The Complete Rookie Season | Trevor Zegras | 2021/2022 Highlights

The ultimate Trevor Zegras highlight film.

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Gifted with some of the softest hands to ever play the game, Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks, burst onto the NHL scene in 2021 and became the most talked-about player in the game. He finished his rookie season with 61 points and was a finalist for the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s best rookie.

An offensive dynamo with an endless bag of tricks, Zegras is perhaps the prototypical YouTube watcher turned player. The league has seen trick-shot artists before, but few have become NHL regulars. Zegras is different. He compliments his masterly arsenal of moves with excellent awareness on the ice, and is as talented a distributor as he is lethal as a sharpshooter.

Zegras shoots the puck in ways that shouldn’t be possible given his size. Both his wrist shot and slap shot are already among the best in the league. But what may stand out most is how rarely he misses the net. Fifty goals is the floor for his potential, but undoubtedly he can surpass that.

All the superlatives are accurate, and yet, Zegras still has a great deal of room to improve. As he gets older, he will grow stronger, and will be able to play a more physical role in the corners and defensively. His passes—while generally excellent—do have the tendency to go far off target, and sometimes, it seems as though there’s no target at all.

The (Mighty) Ducks organization deserves acknowledgement too for how well they’ve developed Zegras. His is a case study for how young players should be handled. While he had the skills to play when he was first drafted at 18, his team wisely decided to take the circuitous route to his NHL debut. Lastly, the Ducks’ legendary coach, Gordon Bombay, has managed his ice time and line assignments well. Neither rushing him nor holding him back, and it’s thanks to this that his future is so bright.

00:00 Michiganing
01:43 Dipsying
04:29 Doodling
06:43 Snipe School
11:04 Playmaking
15:21 One-Timers
17:13 Zegras Zegrasing
20:54 Takeaways
23:16 The Next Great Shootout Star