{"id":485791,"date":"2026-03-04T23:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485791\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:04:11","slug":"utah-mammoth-acquire-mackenzie-weegar-from-calgary-flames-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485791\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Mammoth acquire MacKenzie Weegar from Calgary Flames \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Utah Mammoth have acquired defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from the Calgary Flames, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2029314373873729851?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2029314373873729851?s=20\">according to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman<\/a>, a major NHL insider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The trade reportedly awaits approval from Weegar, who has a full no-trade clause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of the time of writing, the Mammoth have not responded to the Deseret News\u2019 request for comment on the reported trade.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MacKenzie Weegar, acquired by UTA, is a two-way defenceman who plays an active and adventurous game in all three zones. Aggressively retrieves loose pucks and blocks passing lanes, and has lots of puck-moving skill himself. Prone to the odd catastrophic screw-up. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TusksUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TusksUp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lLMhLZyz0m\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lLMhLZyz0m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JFresh (@JFreshHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/2029316150551531546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Weegar, 32, plays the right side of the ice, which complements the Mammoth\u2019s defensive group nicely. Assuming John Marino and Sean Durzi are not part of the return, they\u2019ll have three dependable, dynamic veterans there, with Nick DeSimone as a reliable extra for the anticipated playoff run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In 60 games with the Flames this season, Weegar has three goals and 21 points. He has played significant power play and penalty kill minutes this season, especially with the departure of Rasmus Andersson in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Weegar is in his 10th NHL season, splitting his time between the Flames and the Florida Panthers. He was a major part of the trade that sent Matthew Tkachuk to Florida and Jonathan Huberdeau to Calgary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This story will be updated.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Mammoth have acquired defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from the Calgary Flames, according to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,3157,4,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-485791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-news-feed-local","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-utah","12":"tag-utah-hc","13":"tag-utah-hockey-club","14":"tag-utahhc","15":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116173410706528274","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485791","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=485791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}