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. Philadelphia Flyers center Trevor Zegras looks on. AP Photo/Chris Szagola “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