{"id":439079,"date":"2026-02-01T02:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/439079\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T02:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:57:14","slug":"senators-lightning-sabres-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/439079\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators, Lightning, Sabres \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent article<\/a>, Bruce Garrioch from The Ottawa Citizen analyzed the Ottawa Senators\u2019 approach to the trade deadline. To no surprise, Garrioch indicated that the Senators remain committed to winning this season, and that the team is seeking a top-six forward and top-four defenseman.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a hefty wishlist, especially for a team that\u2019s 10 points back of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Garrioch reported that the Senators are interested in forward Blake Coleman<\/a> and defenseman MacKenzie Weegar<\/a> from the Calgary Flames, which would immediately fulfill both desires.<\/p>\n

Still, Weegar has a full no-movement clause in his contract, meaning he would have to sign off on a trade to Ottawa. He is from there, but there\u2019s been no indication that he is one of the players that the Flames are considering moving this season. At any rate, it\u2019s clear that the Senators are trying to fill a pair of higher-level holes, and they\u2019re looking for players with term.<\/p>\n

Additional notes from the Atlantic Division:<\/p>\n

There is more positive news on the injury front for the Tampa Bay Lightning. It\u2019s already been reported that captain Victor Hedman<\/a> will return<\/a> to the lineup tomorrow, and the team is only a few days away from returning a few more. According to team reporter Benjamin Pierce<\/a>, the trio of Brayden Point<\/a>, Emil Martinsen Lilleberg<\/a>, and Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous<\/a> all skated with the team at practice today. Once Hedman officially returns, they will be the only remaining players on the injured reserve.
\nIn a separate injury update, this time with the Buffalo Sabres, Bill Hoppe of The Times Herald reported<\/a> that there are no plans to shut down Joshua Norris<\/a> through the upcoming Olympic break. Norris has missed the Sabres\u2019 last nine games, including tonight, due to an upper-body injury. Still, he has resumed skating over the last few days and will travel with the team for their road trip next week. Norris specifically shut down the idea of sitting out if he\u2019s healthy, saying, \u201cIf you\u2019re ready to go, you\u2019re not just going to sit out. So when I feel like I\u2019m 100 percent, I\u2019m going to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a recent article, Bruce Garrioch from The Ottawa Citizen analyzed the Ottawa Senators\u2019 approach to the trade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[8157,1332,229,26,39780,34497,5,402,19171,2339,4,72,25,5157,73,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-439079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa-senators","8":"tag-blake-coleman","9":"tag-brayden-point","10":"tag-buffalo-sabres","11":"tag-calgary-flames","12":"tag-charle-edouard-dastous","13":"tag-emil-martinsen-lilleberg","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-injury","16":"tag-joshua-norris","17":"tag-mackenzie-weegar","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-ottawa","20":"tag-ottawa-senators","21":"tag-ottawasenators","22":"tag-senators","23":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115993132775987714","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}