Definitely not the Bolts.
He had every opportunity after he jumped up from the scrum to let it be known that he f***ed up and was apologetic. He did not. Suspension is justified. Still needs to work on his temper, it seems.
"His head was down".
- Replay shows him looking directly at him when he shoots.
Dick move by a Busch league player. Glad we got rid of him in Ottawa.
can this be suspend-able? because it sure should be
Even though it looks like he did it on purpose it probably won’t end in a suspension since the puck was fired toward the net even though everything points to it being on purpose. It’s messed up but I’m shocked more players don’t do this when trying to go after someone since there really isn’t a way to get in trouble if you hit somebody when firing a puck towards the net even if it looks like it’s with intent.
mark that rematchonthecalendarrightfuckinnow
Hes not takin a shot to the net. Its not an empty net. A pointless shot indeed. Should have been suspended. Commentators are meat ridin watson. Smh
Not the least bit surprised Austin Watson would pull this.
Seems appropriate for a team from Florida
So no one‘s gonna talk about the fact that they took 10 years to get to the scrum
Trenin went after him asap. just wasnt caught on the cam angle.
@@irvinepoker3187 you do realize they switch it, the people in the room switching the cameras knew what was happening and just didn’t want to go over to it because the game is woke and they’re trying to get that shit out.
@@Speakertweaker-tp4em And the stupid thing is, they show us the play, after, with commentary and analysis... I frigging hate that.
@@Speakertweaker-tp4em Please define woke. We’ll wait.
@@theatomic430 trying to censer fights and making a big deal out of Luke prokop and the lgbt-sped nights
He learned this in Ottawa from Daniel Alfredsson
I remember those days, Darcy Tucker was the biggest pest to Alfie.
@vlun1215 We all remember Alfie smashing Tucker into the boards then scoring. Tucker laid on the ice it seemed for hours 😂😂😂 Nicely done #11
Not going to score 4 goals with one shot as time expires…….very bad decision.
Maybe they should have called the game 10 minutes early. I mean….why play to the buzzer sounds. I mean ….slightly moronic. Yea. A little wreckless. Yea. But you play until the buzzer and wild slap shots or clearing attempts isn’t exactly new to hockey even when down several goals. Intending to injury. Who knows.
@@justinlefevre542 yeah but would you take that shot any other time in the game probably not unless it's an empty net. I actually think that logically you could probably imply that he meant to do it.
um...yea....you don't take that shot if there is time on the board but in the waning moments of a game you shoot the puck. You play to the whistle whether you loosing by 1 or 10. Can't prove the motive especially when someone is shooting towards the net. That being said was it dumb and wreckless....but can't prove his intentions so you can't suspend. @@ivgondef4408
Nothing's gonna happen to Watson. Just like nothin happened to Brad Marchand after he injured the Leafs defense men.
Beer league move
The announcer saying that his head was down when it is very obvious that his head was up the entire time
Lost all respect for Austin Watson.
If Tampa is smart they let him sit next game against Nashville
People in this comment section are out of their minds if they think Watson is some elite sniper who can slap pucks like that with 100% accuracy.
Why do announcers make up excuses for dirty plays by dirty players? He knew what he was doing, he picked his head up as he was intentionally aiming for Lauzon. ( fixed it.)
You were closer to spelling lizard than Lauzon
I agree though 100% dirty play. Fine for this is a joke
@@Tickleyourpickle420 hahaha, the shooter is a lizard.
@@konstantgus9208 I don't disagree 🤣
Imagine if Watson put that effort into actually trying to put the puck on net normally. He might not be a 4th line plug
Lazard plays football. He wasn’t there.
@snapperboat25 thanks , I fixed my mistake.
F Lauzon, The Hughes family sends jack's regards.🥳
Game was over... he knew exactly what he was doing. Should be a suspension and you announcers, stop making excuses.
Lauzon's fault for being in the way of a perfectly good clearing attempt at the buzzer when the other team is down 123578 goals to 1. He was trying to be a hero.
Deliberate attempt to injure. There’s only ONE reason someone does that at that. If they were down by 1 goal and it was a Hail Mary shot, I’d cut him a break. But down by 4, he’s trying to hit him. And even if he’s shooting it in frustration, it’s still completely irresponsible to do that. Suspend him 2 games.
"His head was down". No it wasn't. He's better keep his head up the next time they play though 🤣
He’ll get what’s coming to him next time. Pathetic display from a downward trending team. Sad.
The score is 5 to 1 and he is mikes away from being able to score a meaningless goal. It may have been unintentional but, sure is a potentially dangerous move.
