I don't think Paulie is long for this world.
Remember that Tony and Sil both know that Paulie was 'playing both sides' (New York and NJ) and was buddies with Johnny Sac.
It was Paulie's responsibility to kill Phil. (He admitted to fucking that up). Maybe he screwed that up on purpose to appease Phil and have a place in the new regime.
Now that Sil is in the hospital, there is nobody in Tony's gang with the smarts to locate and kill Phil, except Tony himself.
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