The Ottawa Senators are waiving forward Zack MacEwen today for the purpose of assignment to AHL Belleville, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports.
This is certainly not the start MacEwen, 27, envisioned for himself in Canada’s capital after signing a three-year, league-minimum salary deal this summer. Offering long-term deals to enforcers nearly always results in a waiver placement over the life of the deal, but rarely does it come just two games into that player’s tenure with the team.
An undrafted free agent, MacEwen got his NHL start with the Canucks, who signed him to an entry-level contract in 2017. He may be solely in the NHL as an enforcer, but he did flash decent offensive promise early on in the minors and got his first look with Vancouver the following season.
Since then, he’s scored 13 goals, 16 assists, 29 points, and added 245 penalty minutes in 188 NHL contests between Vancouver, the Flyers, Kings, and Senators. His last AHL appearance came when the Flyers waived him at the beginning of last season, and he potted three points in two contests with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms before the Flyers brought him up for the rest of the season.
MacEwen has one assist in two contests with Ottawa, as he was banged up for the team’s season opener and was a healthy scratch in last night’s decisive 6-1 win over the Capitals. While defenseman Artem Zub sustained an injury that’s not expected to keep him out long-term, he may still miss time, and assigning MacEwen to Belleville would free up the cap space to recall a defenseman in his stead.
Also Future Flyer
Lol. Maybe. But my guess is Goodrow as a future Flyer
Jets need someone who is tough ,,they play like ussy the last year or so