Nov. 25, 2:16 p.m.: The Senators confirmed that they’ve reassigned MacEwen to Belleville. They replaced his roster spot by recalling left-winger Cole Reinhardt. The 24-year-old had an assist in a pair of appearances earlier this season and has 14 points (5 G, 9 A) in 11 games with the B-Sens this season, leading the AHL club in scoring.
Nov. 25, 1:03 p.m.: MacEwen cleared waivers, Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia reports. He can now be assigned to Belleville.
Nov. 24: The reason behind Zack MacEwen’s absence from this morning’s practice has now come to light. The Ottawa Senators organization has placed MacEwen on waivers to reassign him to their AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators.
MacEwen is no stranger to AHL hockey. He spent the first several years of his professional career with the Utica Comets of the Vancouver Canucks organization scoring 37 goals and 96 points in his first 155 AHL contests.
He even spent a few games with the AHL Senators last season scoring two goals and seven points in 10 games. Still, his time with the Senators organization has been mostly spent in Ottawa.
He’s primarily been a mildly-used depth forward for the Senators. Since signing a three-year, $2.33MM contract with the Senators in 2023, he’s scored four goals and six points in 49 games while averaging 6:59 of ice time per game.
It’s unlikely he’ll get claimed over the next 24 hours but could provide value to some teams. He has a league-minimum salary of $775K and has managed 150 hits in a season twice. For a team looking to add physicality to their bottom six for virtually nothing — MacEwen fits the mold.
Hmmm… Tampa should maybe look into Zach MacEwen to add some additional size & physical punch to their bottom six for such a cheap price. Will they?…Probably not but it wouldn’t hurt since they don’t have a Pat Maroon or a Tanner Jeannot to lay some heavy on the opponents.
you might want to check that. I don’t follow the Senators but I recall MacEwen as being big and willing to stand up for his teammates but not an agitator. I acknowledge it’s a bad comparable but the guy that comes to mind is Gudbranson. MacEwen gets few minutes because he’s a marginal NHLer, not because he’s a dedicated enforcer
The main reason I’m suggesting MacEwen is because of his size & physicality as he has had 40+ hits (that’s more than anyone on the roster) this season & has produced 2 seasons of 150 hits. He would add some “snot” to Tampa’s bottom six. It also doesn’t hurt that he stands up for his teammates.
You’re correct though, he’s a marginal NHLer & he’s probably not a full on enforcer like Maroon which few players are today in the NHL if we’re being candid, but he fits in a similar mold to Jeannot, who’s also not an enforcer either but brings the physicality, size, & stands up for his teammates.
Tampa doesn’t need agitators as they have a few already particularly Mikey Eyssimont who is arguably one of biggest agitators in the league.