There was a significant amount of talk among national hockey insiders last summer that Ivan Provorov might legitimately be NHL-ready just months after being drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers. As a result, Provorov entered Flyers camp in 2015 with a great deal of hype and was positioned by many as the "savior of the defense" for the team.
Ron Hextall had other ideas. After Provorov failed to blow the doors off his competition in the early portion of camp and preseason, the Flyers' general manager quickly sent his prized defense prospect back to the WHL for another season with the Brandon Wheat Kings.