Bill Meltzer had this to say about Provy's possible participation in the World Championship. We'll see if it nets a new contract in the next couple of weeks.
Provorov has told the Russian Hockey Federation that he will play for Team Russia at the World Championships contingent on the impending restricted free agent getting a new deal done first with the Flyers. Toward that end, Fletcher said that he's had dialogue with Provorov's agent, Mark Gandler, as well as Travis Sanheim's agent and others (Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton, Ryan Hartman, Justin Bailey and Phantoms forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel are also RFAs this summer).
Fletcher said that deals will get done this summer with all of the team's RFAs but he is not optimistic of quick resolutions. The GM then added that he isn't pessimistic, either, but his experience is that things tend to drag on a bit before there's a resolution. Right now, things are still at a preliminary stage and, as is normal, there's a gap in the proposals exchanged by both sides that will take negotiations.