{"id":514780,"date":"2026-03-04T23:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514780\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:57:08","slug":"mammoth-nearing-mackenzie-weegar-trade-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514780\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammoth Nearing MacKenzie Weegar Trade \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2029314373873729851\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman<\/a>, the Utah Mammoth and Calgary Flames are finalizing a trade for defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/weegama01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MacKenzie Weegar<\/a>. Like the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prohockeyrumors.com\/2026\/03\/sabres-closing-in-on-colton-parayko.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news<\/a> regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/parayco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colton Parayko<\/a> a few moments ago, both teams are waiting to see if Weegar will waive his no-trade clause. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2029323879848476927\" rel=\"nofollow\">Friedman later added<\/a> that Weegar has been presented with joining the Mammoth, but there\u2019s no word on whether he\u2019ll approve.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/2029326005328859439\" rel=\"nofollow\">TSN\u2019s Darren Dreger confirmed<\/a> that the framework of the trade is complete, and that prospect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/679717\/tij-iginla\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tij Iginla<\/a> is not a part of the deal. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/2029339479815663797\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to Frank Seravalli<\/a>, defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/maattol01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olli M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4<\/a> is headed to Calgary in the deal, if Weegar approves.<\/p>\n<p>The Mammoth entered deadline season coveting a right-handed shooting defenseman, and they have seemingly landed their guy, assuming Weegar signs off on the deal. Not only is Weegar one of the top two-way defensemen in the league, but he\u2019s arguably the best at being able to play on both sides of the blue line.<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman, the Utah Mammoth and Calgary Flames are finalizing a trade for defenseman MacKenzie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,762,48,94856,4247,448,88905,82,765],"class_list":["post-514780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-calgary-flames","tag-canada","tag-mackenzie-weegar","tag-newsstand","tag-nhl","tag-olli-maatta","tag-sports","tag-utah-mammoth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}