His Granites teammate Hooley Smith would have a 17-year NHL career, but Watson wanted to enter the business world and retired as a player in 1924.
Charlie Querrie, menedžer moštva Toronto St. Patricks, mu je ponudil 10.000 dolarjev, če bi se pridružil ekipi v sezoni 1924/25, a Watson ponudbe ni sprejel.