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Meet Egor Zavragin: An exclusive interview with the Flyers' breakout goalie prospect

November 13, 2024

Yegor Zavragin (30) SKA Hockey Club seen in action during the Hockey match, Kontinental Hockey Leagur 2024/2025 between SKA Saint Petersburg and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg at the Ice Sports Palace. (Final score; SKA Saint Petersburg 5:2 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg). (Photo by Maksim Konstantinov / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

For the first edition of a prospect interview series conducted by PHLY Sports contributor Alexander Appleyard, he spoke with Egor Zavragin, the Philadelphia Flyers' 2023 third round pick, who at just age 19 has established himself as the primary netminder for SKA St. Petersburg -- one of the highest-profile clubs in the KHL.
The Philadelphia Flyers have been searching for a true “franchise goalie” for longer than virtually any other NHL team. This reality is even more stark playing in the Metropolitan division, where many of the greatest netminders on earth ply their trade. It is hard for Flyers fans not to look down the ice at Igor Shesterkin and Ilya Sorokin and not be envious when facing ...