When the Flyers made Ivan Provorov the No. 7 overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft I think we all knew he had a chance to be special, but I don’t think anyone thought he’d be this good this fast.
Provorov just finished his second full NHL season, leading the league in goals by defenseman with 17 tied with blue line stalwarts like Victor Hedman and Dougie Hamilton. He led the Flyers in ice time at a tad over 24 minutes per game and led the team in short handed time on ice by a wide margin (80 minutes more than Radko Gudas).