ByEmily Kaplan 
Thursday, July 16, 2026 2:27AM
The Philadelphia Flyers are re-signing Trevor Zegras to a four-year contract with an annual average value of $9.125 million, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
Zegras, 25, was a restricted free agent who had filed for arbitration — which now can be avoided. The American-born center arrived in Philadelphia via a trade from theAnaheim Ducksin June 2025 and posted a career year with the Flyers: 26 goals and 67 points in 81 games. Philadelphia arrived ahead of schedule with a playoff berth and first-round win against the rivalPittsburgh Penguins, before falling to the eventual champion Carolina Hurricanesin the second round.
The Flyers have been working on locking in their young core, also agreeing to extensions with goalie Dan Vladar and right wingTyson Foerster. Up next on general manager Danny Briere’s to-do list is an extension for defenseman Jamie Drysdale, who was acquired alongside Zegras from Anaheim.
Philadelphia has plenty of cap space to work with this summer, and Briere has been aggressive, trying to lure Anaheim’s Leo Carlsson away with a record-setting offer sheet. The Ducks ending up matching it, to make Carlsson the league’s highest-paid center at $18 million AAV.
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