Could Dan be one of the deaths tonight?

The producer said she feels the Spencer family have run there course so killing of Ruby and Dan forcing Ali to move away could be a good bet to get rid of them

No you are wrong. Dan will be involved in a storyline where he feels guilty for not being able to save Ruby.

She meant that the Spencer family needed revampee and killing Ruby has done this.

In all fairness this could have been added to the numerous other ED threads.