In the Columbus Blue Jackets final preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings, Ivan Provorov blocked a shot and sustained a lower-body injury. Provorov was expected to miss 4-6 weeks and is now considered week-to-week.
The Columbus Blue Jackets played back-to-back games this weekend. They hosted the New York Rangers on Saturday, October 17, then traveled to face the Minnesota Wild on Sunday, October 18.
Coming off a tough 2-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night, the Columbus Blue Jackets return home for another week of practice and games as they continue trying to find their identity.
The Columbus Blue Jackets got some tough news in advance of their 2026-27 season opener. They will be without three of their top defensemen not only Thursday night, but for the foreseeable future.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are going to be missing a few notable names when they drop the puck on the new season. When speaking to the media on Thursday, Blue Jackets head coach Rick Bowness revealed that defensemen Ivan ProvorovDante Fabbro and Damon Severson are week-to-week due to injury.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Ivan Provorov will be sidelined for tonight’s season opener against the Buffalo Sabres. Per The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline, Provorov is out on a week-to-week basis with a lower-body injury.
Are they back? 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 CBJ GOALS: Provorov (PP) (1st, 5:06) Olivier (2nd, 10:50) Jenner (3rd, 1:41) Olivier ENG (3rd, 18:18) Mathieu Olivier scored twice as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Thursday night at Nationwide Arena.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have plans to ease top defense prospect Denton Mateychuk up to speed at the start of training camp as he recovers from a groin injury.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are paying a bit of a premium for their projected second defensive pairing, to say the least. Assuming head coach Dean Evason keeps Zach Werenski and Dante Fabbro together, the top pairing will carry a combined average annual value (AAV) of $13.71 million.
There is still time for these teams to change their offseason, and one big trade can still impact things, but through the first week, these teams have dropped the ball. So far.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Columbus Blue Jackets started their 2025 NHL Free Agency period by bringing back a couple of pending free agents on the blue line. The Jackets have re-signed Ivan Provorov to a seven-year deal worth $8.5 million per year.
July 1: Columbus has confirmed Provorov’s extension. June 30: The Blue Jackets are keeping defenseman Ivan Provorov away from unrestricted free agency, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have secured defenseman Ivan Provorov with a hefty new contract: seven years at an average annual value of $8.5 million. This deal comes just hours ahead of free agency, and right as other big news hit the NHL news wire.
It’s officially that time of year when the offseason is in full swing. With free agency set to open tomorrow, we’ll be taking a look at certain pending UFAs and determining if they’d be a fit for the Calgary Flames. For our final player in this series, we’re taking a look at Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Ivan Provorov.
With just one week before NHL Free Agency opens, a few notable names have yet to sign extensions with their respective teams. In Central Ohio, the Columbus Blue Jackets have yet to make a deal with defenseman Ivan Provorov.
The Columbus Blue Jackets fell short of making the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season. Now, they have many questions to answer, and one of them involves one of their defenders.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have seen their playoff hopes fall in recent weeks. At one point, the Blue Jackets were in a fantastic position to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Tough news for teams interested in Ivan Provorov: NHL insider Pierre LeBrun has reported that the Columbus Blue Jackets are being standoffish about a trade.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have a big decision to make on if they want to move Ivan Provorov, who is a pending unrestricted free agent. With the idea that
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Ivan Provorov appears content to stay put, despite his name circulating on trade bait lists. In his recent column for The Athletic, Pierre LeBrun reports that Provorov is not actively seeking a trade.
Columbus Blue Jackets’ defenseman Ivan Provorov left Friday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks with an upper-body injury, with the team announcing on social media that he would not return.
The Edmonton Oilers have been in the trade market for an upgrade all season, and now they know the cost to acquire one of their top targets, Ivan Provorov of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
It only took a few weeks for the trade chatter to heat up in the NHL, and now one of the top defensemen for the Columbus Blue Jackets is at the center of it.