Up next in 10
The Philadelphia Flyers have signed forward Trevor Zegras to a four-year, $36.5 million contract extension, the team announced on Wednesday night. That’s an average annual value (AAV) of $9.125 M for the 25-year-old.
Ryan Gilbert and Steve Jacot react to the news and what's next for the Flyers.
#nhl #hockey #flyers #letsgoflyers #philadelphia #sports #philadelphiaflyers
Broad Street Hockey is the top place for independent coverage of the Philadelphia Flyers and the hockey world at large.
𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫: https://www.broadstreethockey.com/
𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑪𝑯: https://broad-street-hockey.myspreadshop.com/
𝙎𝙋𝙊𝙏𝙄𝙁𝙔: https://open.spotify.com/show/5k5IfqqGTBdJmcqdZ6nF91
𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙇𝙀: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/broad-street-hockey/id1708766515
𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍: https://twitter.com/BroadStHockey
𝙄𝙉𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙈: https://www.instagram.com/broadsthockey/
𝙏𝙄𝙆𝙏𝙊𝙆: https://www.tiktok.com/@broadsthockey
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
[music]
0:05
[music]
0:11
Hello and welcome to Broad Street O here
0:15
late uh Wednesday night stream. Trevor
0:17
Zris has been signed to a 4-year $36.5
0:20
million deal with the Philadelphia
0:22
Flyers. That's a $9.125
0:26
million AAV. Hi, I'm Ryan Gilbert here
0:28
with Steve Jako. How are we doing today,
0:31
Steve? How you feel about this uh this
0:32
contract?
0:33
>> Hey, man. Uh doing good. Very
0:35
considerate of the Flyers to sign this
0:38
at 10:30 at night uh the day before I
0:40
took a day off from work. So great. I I
0:43
can stay up uh as late as need be
0:46
discussing this. I don't think it's
0:47
going to be tremendously long. But yeah,
0:50
overall like I I think I'm cool with
0:54
this. I think it worried people a little
0:56
bit when they saw that number for
0:58
Carlson and saw that Zegris wasn't
1:01
resolved yet. We were wondering what the
1:03
deal was going to look like. I think
1:05
ultimately we're kind of hoping for a
1:07
little bit more term on this deal.
1:08
Hoping for more of a a seven, eightyear
1:11
kind of deal. I didn't know if they
1:12
could go the full eight or not, but um
1:15
you know what? It's almost like I'm a
1:17
professional hockey podcast or
1:18
something. But like at the end of the
1:20
day, man, like I I was hoping for a
1:22
little bit more term, maybe a little
1:23
less capit, but I can't complain too
1:25
much. This is your second leading scorer
1:27
on the team last season. Maybe going to
1:30
be your leading scorer next season. He's
1:32
one of the captains on the team. Not
1:34
captains, but you know, like one of the
1:35
leaders in the clubhouse. He's one of
1:37
the guys that people look up to, and I
1:38
think he's been a uniting force on this
1:40
team. So, I I'm pretty cool with this
1:42
deal. This is one of those fascinating
1:45
deals though for the new NHL and what
1:47
this higher cap is leading to because
1:50
the four years strikes me as a very
1:52
particular number and it it strikes me
1:55
really as like a let's check back in in
1:57
four years and see what that cap's
1:58
looking like. Let's see what the average
2:00
for a hybrid winger center who scores 60
2:03
70 points a season looks like then.
2:06
>> Yeah, this seems like a a good contract
2:07
for both sides. I was looking back at my
2:09
article from May looking at AFP
2:12
analytics and involving hockey. They
2:14
projected like 7.6 7.9 million 8 million
2:18
for Trevor Zris here. And yeah, if
2:20
longer term would have been nice, but
2:22
I'm sure Ziggress would have wanted at
2:23
least 10 million. So getting under 10 is
2:26
awesome as we see here in the chat.
