When he was informed that he was drafted from the Bruins by the Flyers in the 1967 expansion draft�while working as a flag man for the British Columbia Public Works Department�he was very depressed at the notion of switching from playing in Boston with the great Bobby Orr to entering an expansion team.
Watson fit right in, however, and he developed into a great defensive defenseman for the Stanley Cup teams in the '70s as well as becoming a fan favorite.