After seven seasons in Philadelphia, Ivan Provorov’s career with the Flyers has come to an end.
The rebuilding club, with new front office leadership, traded the 26-year-old defenseman to the Blue Jackets in a complex three-team deal Tuesday.
In the trade, the Flyers received goalie Cal Petersen, defenseman Sean Walker, Swedish defensive prospect Helge Grans and a 2024 second-round draft pick from the Kings. From Columbus, the Flyers netted the No. 22 overall pick in this month’s NHL draft and a conditional 2024 second-round selection.
Along with moving Provorov to the Blue Jackets, the Flyers sent Kevin Connauton and Hayden Hodgson to Los Angeles.
The Kings will retain 30 percent of Provorov’s salary. Next season, Provorov will be in Year 5 of a six-year, $40.5 million deal ($6.75M cap hit).
Provorov was drafted seventh overall in 2015 and very quickly had high expectations bestowed upon him as a 19-year-old rookie.
Early in his career with the Flyers, he built a reputation of rarely missing games and being ultra reliable. Over his seven seasons, Provorov played in 532 of a possible 535 games. The only three games he missed came in succession during the 2021-22 season because of the NHL’s COVID protocol. Provorov, an ironman type, vented his frustration with the league’s protocols.
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