2:28
Shout out to everyone joining us here in
2:29
the chat on on a late on a Wednesday
2:31
night. Make sure you click that like
2:32
button, click subscribe here, and yeah,
2:34
you know, 9.125 apparently has a uh no
2:37
trade clause in or limited no trade
2:39
clause in years three and four.
2:41
>> Surprise, surprise on that front. I
2:43
mean,
2:44
>> because why wouldn't an NHL contract
2:46
have a have a no trade clause? I
2:47
>> I think at this point you and I have no
2:49
trade clauses built in. Like I don't
2:51
know how it happened, but I mean
2:52
Christian, if Christian D'vorak can get
2:54
a no trade clause, anyone can.
2:56
>> Yeah, anyone can there. And shout out to
2:57
our friends over at FanDuel. No odds yet
3:00
up for Trevor Zris, but uh the Flyers I
3:02
think are alive in the Metro 14 to1
3:04
plus400 there for the Metroision there.
3:08
>> You know, it's a shame they didn't get
3:09
Leo Carlson, but this is a team that
3:10
finished third in the Metro. This is a
3:12
team on the rise. I will tell you who
3:15
they do have odds on that I like quite a
3:16
bit for next season and that would be
3:18
Porter Martone to win the Calder
3:20
currently plus 250.
3:22
Got to like that. He is the favorite,
3:24
but I mean why wouldn't he be? because
3:26
he was so good at the end of last season
3:29
and he's a guy that, you know, if Trevor
3:32
Zegris continues growing with the Flyers
3:34
and he's hitting his prime now, right?
3:37
If he's going to grow, this is when he's
3:39
going to grow. Porter Martone is one of
3:41
those guys that can learn the game next
3:42
to him. I don't know how much he has to
3:44
learn though because he looks pretty
3:45
freaking great already. But Ziggress is
3:48
an important piece and without striking
3:50
out on Leo Carlson, right? Ziggress is
3:52
that much more important because Zegris
3:55
more or less is your number one center
3:57
right now.
3:58
>> Yes. Fantastic segue there with Martone
4:00
with the number one center thing because
4:02
Yeah. If you give me Ziggris and and
4:04
Martone or Mechoff or KKnne on a line
4:07
together all year long, I don't care if
4:09
he's winning faceoffs at a 35% rate.
4:12
like he's going to put up 70 points
4:14
again and he can be that first line
4:16
center that you want him to be. He's not
4:18
going to be, you know, as good as Leo
4:20
Carlson can be, you know, just entering
4:22
his prime here, but at half of what you
4:24
were going to pay Leo Carlson. A lot of
4:26
people thought the Carlson thing, you
4:28
know, Zaggers would see that be like,
4:29
"All right, give me 10, give me 11, give
4:31
me 12 million now if you're going to
4:32
give Carlson 18." But under 10 million,
4:35
just just above Travis Knee a little bit
4:37
there. He is now the highest paid player
4:40
on the flyers. But yeah, he deserves to
4:42
be four years. He's going to be 29 when
4:45
the contract runs out in 2030. And I
4:48
think by 2030, we'll have a pretty good
4:50
good grasp on what this rebuild turned
4:52
out to be. If it's successful, I have no
4:55
problem giving Ziggress another
4:57
contract. He'll probably have no problem
4:59
signing maybe a team friendly deal. And
5:01
you know what? If it's if it's so so
5:03
Zegris wants to go somewhere else when
5:05
he's 29, okay, you know, we we got most
5:07
of his prime for for a reasonable cap
5:10
hit. That's what Danny Breier has been
5:12
talking about, locking these guys up
5:13
through their prime and seeing what
5:15
happens after that.
5:17
>> Absolutely. And you know, I'm looking at
5:19
Zegris's career numbers right now. And
5:22
you know, it it might not sound like the
5:24
most impressive number you've ever heard
5:26
when you see he had 67 points, which was
5:28
his careerhigh last year. But again,
5:30
consider that age. Consider the fact
5:32
that he is 24, really going into his
5:36
prime right now with the Flyers. And I I
5:38
think probably playing with one of the
5:40
more talented rosters, especially
5:41
winger-wise, that he's played with in
5:44
his career. So, I I'm really fascinated
5:46
to see how he grows into this contract
5:50
and how the team grows with him because,
5:52
you know, the Flyers giving him this
5:54
would now be the highest cap hit on the
5:56
team, right?