2-game suspension, at minimum,' might go to 4; the "best" spin u can put on it is "stupidly reckless"
Down by 4 in the dying seconds and announcer thinks Watson "is trying putting it on net"? Such a gaslighting homer
Those are the Preds announcers, they're not the brightest dudes
Would be a bit odd for the Predators broadcasters to be Tampa homers don't you think?
@@neutralsportsfan17what a stupid take. How about announcers just call the game???
Nice to see you back. Used to watch all your older videos
C’mon broadcasters, 5-1 and he’s just trying to put it on net at the buzzer from his own blue?
That was a 🍆move by a 💩player. Tampa is on the a hard decline right now. It's going to get even worse when Stamkos walks away in free agency next year.
Watson doing Watson type shit. Dude was a scumbag in Nashville and looks like nothing has changed.
The broadcasters were wrong; there are no excuses for that. But what’s worse is the terrible camera work, focusing on the injured player instead of all the action going on during the retaliation.
Remember it for next time and dish it out
The announcer is dead wrong. His head was up in plenty of time to adjust. Should be an interesting rematch.
"Lauzon really frustrated!"... wut.
Wonder why guys like this are still in the league? My guess is the stupid fan base that still thinks it’s the 90’s. Or the 70’s for Philly fans.
same sore losers like in last years playoffs. Lightning can't handle being average.
This was pretty effing gutless. Watson's gonna pay the price next game
Where was the scrum? I guess the cameraman felt that it was too unimportant? No message for next game? I think I would like to have that determination, not a cameraman.
Weird for the predators broadcast to be defending him. I know he played for Nashville for several seasons but don’t defend him now.
Because every hockey player fires the puck down the ice at the end of the game lol that’s why cause it’s a normal hockey play. Guess you’ve never watched or played hockey before
@@SmallzTvGamingthat's what I was thinking lol. People are acting like this isn't one of the most common endings to a hockey game that there is. Sure, someone got hit and that doesn't typically happen, but on the whole, alot of shots at the end of a game happen. Whether Watson was aiming for Lauzon or not is a bit in the air, but judging from the replay it looked like he was just shooting at the net at the end of a game which is fairly routine, especially when you're frustrated from a blowout.
@@SmallzTvGaming it’s not a normal hockey play when you’re down 4 goals with literally 1 second left on the clock in a regular season game and there’s a guy standing between you and the net. But what do I know I’ve only been watching and playing hockey my whole life.
@@SmallzTvGaming Buddy, anyone whose ever played hockey knows this is some bullshit. Notice how his whole team instantly jumped ontop of him for doing that? That's because they play hockey, and they know it's bullshit...
Punk move some people shouldn't have the privilege of playing in the league.
What a clown should be a suspenable play rather than a lousy fine. But the NHL is bush league.
This was 100% intentional.. give me a break just trying to shoot it down rink :D lol it would have gone to the boards, not the net.
Lol Nashville's home commentators are such goofballs
Weak response by the NHL….cant upset the Lightning fan base
5 games suspension, if nhl cared about player safety
Life really is unfortunate and unfair. Watson gets drunk and beats up women and gets paid millions to play a game 🎮
Isnt that the guy who beat up his girlfriend? This surprises me 0%
You’re back posting?!
2000$ fine I think it was. Looked pretty bad
Anyone else notice that this is the first video posted on this UA-cam page in two years….
it's Tampon, what do you expect?
Shoresy would be coming for his whole top row.
T pain in the background is hilarious
Trying to break his leg.
You just don't do this, no respect for men of last generation, an insult to the game
It was intentional and should get a 2 game suspension for it.
that's the losing tampa I've seen before
oh well Watson will pay you know he will and payback is a bitch
was there any beef between the two of them or was he just the guy in the crosairs?
nah he ment it for sure. They've fought before too so there's history between them
lol what a guy eh
That announcer needs to rescind what he said.
Homer announcers never see anything wrong
LOL!! Whatever. Maybe a fine.
Motte's one of the good guys.
bro thought lauzon was his wife
austin watson is a goon
Something Hedman would do
Alfredsson type vibes.
welcome back!
Intentional for sure.
Hard to say what his intent was but clearly nothing to gain with no time left, reckless at the least.
I'm pretty sure we both know what the intent was... Watson clearly wanted to injure Lauzon.
the score could be one reason
Fine and suspension.
What did he do that broke the rules of the game?
@@NickP771 just like you have to control your stick, the same for the puck. Not to mention the fact that it looked deliberate.
@@richardmiddleton4634 there is no rule that you have to control the trajectory of the puck. It was a dick move but was not against the rules.
Must of learned that in ottawa
Shit happens. No way he ment to hit him.
Well , that was an idiot move.
“Watson’s“ problem??? Losing 5-1 dont tell me he went for a second goal!! 😡
1,0
1,000,000% intentional
EVERYONE HE IS BACK
Bull his head is down
what a bonehead move