Although Gostisbehere would have been on the Flyers' protected list, because he was a restricted free agent, he could have been signed to the Vegas Golden Knights 48 hours prior to the expansion draft, but the Flyers would have had a chance to match.
The Ghost Bear's second and first full-time National Hockey League season didn't go as smoothly as 2015-16, as he managed 39 points (7 goals, 32 assists) in 76 games.
"There's many more steps to come, and hopefully it leads to some great things". He has been a mainstay of the Flyers roster since a 15-game point streak as a rookie. "A lot of players are handed unlimited ice time, unlimited roles, because all the way up they are the best player on their team", general manager Ron Hextall saidl. There are things you have to go through, and Ghost went through them previous year. The 24-year-old is coming off his second full season as a member of the Flyers franchise.
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He first became a member of the Philadelphia franchise when they drafted him in the third round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft out of Union College.
Now that he has job security, perhaps he can return to the form that made his play so spectacular his rookie campaign.
Gostisbehere is part of a core group of young defenseman, including Ivan Provorov, Sam Morin, and Travis Sanheim. Hextall said he did not feel this had a negative impact on Gostisbehere mentally or caused a lack of confidence in his play. "You want Ghost with a stay-at-home (defenseman), but we have three or four of those guys. There's a multitude of players that Ghost could play with". "He's a good young defenseman, and certainly in our vision moving forward here".
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