Trevor Zegras becomes highest-paid Flyers player with $36.5 million extension

Trevor Zegras is getting rewarded for a career season. Zegras inked a four-year deal to stay in Philadelphia, the team announced Wednesday. The 25-year-old center, who spent the first five years of his career with the Ducks before getting traded to the Philadelphia last offseason, will earn $36.5 million ($9.125 million average annual value) to become the Flyers’ highest-paid player. The center was a restricted free agent who had filed for arbitration, which can now be avoided. “We’re thrilled to have Trevor committed to our organization for the next four years,” Flyers general manager Danny Briere said in a statement.“The growth he showed this past season, proving that he is the skilled player he entered the league as, reinforced our belief that he will be an impact player for the Flyers for the years to come.

He’s the type of player who can help take our team to the next level, and we’re excited to continue building alongside him.”Zegras, the ninth pick in the 2019 draft, scored 67 goals and tallied 119 assists in five years with the Ducks before joining the Flyers. In his first season with Philly, he scored a career-high 26 goals while adding 41 assists, which was one shy of his career best set in 2022-23.In eight playoff games, Zegras notched two goals with four assists. In addition to locking up their core after an overachieving season, Briere has focused on retaining veterans, as he’s signed goalie Dan Vladar and right wing Tyson Foerster to extensions this offseason. The Flyers also recently tried to reel in Leo Carlsson of the Ducks with a record-setting offer sheet.But Anaheim matched it and made him the league’s highest-paid center at $18 million AAV. The Flyers are coming off a resurgent 2025-26 season in which they made the playoffs for the first time since 2020 and won a first-round series against the rival Penguins....