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Troy Deeney has admitted that if Watford had not been promoted to the Premier League last season, he and several other players would have looked to move on. The Hornets overcame three managerial changes to seal their return to the top flight last season and currently sit comfortably in mid-table under Quique Sanchez Flores - their fourth boss in 18 months.Promotion seemed a long way off at the beginning of the 2014/15 campaign after they had finished in a disappointing 13th the season before but Deeney says it was crucial for his career that they secured it. We made the headlines for getting a new manager in every week! Deeney, speaking exclusively to Soccer Saturday ahead of a Saturday Night Football clash with Watford, told Sky Sports.From the players point of view, it didnt affect the dressing room too much. We had a strong mentality, and said to ourselves: This is going to be the year to go up.If we didnt, quite a few would have left - myself included - so we had a real good go and it worked out well.It has been brilliant so far. Everybody thought we were going to go down, with another new manager coming in and all the pundits didnt have us down for a win until December. Weve been upsetting the odds and playing some good stuff. Deeney celebrates THAT goal against Leicester The owners have come and it has worked. It isnt like they have come in and had a trial to see if it works. Theyve done the same at other clubs and thankfully it works here too.There have been a few mistakes along the way, in terms of people coming in and out, but the owners seem to have got it right.The Hornets take on Premier League success story Leicester in front of the Sky Sports cameras - a rematch of that famous 2012/13 play-off semi-final when Deeney grabbed an injury-time winner.Watford were beaten by Crystal Palace at the final hurdle that year, but Deeney admits that neither Leicester nor the Hornets were equipped for promotion back then and believes both benefited from a prolonged spell in the Championship to prepare for the rigours of the top flight. Ed Chamberlin and Jamie Redknapp preview Leicesters Saturday Night Football clash with Watford If either team would have gone up at that time, we would not have given ourselves a fighting chance in the Premier League, Deeney said.It didnt look like it at the time, but it worked out well for both clubs. Leicester had a fantastic season the season after and won the Championship.They then didnt start off well in the Premier League, but in the last 18 months it has become something of a fairy-tale.You have to look at them for inspiration. Robert Huth has been amazing, [NGolo] Kante has been getting all the headlines, but if you look at the rest of the team, then it is pretty much the team that went up. Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney have formed an impressive partnership at Watford You have to give them credit for that. They didnt come up and say that the Championship players were not good enough, and then went out and signed loads of Premier League players.Many doubted Deeney had the ability to make the step up to the top flight, but the Hornets skipper has formed one of the deadliest strike duos in the division with Odion Ighalo.Ive been here six or seven years now, and I am at the point where I have done all the hard stuff now, when there wasnt enough kit to go around, and now I am making sure I am here to enjoy the riches, Deeney added. Deeney has admitted that if Watford had not been promoted last season, he would have looked to move on The first season is always a feeling out season. Look at Jamie Vardy last year. Ive scored goals and made a few assists too.I am happy with my overall performance, and I am looking to finish the season strongly and do even better next year.Watch the full interview with Troy Deeney on Soccer Saturday from midday on SSNHQ and watch Watford v Leicester live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 5pm. Also See: Sky Live: Watford v Leicester Flores confident in strikers Jamie: Foxes wont fear Watford Wes Morgan exclusive Cheap Custom Nationals Jersey . Arsenal failed to take full advantage of its main rivals stumbles on Saturday as substitute Gerard Deulofeu levelled with a hard shot from a tight angle in the 84th minute to give Everton a deserved point. Ahead of a crucial fortnight that will see them play against Napoli in the Champions League, Manchester City and Chelsea, Arsenal leads by five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea. Nationals Jerseys China . 