{"id":28455,"date":"2025-07-01T00:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T00:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28455\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T00:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T00:17:09","slug":"sources-provorov-secures-seven-year-deal-from-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28455\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Provorov, secures seven-year deal from Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/clark_ryan.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Ryan S. ClarkJun 30, 2025, 07:11 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"8a827e65-7e41-2ede-1027-a533853c2454\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3899939\/ivan-provorov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Provorov<\/a> decided to forgo free agency, with the veteran defenseman finalizing a seven-year extension Monday worth $8.5 million annually to remain with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"724d5dd5-197c-6f1d-29ca-a0b4f25eb1b6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/cbj\/columbus-blue-jackets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>, sources told ESPN, confirming earlier reports.<\/p>\n<p>With free agency slated to start Tuesday, the 28-year-old was one of the most notable defenseman who had a chance to hit the open market.<\/p>\n<p>Provorov&#8217;s decision to stay with the Blue Jackets comes shortly after it was reported that <a data-player-guid=\"470655a5-12e6-c7b2-7463-918e80d8646b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3114717\/aaron-ekblad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Ekblad<\/a> also avoided free agency by agreeing to an eight-year extension to remain with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"195561c3-b7d9-935e-0623-8f0a00357080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/fla\/florida-panthers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a>. That now leaves players such as <a data-player-guid=\"cf31a708-6c68-9479-f125-f371f6055e31\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3942292\/vladislav-gavrikov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vladislav Gavrikov<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"61540e41-ba72-818f-ad66-771bc2a46705\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4271998\/ryan-lindgren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Lindgren<\/a>, and <a data-player-guid=\"1c18027f-f820-9acd-a9d1-9d009b639739\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5646\/dmitry-orlov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dmitry Orlov<\/a> among the more prominent pending UFAs who could be available should they fail to strike a deal with their current teams.<\/p>\n<p>Retaining Provorov comes months after a season that witnessed the Blue Jackets shed the title of being a rebuilding franchise to one that could challenge for the playoffs in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>Four consecutive seasons without the playoffs created the idea that the 2024-25 campaign could be another challenging one. But a six-game winning streak in January saw Columbus post a 22-17-6 record to create the belief that a turnaround could be in order.<\/p>\n<p>The Jackets closed the season with another six-game winning streak but fell short of the final Eastern Conference wild-card playoff spot, which went to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4110452f-e35d-14fe-8fbb-cdb21e269149\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/mtl\/montreal-canadiens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> by two points.<\/p>\n<p>Provorov would finish with seven goals and 33 points in 82 games while his 23 minutes, 21 seconds in average ice time was second behind Norris Trophy finalist <a data-player-guid=\"ad53e654-f3fe-2102-d37b-1b8e1bbfb551\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3899972\/zach-werenski\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Werenski<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Re-signing Provorov comes in an offseason that saw the Blue Jackets also strengthen their bottom-six forward corps by adding <a data-player-guid=\"cdad6923-c411-8589-f847-24b7ef254a47\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/2555315\/charlie-coyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Coyle<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"6567162f-4cb0-ce88-d5d6-1afacd367305\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3042110\/miles-wood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles Wood<\/a> in a trade with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"65489e39-7ab7-70da-94bc-adcc6f0aa1c6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/col\/colorado-avalanche\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PuckPedia projects that the Blue Jackets now have $20.957 million in cap space ahead of free agency.<\/p>\n<p>TSN was first to report news of Provorov&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan S. 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