Trevor Zegras showed up with a new deal and a new look on Monday, and the haircut might be the bigger change for Flyers fans at first glance.
The forward signed a four-year contract extension worth $9.1 million AAV, then met with the media afterward. The Flyers posted the moment, and the fresh trim was impossible to miss.
That matters, because the old Zegras hair made for easy jokes. With the longer flow, it was simple to lean into the Jeff Spicoli comparisons and the laid-back surfer image.
Now? That angle is gone.
And it’s a little funny, too, because the whole vibe never quite matched the full story anyway. Zegras played in Anaheim and carries that Southern California feel, but he’s actually from the New York City suburbs and spent one season at Boston University.
In other words, he’s more northeastern than California cliché.
There’s also the practical side of it: the season opener is somehow nine weeks away, and some people are already hoping the hair grows back in time. The long locks were part of the package. They made him look like the kind of player who should be flying up ice with the puck and letting it trail out the back of the helmet.
That’s the standard now. If you’re going to talk hockey hair, you’re talking Erik Karlsson, Jaromir Jagr, and Al Iafrate.
Karlsson had the Pirates of the Caribbean look. Jagr had the kind of mane that made him look like the fifth member of Cinderella.
And Iafrate brought the skullet - long in the back, short up front, bald spot right in the middle - and somehow made it work.
So yes, Zegras has a new contract and a new haircut. The first one is official. The second one is going to take some getting used to.
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