Rumor: David Pagnotta: "Weegar’s name floating around, and Sens have expressed interest"

[Some Other Flame]

Friedman:

19. The Senators have told teams they won’t trade Alex DeBrincat at the deadline. New ownership will get a run at this, but if there isn’t some degree of certainty at the draft, then we’ll see. I don’t think MacKenzie Weegar is an option now, but we will see how everyone (including the Flames) feel later. Lots of time between then and now, lots of things for both franchises to sort out.

This doesn't contradict what Pagnotta said should ideally quash the the baseless assumption that the Flames are looking to give Weegar away or that he'd be cheap to acquire.

Like I said earlier, the Flames are having a disappointing season. They're looking at anything and everything to correct course. The Sens who've apparently had an interest in Weegar for while, checked in to see if there was anything there. Now Friedman doesn't say it outright but does seem to imply that DeBrincat was the ask, which the Sens don't want to do. So this is dead, at least for now.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

He’s still a very good defencemen but for some reason Sutter neutered him offensively.

Thats not entirely accurate, a lot of it is bad luck.
Out of 231 defensemen with at least 200 minutes played he ranks 12th in SF/60, 4th in CF/60, and 80th in xGF/60. So the scoring chances are definitely there when he's on the ice. The problem is he's 132nd in actual GF/60.

 

[Nanuuk]

Weegar has been progressively better as the season has worn on. He's becoming a stud out there.