The Flyers’ goaltending picture is getting crowded in a good way, and Yegor Zavragin is a big reason why.
Philadelphia already has a legitimate-looking tandem for the 2026-27 season after Dan Vladar showed last season that he can handle the job as an NHL starter, and the club added Joseph Woll from the Toronto Maple Leafs this summer. That gives the Flyers a strong base in net. But the organization’s long-range outlook got another boost with Zavragin, a 20-year-old prospect who is starting to draw serious attention.
Scott Wheeler of The Athletic ranked Zavragin No. 10 on his top 20 NHL goalie prospects list, a nod that fits with the way the young netminder has performed in Russia. The Flyers selected him in the third round in 2023, and he turned in a solid 2025-26 season in the KHL with SKA St. Petersburg, putting up a .919 save percentage and a 2.63 goals-against average in 12 games.
He also posted eye-catching numbers with SKA-VMF St. Petersburg of the VHL, finishing with a .949 save percentage and a 1.44 goals-against average in 18 games last season.
Those numbers make it easy to see why Zavragin is being talked about as one of the better goalie prospects in the league. The next step will be another season in Russia, and if he builds on what he did in 2025-26, the optimism around his future in Philadelphia is only going to grow.
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