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Heat Wave Hallucination or Reality? Trevor Zegras is a Philadelphia Flyer

welcome to the Trevor Zegras trade primer. if you're new here, welcome. may I interest you in the roommates primer, the Jamie shoulder injury primer, a collection of highlights, and finally, the Jamie was traded to the Flyers primer which sets the scene for where we are now. learn more below the cut! i plan to update this as the story unfolds

June 23, 2025 - Trade day

Rumors start flying around noon

The Flyers make it official by 12:35pm (x) (tumblr)

Trevor UNFOLLOWED the ducks on Instagram within the hour (tumblr)

Ducks players (Troy Terry, Lukas Dostal, Leo Carlsson, Mason Mctavish, Sam Colangelo) start posting goodbye posts. only Mason and Sam posted personal photos

The narative is running wild, with the NHL running back their greatest hits, like scoring their first NHL goals within seconds (x, x) (tumblr)

BR_Open Ice reminded everyone of one of Trevor's more iconic quotes (x)

Pat Verbeek had some things to say, per usual (x) (tumblr)

The Flyers have wasted NO time leveraging their new media and fandom darling (x, x, x) (tumblr) (tumblr)

Flyers announce Trevor will be wearing #46, the number he wore his rookie year (x) (tumblr)

According to Flyers beats, it wasn't just Trevor missing his best friend (x) (tumblr)

Important closing statement for the first day: neither Trevor nor Jamie formally acknowledged the trade

June 24, 2025 - First media day as a Flyer

The media circus continues (x)

Trevor posts on his Instagram story. If the post looks familiar it's because this photo is from the Terry wedding in Aspen in 2022. It's not the first time Trevor's posted from this photoshoot (learn more about the wedding here) (tumblr) (look at the two photos next to each other, makes you crazy)

Trevor does media day with the Flyers, full transcript available here, video here (tumblr)

Highlights include Trevor reminding everyone he lived with Jamie for two years and chirping his tennis game

"[Jamie] stinks at tennis. laughs I don’t think he’s ever beaten me at tennis, but he’s a good golfer. [Gotta] try and get some more emotion out of him though. I don’t know if you guys saw his hole-in-one that he had the other day but, he didn’t even seem like he was excited. So hopefully we can get the juices goin’ on him." (tumblr)

In another interview, Trevor shares (tumblr)

"I remember, uh, actually being with Jamie when he got traded to the Flyers, and, um, going through it with him, and, um, I was a lot sadder when he got traded [starts laughing] than when I got traded."

Everyone is excited for them, including their roommate from the San Diego Gulls in 2021, who posted TWICE on his instagram story about the trade (tumblr)

Important closing note, as of 7:30pm est 6/24/25, Jamie has not publicly acknowledged the trade

Bonus fun fact

They never played an NHL game against each other, Trevor was injured both times during the 2024-25 season, but when the Flyers were in Anaheim, they did meet up (tumblr)

A few days before the trade Trevor updated the infamous rooftop playlist with five very telling songs, after the playlist was stagnant for two years (tumblr)

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[25.06.24] trevor zegras on unfiltered with ricky bo and bill colarulo

some highlights:

"Obviously you have some familiar faces in Cam York and Jamie Drysdale, how do you think that's gonna play here in Philadelphia considering, you know what, you get traded, it's gonna be a little bit easier since you know some guys in that lockerroom?" TZ: "Yeah, no, it definitely helps a ton. I remember, uh, actually being with Jamie when he got traded to the Flyers, and, um, going through it with him, and, um, I was a lot sadder when he got traded [starts laughing] than when I got traded. Um, so I-I'm definitely excited and I know a couple of the other guys in Deslauriers and obviously Cam York, and, um, they've had nothing but great things to say about living in Philadelphia and the city and how passionate they are about hockey and sports and uh, I'm definitely pumped up." - "Who's gonna try more Michigans, you or Michkov this season?" TZ: [laughs] "Uh, I'll-I'll try to teach him as much as I can and then let him do as many as he wants."

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aspen, summer 2022

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first post after the trade (6/24/25)

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the hockey gods are real and they are fujoshis

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anyway. i still love my 2x stanley cup loser edmonton oilers #my2xstanleycuploseredmontonoilers

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what if you were an ANNOYING AMERICAN BOY who beat a SWEET CANADIAN BOY at THE junior tournament and he HATED you but then you SAT ON THE PLANE TOGETHER and you made him LAUGH and you became BEST FRIENDS and had a SECRET HANDSHAKE and a SHARED ROOFTOP PLAYLIST and DEBUT GOALS MINUTES APART and you both became the SUPERSTAR SAVIORS of your FAILING FRANCHISE but then he got TRADED away and you kept getting INJURED and said the injuries HURT LESS THAN THE TRADE and EVERYBODY called you WASHED UP while he THRIVED but THEN YOU GOT TRADED BACK TO HIM??

happened to my good friend trevor zegras.

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we are SOOO BACK

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Q. What was your contact like with the Sharks, pre-draft process? Will: Yeah, it was pretty good. I mean, definitely saw them in the Combine and then they took me out to dinner. It was one of my favorites, probably was my favorite. They’re great guys, lots of laughs and good stories. Where’d they take you?

Will: Buffalo Chop House.

What did you get? Will: A steak. (smiling) I had to, everyone ordered steak!

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Will: “When I order last, and everyone else is ordering something, I feel more comfortable.”

(see also: “I had to, everyone ordered steak!”)

