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Ghost only based on this injury plagued season, upcoming expansion, solid and stacked blueline is probably a tad of a steal for a late 2nd and a late 3rd, but Philly might make that deal based on those facts and the cap space it creates.
I think looking at the team defensive depth, expansion and the UFA list, that there are a lot of options at RD that don't cost as much as Petro. Cap space is no problem for the flyers, as they only have laughton, sanheim and hart to re-sign next year, with niskanen/raffl coming off. I think Ghost goes in trade and JVR becomes trade bait or expansion choice (with a pick thrown in).
PHI protects Provorov, Sanheim and Myers in expansion and I think next year they go with Provo-Niskanen, Sanheim-Myers as top 4, with a 3rd pairing of Hagg/Zamula/youngster and a vet RD. they can get a RD at lesser term and cost (maybe around 3-4mil for 3-4 years) in Shattenkirk, Big Buff, Barrie, Schultz, Tanev, Braun, Gudas, TVR, Bogosian, Demelo.
In 2 years time, they'll have Giroux, coots and other cap issues, so cant see them spending big and long term on Petro.