{"id":486056,"date":"2026-03-05T02:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/486056\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:16:19","slug":"mackenzie-weegar-traded-to-the-utah-mammoth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/486056\/","title":{"rendered":"MacKenzie Weegar Traded to the Utah Mammoth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"MacKenzie Weegar skating for the Calgary Flames\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Sergei Belski | Credit: USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie Weegar has been traded to the Utah Mammoth for Olli Maatta, Jonathan Castagna, and three second-round picks, all in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Weegar, a 32-year-old defenseman for Calgary, agreed to waive his full no-trade clause to facilitate the trade to Utah.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran defender is signed until the end of the 2031-32 season, giving Utah five more years of Weegar after this year. Weegar originally signed an eight-year contract extension worth $6.25 million a season with Calgary just before the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<p>Maatta, 31, was acquired by Utah in its inaugural season after Utah was dealing with several injuries to its blue line. He fit like a glove in a big role for the former Utah Hockey Club, but now he is a shadow of that player with Utah having a healthy lineup. Maatta has just 19 points in 92 games for Utah, but the concern is that 18 of those came in 2024-25.<\/p>\n<p>Utah bolsters its defence by adding Weegar to its lineup, and given the prospect pool and draft capital it still has left, they could add to their roster even more.<\/p>\n<p>Castagna is a third-round pick (70th overall) by the Arizona Coyotes, and he\u2019s stayed committed to playing at Cornell University. The 6-foot-2 centre has promise in his game, and if he cracks the NHL, he could showcase his high-energy game and strong skating for a young Calgary Flames team.<\/p>\n<p>Utah trades for another big-ticket defenseman, and Calgary gets a respectable haul that includes a veteran player and multiple future pieces.<\/p>\n<p>This showcases Utah\u2019s commitment to winning now and just how aggressive the team is at being competitive long-term. Weegar going to Utah is also another top player trade on the boards, and is likely the first domino of many to fall before Friday\u2019s trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772676979_884_e50dfbea4641d046ef8e16e2e54ca52abea6c285162ff2d320dc3eb277ca8c8d.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Jack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conrad Jack is a Manitoba-based media credentialed sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He also covers league-wide news in his weekly series &#8216;Saturday&#8217;s notebook&#8217; and through individual articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Sergei Belski | Credit: USA TODAY Sports Mackenzie Weegar has been traded to the Utah Mammoth for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[23057,26,5,58046,2339,4,13363,3613,51,5290,232,3154,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-486056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-2026-nhl-trade-deadline","9":"tag-calgary-flames","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-jonathan-castagna","12":"tag-mackenzie-weegar","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-olli-maatta","15":"tag-trade","16":"tag-utah","17":"tag-utah-hc","18":"tag-utah-hockey-club","19":"tag-utah-mammoth","20":"tag-utahhc","21":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116174166456711003","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486056","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=486056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}