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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The San Jose Sharks acquired pending restricted free agent forward Tyler Kennedy from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round pick in Sundays draft. The trade gives the Sharks depth up front that they were seeking and gives the Penguins a needed high pick after trading their first and second-rounders before the deadline for forward Jarome Iginla and defenceman Douglas Murray. General manager Doug Wilson said he had been targeting Kennedy for about a year and said he will be an important piece in the present and future for the team. "Hes a guy that for us fits perfectly with how we want to play and the type of ingredients that he brings filling out our top nine," Wilson said. "He can go up and down, he plays with an edge, he can score some goals. Thats the type of player weve been looking for. Not only additional scoring but maintain the identity that we tried to build with our team the last year in particular." Pittsburgh acquired San Joses pick, 50th overall, in the second round. The Penguins had been slated to make their first pick at No. 77. The Sharks later traded up two spots in the first round with Detroit to select Swiss defenceman Mirco Mueller 18th overall. San Jose gave up the 20th pick and Pittsburghs second-rounder, 58th overall, to get Mueller, who played last season for Everett of the Western Hockey League. "He can play all over the rink," Sharks scouting director Tim Burke said. "He gets the play started and he kills a lot of plays. We got a lot of good reports on him." The Sharks acquired the pick from the Penguins from an in-season deal that sent defenceman Douglas Murray to Pittsburgh. San Jose also will get a 2014 second-rounder from Pittsburgh in the Murray deal. The Sharks still had one second-round pick from the deal that sent Ryane Clowe to the New York Rangers and took forward Gabryel Boudreau 49th overall. Boudreau had 22 goals and 41 assists in 67 games with Baie-Comeau in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Mueller had six goals and 25 assists in 63 games this season. The 6-foot-3, 176-pound Mueller is considered a mobile defenceman with the ability to create offence. He was ranked as the ninth best North American skater and third best defenceman heading into the draft by NHL Central Scouting. "Its a great day for me," Mueller said. "I play a simple game, a puck-moving defenceman. I try to make plays from my own end and try to get it forward." Kennedy had six goals and five assists in 46 games last season and adds needed depth to the Sharks forward contingent.dddddddddddd He also had two goals and three assists in nine playoff games. But Kennedy was often a healthy scratch as the Penguins made it to the Eastern Conference final before being swept by Boston and got the sense from general manager Ray Shero after the season that he wasnt in Pittsburghs plans. "I thought I had a great playoff," Kennedy said. "Im kind of stumped. Im really kind of lost why they didnt want me more. I think Im a great player." Kennedy has 76 goals and 92 assists in 372 career games with Pittsburgh. He also has 12 goals and 15 assists in 76 career playoff games, helping the Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 2009. "I think Im an energy guy," Kennedy said. "I think I bring a lot of energy to the ice and I think I have a good skill set. I try to finish my checks when I can." Kennedy is one of two pending restricted free agent forwards on the Sharks, joining TJ Galiardi. San Jose has to decide whether to tender qualifying offers to both players by Tuesday. The free agency period starts Friday and the Sharks have about $3.6 million of salary cap space with 19 players under contract, according to CapGeek.com. But forward Marty Havlat could provide cap relief if he begins the season on long-term injured reserve following off-season surgery. Kennedy said he would like to sign with San Jose. The Sharks have been busy already this off-season, signing potential unrestricted free agent Raffi Torres to a $6 million, three-year deal, and agreeing to a five-year extension with star centre Logan Couture that keeps him off the free agent market next summer. San Jose has also signed potential restricted free agent forwards Andrew Desjardins and James Sheppard and defenceman Jason Demers to contracts. San Jose also made a trade with Chicago to move down six spots in the fourth round and selected Swedish goalie Fredrik Bergvik. San Jose got a fifth-rounder in the deal and sent the Blackhawks a 2015 fifth-round pick. That gave the Sharks two fifth-round picks this year and they took defenceman Michael Brodzinski from Muskegon of the USHL with their own pick and defenceman Gage Ausmus, who is planning to play at the University of Denver, with Chicagos. San Jose finished the draft by taking Minnesota centre Jacob Jackson of Tartan High School in Oakdale, Minn., and Russian left wing Emil Galimov in the seventh round. ' ' '