A 4th should probably be coming back with a 3rd going out in the JVR trade and no shot that gets Gaudreau

Hagg on the second pairing would be pretty bad.

Shattenkirk isn't agreeing to play under AV ever after his downfall in New York.

Don't know where to start ... minor issues like: Vorobyov is signed in KHL, Patrick + Myers will get more money and Philly will have to add in the JVR + Ghost trades? No time for details because imo there are some major issues:
Your 7th d-man will be lucky if he can continue his career in the AHL next season (due to injuries he played 28 games (NHL+AHL combined) in the last 3 years and imo next injury is career ending). That isn't necessarily a major problem. But u send Sanheim to the Flames, replacing him with Hagg at 2nd pair and pushing Zamula into the NHL. So maybe (a lot of "maybe" imo) Zamula is NHL ready, u have the "problem" that hagg is a 3rd pairing d-man and Zamula has to replace Sanheim. That "problem" would be acceptable if u can pair him with a strong partner on right side. But u decide to sign Shattenkirk (at 4.5mio for 4y). So let me get it ... we move out Ghost (27yo 4.5mio AAV) in a trade where we have to pay to bring in Shattenkirk (the same type of player except he's 4 years older and a right-hand shot) at the same AAV? i don't get it ... maybe this defensive downgrade would be acceptable if we can improve our forward group ... but no, u decide to pay heavily for Gaudreau. Don't get me wrong ... Gaudreau is (was?) a superb player (maybe no franchise guy) but imo a kind of player we already have at the same position (G).

So let me sum up: u're paying picks + prospects to downgrade the d-core without upgrading the forward group for 4mio cap space? ... i don't like ...

Didn’t think about that, very true