{"id":451657,"date":"2026-02-08T23:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/451657\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:03:19","slug":"senators-and-red-wings-reportedly-both-trying-to-trade-for-the-same-flames-defenseman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/451657\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators and Red Wings reportedly both trying to trade for the same Flames defenseman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/640584.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Feb 16, 2023; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar (52) skates during the warmup period against the Detroit Red Wings at Scotiabank Saddledome.\" title=\"Feb 16, 2023; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar (52) skates during the warmup period against the Detroit Red Wings at Scotiabank Saddledome.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Red Wings will have to put up a good fight for one Calgary Flames defenseman, as they&#8217;re reportedly in the running for the blueliner alongside the Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic roster freeze ends after February 22nd, and the Detroit Red Wings are getting their ducks in a row.<\/p>\n<p>They need to improve their lineup in some way, and trades are a surefire bet to do so, quicker than drafting &amp; developing.<\/p>\n<p>Though their prospect pipeline is one of the best in the league, they need talent to help win now. Even if their trade for Rasmus Andersson fell through, there&#8217;s other top-four talent in Calgary left.<\/p>\n<p>Including MacKenzie Weegar, who arrived in the Pacific Division via trade with the Florida Panthers in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Red Wings have been linked to MacKenzie Weegar after having contacted the Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>NHL Insider Bruce Garrioch, who covers the Ottawa Senators, said that it&#8217;s a possibility the defenseman is dealt before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s underrated,&#8221; said an NHL executive as per Garrioach. &#8220;He plays high minutes, competes hard and he plays in every situation. I know they traded him from Florida to get [Matthew] Tkachuk, but Weegar was playing with [Aaron] Ekblad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The two divisional rivals look poised to enter a bidding-war for Weegar if interest intensifies, as Garrioch has named the Red Wings as the other party involved in trying to acquire the veteran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, according to Garrioch, the Red Wings may have already engaged in talks with the Flames, although they will have to wait until after the 22nd to make anything official.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This season in 56 games, Weegar has scored 20 points (3-17), 67 penalty minutes, 129 blocks, and 127 hits.<\/p>\n<p>A solid two-way defender&#8217;s stat line.<\/p>\n<p>Is MacKenzie Weegar the next NHL player to be traded after the Olympic roster freeze ends?<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Detroit Hockey Insider<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>7 HOURS AGO|90 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Senators and Red Wings reportedly both trying to trade for the same Flames defenseman<\/p>\n<p>With the Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators reportedly trying to trade for defenseman MacKenzie Weegar of the Calgary Flames, who wins?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images The Detroit Red Wings will have to put up a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[895,26,5294,93,896,5,181,54745,4,25,2545],"class_list":{"0":"post-451657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary-flames","8":"tag-calgary","9":"tag-calgary-flames","10":"tag-calgaryflames","11":"tag-detroit-red-wings","12":"tag-flames","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-hockey-news","15":"tag-mackenzie-weeger","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-ottawa-senators","18":"tag-trades"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116037511684381623","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451657","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=451657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}