5:57
>> Yeah.
5:57
>> So, I mean, that's a real declaration of
5:59
like you are one of our leaders, that
6:01
you are one of the most important guys
6:03
on this team. Certainly from a marketing
6:05
standpoint, right? like we saw how much
6:07
the Flyers really put him out there and
6:10
said this is one of the faces of the
6:11
franchise. He's an important guy for
6:13
this team. So locking him down is nice.
6:15
I'm glad it didn't go to arbitration
6:17
because we've heard stories of how nasty
6:19
arbitration can be because arbitration
6:22
is more or less like the team showing up
6:23
to tell you you're worthless and you're
6:25
not worth nearly as much as you think
6:27
you are. So coming to a nice tidy number
6:30
that four years, I think we're all
6:32
pretty happy with this at the end of the
6:34
day. There's nothing to really complain
6:36
about too much.
6:37
>> Yeah. Like you can try to have an over
6:39
the top reaction. I thought about doing
6:40
that, but no, it's
6:43
>> seven years or
6:44
>> let's just get my doco accent going. Let
6:46
me let me get a headband on and start
6:48
screaming here. But no, it's it's four
6:50
years.
6:50
>> Fires are real stupid.
6:52
>> Good good for good for the players. Good
6:53
for the team.
6:54
>> He could be a onc. He can be a he can be
6:57
a winger. And I'm excited to see him
6:59
hopefully not being handcuffed next to
7:02
my boy Christian D'vorak all season
7:03
long. [laughter]
7:04
Let's see what he can do with two
7:06
wingers. Like give him, you know, two of
7:08
Marton, Kaknne, Tippet. And that's a
7:10
real offensive line. And Zeus showed
7:13
down the stretch last year he can be a
7:15
two-way player, too. You know, I thought
7:17
he was good with your boy Christian
7:19
D'vorak for a lot of last season, but he
7:21
was he was
7:22
>> it was it was nice to see him really
7:24
become a center at the end of the season
7:26
and the team give him a chance there
7:28
because as we know that is the story of
7:30
the current Flyers is they desperately
7:32
need centers and Trevor Zegris as a
7:36
center is more valuable to this team
7:38
even though he was putting up a lot of
7:40
points on the wing. He was really really
7:41
good in the wing. They need centers and
7:43
they need centers with offensive talent
7:45
because Christian D'vorak fine two-way
7:48
player pretty low ceiling though
7:51
ultimately and not a playmaker. Noah
7:53
Kates really really love his two-way
7:56
game. One of the better two-way players
7:58
especially to have him at 3C is a nice
8:00
role to have him in but ultimately he's
8:03
not an offensive dynamo. He's not a guy
8:04
who's putting up a ton of points for
8:06
your team even though he has come a long
8:07
way. And then Shan Couturier, we've
8:10
talked Shawn Couttori to death and back.
8:13
And Couturier at this point, we
8:15
recognize he is a bottom six player for
8:17
this team. I wouldn't mind seeing him
8:19
maybe get some 3C time this season, but
8:21
he's really settled in nicely to that 4C
8:24
role. So, you need Trevor Zagris to be a
8:27
top of the lineup guy. And that's not
8:29
even talking about how important he is
8:31
to the power play. And I know the power
8:33
play sucks. It goes without saying that
8:34
the power play sucks, but if you're
8:36
gonna fix the tower the power play, a
8:38
lot of it's going to revolve around
8:40
Trevor Zegris, who was I don't have the
8:42
power play numbers up in front of me at
8:44
the moment, but I think he was one of
8:46
their best, if not the best player power
8:48
play pointswise last season, and he's
8:51
got that nasty one-time, which I
8:53
freaking love. That thing is just sick
8:55
when it's going. I want to see more of
8:58
that next season. I want to see Trevor
8:59
Zagris evolve more into the centerpiece
9:01
of this team. Absolutely. Yeah. Trevor
9:04
Eager's 10 power play goals last year.
