CBJ acquired defenseman Ivan Provorov in a three-team trade

The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired defenseman Ivan Provorov as part of a three-team deal that includes the Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a first-round pick, 22nd overall, in the 2023 NHL Draft, and a conditional second-round pick, club general manager Jarmo Kikalainen announced today in the 2024 NHL Draft. or 2025.

Trade details are as follows:

Philadelphia trades Ivan Provorov and Los Angeles’ Hayden Hodgson in exchange for Cal Peterson, Sean Walker, Helge Grans and a 2024 Kings second-round pick. Columbus acquires Kevin Connauton from Philadelphia in exchange for a 2023 first-round pick (22nd overall) and a conditional second-round pick in either 2024 or 2025 NHL Draft. Columbus acquires Provorov from Los Angeles for Connaughton.

Provorov, 26, scored 65 goals and 152 assists for 217 points with 196 penalty minutes and 11 game-winning goals, including a 10-37-47 on power play, while averaging 24:05 ice time on 532 games during his career. Flyers. He is tied for 17th in goals and 40th in points among all NHL defensemen since the 2016-17 season, which was his first in the league. In 2022-23, he collected 6-21-27 and 24 penalty minutes in 82 contests. He has two years left on the six-year, $40.5 million contract he signed with Philadelphia in September 2019.

“Improving our blue line was a priority for us, and the acquisition of Ivan gives us a strong defensive player who is still a young player with his best season ahead of him,” said Kikalainen. “He immediately improves our defensive group because he is solid, has great skill, skates well, has a finesse and accurate shot and can play effectively on both ends of the ice.”

The 6-1, 201-pound blueliner was selected by the Flyers in the first round, seventh overall, in the 2015 NHL Draft One before the Blue Jackets’ fullback selection Zach Verensky With the eighth overall selection. He has accumulated 30 or more points four times in his seven NHL seasons and twice scored 13 or more goals. He posted career highs in scoring, assists (tied) and points of 17-24-41 in 82 games in 2017-18 and going 13-23-36 in 69 games in 2019-20. Provorov has played in every game for his team in six seasons, missing just three competitions during the 2021-22 season. He played 403 consecutive games to start his career before missing the January 4, 2022 game against Anaheim after being placed in the COVID-19 protocol.

A native Russian, Yaroslavl has represented his country in several international tournaments, including the IIHF World Junior Championships in 2015 (silver medal) and 2016 (silver medal) as well as the IIHF World Championships in 2017 (bronze medal) and 2021 (named Top 3 player in the Russian team).

Provorov moved to the United States at the age of 13 and played three seasons of AAA hockey with the Wilkes-Barre Knights before spending the 2013-14 campaign with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the American Hockey League. He then played two seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League, posting a 36-98-134 record and 58 penalty minutes in 122 games from 2014-16. He was a two-time WHL East First All-Star selection and received the Bill Hunter Award as the best defenseman in the league and the CHL Defenseman of the Year award after leading the Wheat Kings to a WHL championship in 2015-16.