Prospect Info: Round 1, Pick 7: Ivan Provorov, D, Brandon (WHL)

[Alchemy]

Epic win

 

[Haute Couturier]

I am so thrilled with this pick. I truly believe we got the best defender in this draft.

 

[DaftCaptain]

Epic win

Now we need a goalie and a LW

 

[Hockeypete49]

Man I feel good even with my home bombed by trees.

 

[DaftCaptain]

i am so thrilled with this pick. I truly believe we got the best defender in this draft.

yes we did!!!!

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Sanheim
Provorov
Morin
Gostisbehere
Hagg


Skating, size, skill, sense.

All 5 of our D prospects are fantastic skaters.

 

[JVR21]

Sanheim
Provorov
Morin
Gostisbehere
Hagg


Skating, size, skill, sense.

Best D prospect pool in the league

 

[TheKingPin]

Absolutely thrilled this guy is going to be a stud dman and lead our D.

Now we draft the next sharp or G with the next pick. Or try and move up. Hexy says we will lowly go fwd.

 

[1865]

I'm so ****ing pumped at this pick. If all fell right, I've been saying it for weeks - PICK PROVOROV!

 

[Curufinwe]

 

[TheKingPin]

Best D prospect pool in the league

No question about that now!

We got the best dman IMO!

 

[DaftCaptain]

Absolutely thrilled this guy is going to be a stud dman and lead our D.

Now we draft the next sharp or G with the next pick. Or try and move up. Hexy says we will lowly go fwd.

I think we will go Goalie

 

[Beef Invictus]

No get busy drafting the forwards lol

 

[Dumpster Flyers]

I'm ****ing stoked! Love this pick.

 

[daynus]

I trust our scouts-gm. When you go bpa like successful organizations do, this pick is a steal. A team in philly will be built from the net out. Our d is gonna be an elite unit.. Sanheim-provorov, morin-ghost,hagg-Friedman is an outstanding unit.

 

[Cootsfanclub]

So happy Provorov fell to us.

 

[SanBlom]

Just wondering...does anyone dislike this pick????

Great job Hexy! He's gonna be the best D from this draft.

 

[sobrien]

I'm so beyond thrilled with this pick. Great job, great addition

 

[deadhead]

Provorov is a good fit with the other three, I see him pairing with Sanheim, with Morin and Ghost the other pair (Morin can protect Ghost and play more defensively). His steadiness will allow Sanheim to be more aggressive, and they should be a deadly combination, rotating in and out of the offensive zone.

You then have Hagg, Friedman, Alt, et al as your third pair, playing 15 minutes a night.

 

[Cootsfanclub]

Just wondering...does anyone dislike this pick????

Great job Hexy! He's gonna be the best D from this draft.

No one here, but I'll guess Flyers facebook fans will be sad we didn't take Crouse.

 

[Appleyard]

Morin -- Gostisbehere
Provorov -- Sanheim
Hagg -- Friedman
Vasiliev

vs

MacDonald -- Streit
Medvedev -- Schultz
Del Zotto -- Schenn
Grossmann
Gudas

Which is better at this exact moment?

 

[UKFlyers]

Have to love the pick. Saved ourselves a lot of trouble (7+Ghost+Laughts, lol Eklund) and got the guy they wanted.

All 5 of our D prospects are fantastic skaters.

Friedman is as well by all accounts. He gets forgotten about but seems to be coming along well too. Man we're stacked on D.

 

[swflyers93]

Sam Carchidi ‏@BroadStBull 51s52 seconds ago
Provorov reiterates he wants to play in NHL in Oct.

 

[Curufinwe]

 

[deadhead]

The other thing to keep in mind, is we're used to judging our offensive players forgetting they play with immobile defensemen. When this group shows up in two years, we're going to have defensemen who can bring the pick up shift after shift, pass it to a forward into the offensive zone - that will make a huge difference for some forwards, playing half the ice - it might even salvage Vinnie's career (just joking, folks).