Honestly, as a Flyers fan I like the thought of getting Panarin but it won't be with Provorov. He is pretty much universally considered the only untouchable on the current roster. And while the team is stacked with defensive prospects other than Ghost and Provorov the four best prospects have a combined two games of NHL experience. If you wanted Ghost and a pick for Panarin that would probably work for the Flyers but Ghost is due a raise next year which wouldn't work for Chicago. Morin, Hagg, Sanheim, or Myers would fit Chicago's salary cap but are completely untested in the NHL so you would probably end up asking for some major sweeteners to do the deal. And depending what you ask for the Flyers with as conservative as Hextall has been will probably pass. Like I said I like the thought just not with Provorov.

Yeah, I hear ya. I did think about the Ghost trade, but due to his salary it would have to include some other major pieces, possibly even Morin or Konecny, which is worse for PHI than just Provorov hence why I didn't do it. Ghost is probably due a $4.5M salary and that's not a real decrease in cap which is what CHI needs. I'm just looking at how much Panarin would help Giroux! They'd be a LETHAL combo!

Either way, If I were Bowman I'd use...whatever PHI offered as a negotiating starting point with CAR. Both teams can be great trade partners and for the cap crunch CHI is in...Bowman can play off those two teams as borderline playoff teams in the same division to offset that negative cap crunch. And heck, CHI may prefer Slavin anyway!!! hehe

Agreed. But part of the problem is psychology. Philly acquired Pronger and thought they had a keystone defenseman to build around for years. Then he had that freak injury and his career was over. They have been scuffling to find that cornerstone top defensemen for years. Now it looks like they finally hit on one with Provorov. I just don't think they ever let him go in a trade unless one of the other prospects surpasses him or it is something ridiculous like McDavid coming back.

A Ghost/Morin combo trade would not be out of the question since they are both LHD even though Ghost plays on the Right side. The Flyers need RHD as they only have one (Gudas) on the current roster and one prospect (Myers). So letting two of the lefties go is possible but would be really expensive.

I wouldn't say that Ghost gets north of 4 AAV unless its for more than 4 or 5 years

Unless Connor McDavid is coming back, Ivan Provorov is untouchable in my eyes.

So here's a question then. Think back at how you felt about Ghost last year. There was a pretty similar thought for him as Provorov this year...keep in mind Philly isn't my team...BUT I'd dare to say even more! Provorov isn't in the top 7 in Calder consideration on any Calder Memorial tracker (outside of Philly) that I've seen. Ghost had pretty serious consideration to win the whole thing last year!

That is mostly because Calder voting is skewed towards scoring. Ghost is a much better offensive defensemen than Provorov. Provorov is a much better all around player than Ghost. Even at his best last year nobody thought Ghost was the best defenseman on the team. Just really gifted offensively and an exciting player to watch on a somewhat boring roster. This year almost nobody argues that Provorov is already the best defenseman on the team. (To be fare they did field some real weak Dmen this year so take it with a grain of salt.) And that is as a 19 year old when Ghost was a 22 year old rookie.

None of this is to put Ghost down but he is what he is. And while not the defensive liability some of the fan base like to label him as he isn't the complete player Provorov is. Ghost is phenomenal at certain aspects of the game while Provorov seems to excel at everything. This is all just my opinion and to be fair Provorov could have an even worse sophomore slump than Ghost. I just don't think the team would be willing to give up on a blue chip young defenseman like Provorov and trade him until they were sure exactly what his ceiling was.

Personally I am not so far gone as to think a Provorov/McDavid trade is equal value. I just think with this franchises need for a defensive anchor to build around that he will be valued way above what any other team would be willing to give up for him.

Well put and certainly fair, Thanks for contributing!