Jordan Hall and Brooke Destra of NBC Sports Philadelphia recently wrote: What is Ivan Provorov worth to be honest? He gets utilized as a number one defenseman but is he?
When it comes to market comparables, Provorov presents a bit of a problem. Jacob Trouba signed with the New York Rangers but those are apples and oranges. Trouba sits at 25 while Provorov is just 22 coming off a down year. An $8 million AAV appears very unlikely at this juncture. The five-year deal seems ($6 million AAV) to be almost inevitable for the defenseman.