{"id":472661,"date":"2026-02-26T08:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/472661\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:31:32","slug":"major-trade-development-in-detroit-asking-price-revealed-by-calgary-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/472661\/","title":{"rendered":"Major trade development in Detroit, asking price revealed by Calgary Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>PUBLICATION<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Amatulli<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 25, 2026\u00a0\u00a0(10:34)<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#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\/645507.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Calgary Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar (52)\" title=\"Calgary Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar (52)\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>As the March 6 NHL trade deadline looms, the Calgary Flames have signaled that they are open to trade right-shotoing defenseman MacKenzie Weegar.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen, the Flames have set a premium asking price for the veteran defenseman, demanding a package that includes a top draft pick plus a high-end prospect or a roster player.<\/p>\n<p>Trade-interest in D-man rising as March 6 approaches<\/p>\n<p>For Calgary, moving Weegar would be a significant shift in their rebuilding strategy, but General Manager Craig Conroy appears determined to maximize the return on a player who carries both high-level performance and rare contractual term.<\/p>\n<p>For the Red Wings, Weegar is more than a standard &#8220;rental&#8221; player. He is currently in the third year of an eight-year, $50 million contract that runs through the 2030-31 season with a team friendly average annual value of $6.25M, quite reasonable for a top-four defenseman.<\/p>\n<p>Even on a struggling Flames squad, MacKenzie Weegar remains a peripheral stat monster, racking up over 120 blocks and 120 hits through late February.<\/p>\n<p>Right-shot defensemen are the most sought-after commodity at the deadline, giving Calgary significant leverage in negotiations, while filling a need on Detroit&#8217;s top-four.<\/p>\n<p>For the Detroit Red Wings, a trade for MacKenzie Weegar would be the ultimate &#8220;all-in&#8221; move to cement their status as legitimate contenders. As of late February 2026, Detroit sits 3rd in the Atlantic Division (72 points) and is desperate to end a nine-season playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Wings have roughly $12.5M in projected cap space (and up to $45M in total flexibility), which allows them to absorb Weegar&#8217;s full contract without asking Calgary to retain salary, which could lower the &#8220;prospect&#8221; cost of the trade.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Detroit Hockey Insider<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>16 HOURS AGO|132 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Major trade development in Detroit, asking price revealed by Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>Should Red Wings pursue MacKenzie Weegar at the trade-deadline?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUBLICATION Michael Amatulli February 25, 2026\u00a0\u00a0(10:34) &#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images As the March 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[3345,895,26,5294,93,57135,57133,896,5,4,548,57134],"class_list":{"0":"post-472661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary-flames","8":"tag-2025-26-nhl-season","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-calgary-flames","11":"tag-calgaryflames","12":"tag-detroit-red-wings","13":"tag-detroit-trade-news","14":"tag-detroit-trade-rumours","15":"tag-flames","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-nhl-trade-deadline","19":"tag-trade-deadline-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116136004645257760","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472661","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=472661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}