GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. \u2013\u00a0The Detroit Red Wings reassigned forwards John Leonard, Eduards Tralmaks and Austin Watson\u00a0to the Grand Rapids Griffins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Watson, a 14-year veteran, has 20 points (11-9\u201420), 137 penalty minutes and a plus-two rating in 48 games with Grand Rapids this season. Last campaign, the Ann Arbor, Michigan, native competed in his first AHL All-Star Classic and totaled 42 points (19-23\u201442), 112 penalty minutes and a plus-10 rating in 60 regular-season games with the Griffins. Watson also collected three goals in 13 appearances with the Red Wings in 2024-25. Throughout parts of 11 NHL seasons since 2012-13, the 34-year-old has 121 points (63-58\u2014121) and 722 penalty minutes in 528 games. In the AHL since the spring of 2011, Watson has 194 points (103-91\u2014194), 338 penalty minutes and a plus-22 rating in 342 contests. Watson was the 18th overall pick by the Nashville Predators in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leonard has 41 points and 27 goals in 34 games with the Griffins this season to go along with six penalty minutes, eight game-winners and a plus-11 rating. In the AHL rankings, the sixth-year veteran is tied for third in goals and first in game-winners. Leonard returned to the ice on Wednesday after rehabbing an injury that kept him sidelined for 12 straight games from Jan. 31-Feb. 28. He was named the Fortune Tires \u201cExpect More\u201d AHL Player of the Month for November with 16 points (9-7\u201416) in 10 games and became just the third player in franchise history to win the award, joining Riley Barber (April 2022) and Chris Minard (Feb. 2012). Leonard has four points (2-2\u20144) in nine games with the Red Wings this season, making his Detroit debut on Dec. 16 against the New York Islanders. The 27-year-old showed a three-game point streak with the Red Wings from Dec. 17-21 (2-1\u20143) and scored a goal in consecutive outings from Dec. 20-21. At the NHL level, Leonard has 21 points (8-13\u201421) in 79 games across parts of five seasons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tralmaks has 28 points (18-10\u201428), six penalty minutes and a plus-24 rating in 49 games with the Griffins. He ranks among the team leaders in points (6th), goals (4th), and plus-minus rating (T4th). In addition, his plus-24 rating is tied for 13th among all skaters in the AHL. Tralmaks, a native of Riga, Latvia, competed for his home country in the 2026 Winter Olympics, pacing the team in points (3-1\u20144) and goals (3) while also tying for eighth in goals among all skaters at the tournament. Throughout his four-year AHL career, the 29-year-old has 69 points (40-29\u201469), 48 penalty minutes and a plus-47 rating in 136 outings. Last season with Rytiri Kladno in the top pro league in Czechia, Tralmaks ranked first on the circuit with 51 points (23-28\u201451) in 48 contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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