Trade may be brewing between two Canadian teams after roster moves in Ottawa

Julian McKenzie reported Ottawa called up Yakemchuk, Tyler Boucher, and Stephen Halliday on Sunday. The timing screams roster shuffling and leverage.

Ottawa sits 28-22-7, and every point from here feels like a referendum on this group.

Yakemchuk is 20, drafted seventh overall in 2024 by the Senators. That’s the kind of chip other teams ask for first.

Boucher is 23, controversially drafted 10th overall by the Senators in 2021. He plays a straight-line, crash-and-bang game that shows up in tight games.

Halliday is 23, an overager in the 2022 draft. He’s earned recalls before, and the staff clearly trusts his details.

Now add the smoke from Calgary. Bruce Garrioch reporting has linked Ottawa to Flames defenceman MacKenzie Weegar, and the word is he’d consider waiving to come home.

Sens fans are excited, but also terrified, because it probably costs a name prospect and not just spare parts.

Weegar has 3-17-20 in 56 games this season. He’s a heavy-minutes right shot who can stabilize a top four fast.

His cap hit is $6.25 million, and that’s not nothing if Ottawa wants more help up front too.

This is where the call-ups feel like a showcase. If Calgary asks for Yakemchuk, Ottawa has to decide if “now” is worth that swing.

Either way, the next game will feel like a deadline preview, with every shift getting judged twice.

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