9:06
Easily led the team. Mechov had four.
9:09
And then Kate, Tippet, Brink, D'vorak,
9:11
and Forester all had three power play
9:13
goals. Had 13 power play assists to lead
9:15
the team as well. So led the team with
9:16
23 power play points on a on a horrific
9:19
power play. So if they can get that
9:21
going, that gets him five 10 more
9:23
points, maybe get him up to a a point
9:25
per game player. And like you said, they
9:27
have three of the same defense first,
9:30
D'vorak, Kates, Couttoriier centers. Let
9:32
them do the hard work. Let them get the
9:34
matchups and let Ziggs get the easier
9:36
match ups. You know, he he can you don't
9:38
have to shelter him completely depending
9:40
on his wingers. And yeah, this just
9:42
seems like an overall good contract both
9:44
sides. And like you said, he's kind of a
9:47
leader in the room. We'll now probably
9:49
see Dale sign in the next few days. I
9:51
know Bill Meltzer reported that he'd be
9:54
surprised. They're not expected to go to
9:55
arbitration thankfully. But yeah, you
9:57
know, Zager is now under contract four
10:00
years under $10 million. I I think the
10:03
sticker shock is going to be there for
10:05
people, but also after seeing 18
10:07
million, you can't really be shocked by
10:09
anything.
10:10
>> I And that was I think my biggest
10:12
concern going into whatever the Trevor
10:14
Zus contract was going to be is that it
10:16
would actually be over 10 million
10:18
because you've already seen the report.
10:19
I think it was Keith Yandel who put this
10:21
out there. legend.
10:23
>> Our old pal Cutter Goautier, who we love
10:26
and adore so much. Keith Yandel said
10:29
that Cutter Goier, little birdies have
10:31
told him that Cutter Goautier is going
10:34
to want no less than 18 million after
10:35
seeing Leo Carlson get that. So, I do
10:38
not envy Pat Verbique right now having
10:41
to deal all that. The poison pill that
10:43
Danny Breier has handed him is very
10:45
funny. And you know what? We don't care
10:46
about the Ducks anymore. We don't care
10:48
about Leo Carlson anymore. We're moving
10:49
on. We're teaming Trevor Zegress over
10:51
here. And what I want to know right now,
10:54
Ryan Gilbert, is who do you want to see
10:57
him primarily play with next season to
11:00
really optimize that Zegris offensive
11:02
game?
11:03
>> I think I I forgot what the lines were
11:05
in the playoffs, but I've got
11:08
>> Let me let me show you what Daily Face
11:09
Off has right now. So daily faceoff has
11:12
Tyson Forester, Trevor Ziggress, and
11:14
Owen Tippet, Travis Kaknney, Christian
11:16
D'vorak, and Porter Martone, Alex Bump,
11:19
Noah Kates, and Matthew Mishkov, Denver
11:21
Barky, Sean Couttori, and Nol Null
11:24
Achari. Achari, I'm getting used to it.
11:26
I'm getting we're getting there, but you
11:29
know, I I do like him with Forester and
11:31
Tippet, but I think we all know who we
11:34
want to see him with, and we want to see
11:35
him with Porter Martone because that is
11:38
who we're all hyped for right now.
11:40
That's where the hype train is. It's on
11:42
94 right now because why wouldn't it be?
11:45
The way he played in his rookie season
11:47
is just unreal. He's the guy we're all
11:49
excited for right now. I want to see
11:51
what Trevor Zagris can do with some real
11:53
line. And don't get me wrong, I think
11:54
he's really good with Owen Tippet. I
11:56
think at times last season, he showed
11:58
the best chemistry that Owen Tippet's
11:59
had with anybody since coming to
12:01
Philadelphia and really helped take Owen
12:03
Tippet's, you know, game to the next
12:05
level. Which is funny when you look at
12:06
the points, right? like it's nothing
12:08
exciting. But Owen Tippet playing a more
12:10
consistent overall game. Owen Tippet
12:12
getting that physicality that he got in
12:14
the playoffs at least in the Penguins
12:16
series last year. That's really
12:18
important for this team.
