{"id":434775,"date":"2026-01-29T19:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/434775\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:27:28","slug":"flames-mackenzie-weegar-linked-to-atlantic-division-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/434775\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames’ Mackenzie Weegar Linked to Atlantic Division Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Calgary<\/a><\/p>\n

Who’s next out the door for the Calgary Flames<\/a>? Though they insist they aren’t going to follow the Rasmus Andersson trade with a continuing sell-off in short order, there are a number of top players that teams around the league will be making substantial pitches for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not the least of which is Mackenzie Weegar.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Ottawa Senators are looking for a top-four defenseman, and Weegar would be a perfect fit, says insider Bruce Garrioch in the Ottawa Citizen<\/a>. Weegar has got quite a bit of term left at a reasonable price.\u00a0<\/p>\n

League executives told Postmedia on Tuesday that the club may have held talks with the Calgary Flames about MacKenzie Weegar.<\/p>\n

Though he does have\u00a0a full no-move clause, Weegar, 32, is Ottawa-born and raised, and there’s no reason to expect he wouldn’t waive his NMC in the event of a trade there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The belief is that the Senators are among several teams interested in Weegar because he fits what the club needs in its top four and brings cost certainty with a $6.25 million U.S. per-season deal that runs through the 2030-31 campaign.”<\/p>\n

Like most other Flames in this down season for the team, Weegar’s surface stats have taken a hit this season. The versatile two-way defender has just 16 points in 52 games, with a very un-Weegar-like plus\/minus rating of -16. He was +110 in his last six seasons before this one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Sens “kicked the tires” on Andersson before the Flames shipped him to the Vegas Golden Knights, but now they’ll try again on another top-four D from Calgary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes some sense for Ottawa,\u201d a league executive told Garrioch. \u201cThe Senators were in on Andersson, and Weegar would be a fit. He brings some grit and some good leadership. He\u2019s a good player who can help them. He\u2019s competitive and he can play on the power play.”<\/p>\n

The Senators are unlikely to make their way back to a playoff spot this season, so the rental market at the deadline is out of the question. But Weegar as a long-term solution would be a nice fit.<\/p>\n

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