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Harls: I am a nice guy. Mush: Like your voice. Wyatt, agreeing: He's so fake. It's ridiculous. Camera comes out and all of a sudden he's a good guy. Mush: So fake.

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it’s sick and twisted of him to tweet this with #LeafsForever

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methinks heated rivalry is about to be the most cringe inducing show? movie? on planet earth for anyone who knows anything about hockey. and i will be tuning in anyway

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my biggest disconnect from hockey fandom at large probably has to be the way people think it’s somehow weird or a secret sign of something that sid and kathy aren’t married and don’t have kids. i see this constantly on twitter. guys. guys? not everyone wants to get married or have kids. guys this is really normal. guys please tell me you understand people can not want to get married and not want to have kids for a million reasons and “because one of them is actually a closeted homosexual” is really, really far down the list. ‘someone give this man a baby!!!’ if he wanted one he’d have one you know this right. he’s not being kept away from a happy life like a prisoner you know this. ‘why does he stand so far away from her in pictures’ because that’s where he was standing when they took the picture what are you even trying to imply. guys you have to tell me you understand that not everyone wants to get married and not everyone wants to have kids. you HAVE to tell me or i’m revoking your twitter access. you’re going to edge into rainbow bondage bear territory if you’re not careful i’m just trying to look out for you

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About 30 minutes after Team Canada practiced at Hovet Arena, Sidney Crosbystood in the right circle before methodically skating toward the net and firing a shot. The goaltender denied it with a sprawling save, then aimed his glove directly toward Crosby’s face and grinned.

After a 21-year NHL career, Marc-André Fleury is going out on his terms, saying goodbye with his favorite captain by his side.

Fleury, who retired from the league after the Minnesota Wild’s season ended May 1, is enjoying a swan song at the World Championships before his playing career truly ends in the next few days. And he’s doing it with Crosby, his Pittsburgh Penguins teammate for 12 seasons.

Neither star would have it any other way.

“This is kind of perfect,” Fleury told The Athleticlast week. “And you know what I miss the most about playing with Sid? Days like this, just staying on the rink for an hour after practice, just challenging each other. Days like this, I don’t want to leave the rink.”

Around the time Crosby was making that decision to go to Worlds, he received a text from an old friend.

“I never even thought about the possibility of playing with him over here,” Crosby said. “But then Flower texted me. He had gotten word from Kyle, and he was thinking about going. So, then I told him I was going to go. Within a couple of days, he decided to come over, too.”

Fleury’s decision wasn’t difficult.

“Think about it,” he said. “Why wouldn’t I come over here? You get to keep playing hockey a little while longer. Get to play with Sid one last time.”

There was something else, too.

Fleury has had a strange relationship with Team Canada over the years. A misplay in the 2004 World Junior Championship against Team USA haunted Fleury for quite some time, and only once was the future Hall of Famer selected to play in the Olympics, where he never saw a minute of playing time in Vancouver in 2010.

“But,” Fleury said, pointing to the Canada logo on his chest, “wearing this sweater still means the world to me. To do it one last time? It’s everything.”

“This is so nice,” Fleury said. “Me and Sid, we spent so many years together, so much time together, just talking about hockey, life. We won a lot together, too. It’s been a few years since we could really sit down and talk, spend some time together. It’s been perfect. I really thought I was done after we lost to Vegas. So, just to have one more chance to play? To keep going a little bit longer? I couldn’t turn that down. I’m glad Kyle called.”

He’s the ultimate hockey junkie, but in seasons when the Penguins’ campaign ends without a parade, Crosby usually prefers to vacation in Europe instead of watching the playoffs.

Not this year. He was watching when Vegas eliminated Minnesota in Game 6 because he knew it was the last time he’d see Fleury in an NHL sweater.

“I was watching his last game but it never really occurred to me at the time that we could have this opportunity,” Crosby explained.

Fleury doesn’t know when he’ll return to Pittsburgh again, but make no mistake, he will. Players don’t sign one-day contracts to retire where they started as often in hockey as in other sports. But …

“I don’t know,” Fleury said. “Not my decision, right? But I have many great memories from Pittsburgh and my time there, I’ll tell you that. That’s the team that gave me a chance, the team I won with. That city always means a lot to me and always will.”

Dubas is well aware.

“It’s important moving forward that we honor Flower the right way as an organization,” Dubas said. “It was so apparent in October when Minny came to Pittsburgh, just what he means to people. Not just the staff or the players. I’m talking more about the fans, the reaction they had to him. It was incredible. Hockey doesn’t really do the one-day contracts and stuff like that. But other sports do it in a certain way, too, bringing former players back. It’s something we are thinking about, a way to honor him properly. It’s important that we honor him the right way.”

When their post-practice showdown ended, Crosby and Fleury departed the ice — not because they wanted to but because the Swedish ice crew made them leave. Two vacant stools sat outside Canada’s locker room, so Fleury plopped himself down on one and Crosby followed, sitting on the other, their skates dangling a couple of feet above the floor like a couple of kids enjoying the sport they love.

“This is great,” Crosby said with a smile. “Being out there with Flower, the way he’s still running his mouth. It’s perfect.”

Fleury smiled.

“I’m having so much fun right now,” he said.

incredible sidflower from the athletic today

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From U18s to world juniors to men’s worlds, he now has a gold at all levels. And he’s only 20 🥹

MWC25: 05.25 vs SUI

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[ caps roommates: john carlson & karl alzner ]