12:20
>> Yeah, that there Owen Tippet's important
12:21
to this team. Matt Vichkov, who had the
12:23
same number of points as Owen Tippet,
12:25
but has a complete different narrative
12:27
is also very important to this team.
12:29
>> Funny how that works.
12:30
>> I'm looking at the lines from the
12:31
playoffs last year. Forester, Zager,
12:33
Tippet, Connectne, D'vorak, Martone were
12:35
the top six there. And I I could see
12:37
something like that there. Like it's
12:39
tough because Tippet, Martone, Mechov,
12:41
and even KKN, they all they all like
12:43
playing the right side. I think Mone can
12:45
play the left side, but he primarily
12:47
played the right side in the NHL. But
12:50
yeah, I I think Forester is hopefully
12:52
your one left wing and then you you try
12:54
Tippet there, try Martone there. That's
12:57
the the thing about this team. they have
12:59
five, six different wingers that could
13:00
be topline wingers in the right
13:02
configuration. Like I've seen people put
13:04
Denver Barky on the top line. Like I'm
13:06
like, "Okay, I I can see it. I can
13:08
squint and see that balance things out."
13:10
So
13:10
>> I think you're gonna have to do some
13:11
squinting for that one. I love
13:13
>> do some squinting. Yeah,
13:14
>> I love Denver Barky a lot. Like I'm a
13:16
big Denver Barky fan, but you got to do
13:17
some squinting to get him on the top
13:18
line. But Ziggris is the only guy you
13:21
have that can truly be an offensive
13:24
dynamo as your top center. He's the only
13:27
guy you have that has that creatively,
13:29
you know, creative playmaking instinct
13:32
and skills where all the other centers
13:34
just don't have that. And I'm even
13:36
including Denver Barky in there because
13:37
Denver Barky did play center despite
13:40
being like two feet tall or whatever he
13:41
is. But you know when you have Mishkov
13:45
who is obviously offensively gifted but
13:48
has some struggles at the NHL level but
13:50
he's got the gift but he's not a center
13:52
and Forester not a center. Tippet not a
13:54
center. I it's just he's so important
13:57
for this team and he needs to work. So
13:59
getting him locked down, you know, nine
14:01
million in a couple years might look
14:03
like a bargain just with the way the
14:05
cap's going up, the way some of these
14:06
guys are getting paid right now,
14:08
especially if he can break 75 points or
14:12
something like that, which is definitely
14:13
not out of the realm of possibility.
14:14
>> Yeah. No, definitely if you put him with
14:16
with Tippet and either Martone or or
14:18
Forester for the whole season, like I
14:20
think Forester and Tippet is is a good
14:22
line because Ziggris, he could he has
14:24
the shot. He's a playmaker. Forster has
14:26
the two-way game in that big shot and
14:28
Tippet has the speed. Can kind of do the
14:30
zone entries and exits there. So, that
14:32
would be good there. Um, we're not going
14:34
to go too much longer here. Make sure
14:35
you guys do uh subscribe hopefully going
14:37
live tomorrow for the Brit podcast. Talk
14:40
about more ramifications of this. But, I
14:42
did want to, you know, look at some
14:43
contract comparables here. I I noticed
14:46
one um Matthew Barzel he is making 9.15
14:51
million and has been before the cap was
14:54
going up and like I think yeah Matthew
14:57
Barzel 9.15 million through 2031. I
15:01
think that's a pretty good comparable.
15:03
Barcel's offense has been limited by the
15:06
off by the Islanders game plan, but I
15:08
think that's a a good contract to to to
15:11
look at be like, okay, if if Zagris can
15:13
get close to what Barcelle can do with
15:15
the wingers around him, it's going to be
15:17
a win.
