I'd do the deal all over again, Ryan has become a leader on this team. Remember, our captain is only 25 years old and had big shoes to fill after Alfie/Spezza left and I noticed that Ryan would also co-run this team after EK was named captain. He helped Hoffman/Zibanejad, remember so much, he is the catalyst to that line as seen by their production. If you told me last year that Mike Hoffman (Who was put on waivers multiple times) would become a 25 goal scorer this year, I would have said you're crazy. Bobby played solid defensive hockey, often bailing out his teammates including Hoffman who is pretty weak defensively, he was scoring at a PPG pace when our team was struggling. He went on one of the coldest streaks I have ever seen but if he had started the first 50-60 games like he finished then we'd have finish as a bottom 3 team because he was often the only player to show up in the first 40-50 games.
People always point to Hammond, Karlsson and Stone as the reasons why we made it to the playoffs but it's pretty clear that Ryan was a huge reason why we weren't dead last because before those players found their game, he was literally the only guy who could do anything in the 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 games.
The only thing is, Ryan has to focus on conditioning this summer. He wasn't able to last summer due to the hernia, with him being now married, I hope it doesn't affect him and that he stays focused on being in the best shape of his life. I understand that people can point to his production but there are other factors that explain his production. You'll have a tough time finding Sens fans who don't like Bobby, sure the majority complained about his play later in the year but if an entire fanbase loves a player then you have to understand there is a reason for that. He has become a complete player and even if he can't go back to his 30G/65-75P production, we still have young players like Mark Stone to take over and then having a 2-Way 50-55 point player on the 2nd line would be a huge asset.