15:18
>> Yeah. And what's Barzel's career high?
15:21
Because that's one of those things like
15:22
he's one of those guys I always like
15:24
when I watch him. I'm always impressed
15:26
by Barcel's game, but he's stuck on the
15:28
Islanders, so he never puts up flashy
15:30
numbers. As far as I know,
15:31
>> he had 85 points in his rookie season.
15:34
Uh had 80 three years ago and then 72
15:37
this past year are his three highs
15:39
there. So, usually a 60 a 60ish point
15:43
guy there, which Ziggris can easily be
15:45
better. Averaging uh 72 points per 82
15:48
games in his career. So yeah, that's
15:50
what we're expecting from Ziggers with a
15:51
good power play or a decent power play
15:54
and good skilled wingers beside him.
15:56
>> And let me ask you a question right now.
15:58
So I'm looking at the goalc scoring
15:59
leaders from this team last year. So
16:01
Zegris was third, right? So you have
16:03
Tippet with 28, TK with 27, Zegris with
16:06
26, and then Mishkoff with 20. Who Who
16:10
do you think's crack Somebody's got to
16:11
crack 30, right? Somebody's got to do it
16:13
for this team. Who do you think is the
16:15
next guy to crack 30? Because I think
16:17
Ziggress has a good shot at it. Zegris
16:19
is a good under the radar guy. Like that
16:22
wouldn't be someone's first or second
16:23
guess. It would probably be or maybe
16:25
even third. You probably go Tippet can
16:28
get there. He has a potential. I think
16:29
Forester can definitely get there if he
16:31
stays healthy. Of course,
16:32
>> Forester is my dark bet.
16:34
>> Marton can get there. Mechov can get
16:37
there and and Zer like the Flyers like
16:40
we we this is very orange tinted
16:42
glasses, but the Flyers have five guys
16:44
that could potentially score 30 goals.
16:46
You know, Travis Connect can can get
16:47
there, too. like they have the depth.
16:49
This is what we've been saying all
16:51
summer. They've been looking for that 1C
16:54
and still are. Maybe Zagris can be that
16:56
1C. Yeah. 26 goals playing with
16:59
Christian D'vorak half the year. Maybe,
17:01
you know, give him give him some better
17:02
lineates and he gets gets four more.
17:04
>> Five guys scores that fly over there.
17:06
But yeah, like I just want to see him
17:09
unlock his next level at this game
17:10
because we saw him just get his light
17:13
dimmed in Anaheim. when he was done with
17:16
Anaheim, it was sad. You're talking
17:18
about a guy who was the cover athlete
17:20
for NHL video games a few years ago, who
17:23
was just the face of the game, who had
17:25
been so deflated and beaten down that he
17:26
wasn't even considered. He got traded
17:28
for Ryan Paling. He got traded for Ryan
17:30
Paling. Like, I don't think we talk I've
17:32
talked about it a ton and I don't think
17:33
we talk about it enough. It is
17:34
unbelievable the Flyers got him for such
17:36
a discount and I'm so glad they did. And
17:38
again, like this dude loves being here.
17:41
He loves being in Philadelphia. He loves
17:42
being on the East Coast in this
17:44
competitive hockey ecosphere. So, if the
17:47
Flyers are going to succeed this year
17:49
and they're going to make another trip
17:50
to the playoffs and they're going to
17:52
compete, a lot of it is going to be
17:54
based on Trevor Zagris. So, I like this
17:56
deal, especially let's reevaluate the
17:59
cap in a few years. If Ziggress is
18:00
working out, I will gladly sign him to a
18:02
bigger deal. whatever the hell a player
18:04
of his ilk gets in four years, I don't
18:07
know what it's going to be because Tanny
18:08
Brerier's already redefined what players
18:11
make in the league right now by not even
18:14
getting a guy. So, I don't know what
18:16
it's going to look like. Any guy you're
18:17
getting under 10 right now feels like a
18:19
deal. I'm very curious to see what this
18:21
Dale deal looks like later in this week.
18:23
If they get him under seven, I'm very
18:24
happy. If it's around like six or
18:26
something like that for like a four or
18:27
five year term, I'm super happy with
18:29
that.
18:29
>> Yeah, I think seven around seven for
18:31
Dale will be good. But yeah, this this
18:33
is a good deal. Like people are going to
18:34
complain about just because people are
18:36
losers as you have uh have made known.
18:39
But yeah, this is a this is a good deal.
18:40
Good deal for both sides.
18:41
>> I don't back down from that opinion.
18:43
[laughter]
18:43
>> No. And Trevor Zris is like the ultimate
18:46
recruiting tool for for for the Flyers.
18:48
Like you said it, his light was dimmed
18:50
in Anaheim. He comes to Philly. He does
18:53
the hang up the phone celebration. He
18:54
loves the city. The fans love him. It's
18:57
a perfect recruiting for when the next
19:00
1C does become available. And that
19:02
recruiting is so huge for this team. And
19:04
I think that's a big part of what
19:05
Brierier and Jonesy have been trying to
19:07
do the past few years is build that
19:08
Flyers reputation back up. And I know
19:11
this is something I said a lot and I
19:12
will continue to say it because it is
19:14
important to this team that people want
19:16
to be a frigin flyer. And you see like
19:18
Dylan Larkin, right? Dylan Larkin
19:20
becomes available. Dylan Larkin wants to
19:22
trade out of Detroit, which is is
19:24
something that like you and I growing up
19:26
is unheard of to think about somebody
19:28
wanting out of Detroit because Detroit's
19:30
hockey town. Detroit is one of the
19:32
storied franchises in this league. It's
19:34
insane to think of somebody tal that
19:35
talented wanting out of a team. And then
19:38
he's like, "Yeah, I want to go to like
19:40
Minnesota or Florida or Vegas." And
19:43
every team want every player wants to go
19:45
to Florida or Vegas. And like it really
19:48
sucks when you're a fan of any of the
19:50
other 30 teams who just see that and
19:52
you're like, "But why not come to my
19:53
team? I would like that." Or like even
19:55
when Paneran was available a few years
19:57
ago, right? Paneran's like, "Well, I
20:00
want to go to New York, LA, or Miami. I
20:02
just want to go somewhere." No, we we
20:04
need to build the Flyers back up into a
20:06
destination, a place people want to be.
20:08
And I think they're starting to see
20:09
that. Like, I really do think like
20:11
Zegris having positive word of mouth
20:13
about that, especially, hey, if he wants
20:14
to spread that to the other USA guys. I
20:16
know he didn't make the cut for USA, but
20:18
he I'm sure he's on a group chat with
20:19
some of those guys somewhere. He has to
20:21
be getting that positive word of mouth.
20:23
Especially the Flyers have a new
20:24
facility being built in a few years.
20:26
There's a lot of big exciting things
20:28
happening for this franchise and I know
20:30
that Comcast wants to start off that
20:33
building with a bang and have a good
20:35
competitive team ready for that. So,
20:37
whatever can be done to build up that
20:39
reputation and get a cheerleader like
20:41
Trevor Zaggers on board, I am super into
20:43
it.
20:45
Fantastic. Yeah, can't really can't say
20:47
it better myself. I think that feel like
20:48
that's a good point to uh end on there.
20:51
Good good side to hear about the Flyers.
20:52
We'll be talking about this more on
20:54
Broad Street Hockey on YouTube. Make
20:56
sure you guys do like the video,
20:58
comment, subscribe as well. Going to be
21:00
keeping it going all summer long. Read
21:02
and subscribe. Streethockey.com. Follow
21:04
me on socials, follow Steve on socials,
21:06
listen to flyerbo. Uh, thanks again to
21:09
FanDuel for sponsoring. And until next
21:11
time, thanks for watching.
#Sports