If I remember correctly from before the season, Shanahan met with Lou to discuss his role for next season. It was probably agreed he'd see third line minutes and a good amount of power play time. In reality it seems we may have 6 wingers better than him who have to play (parise, langenbrunner, elias, rolston, clarkson, bergfors) which would likely put him on the fourth line. If he can play somewhere else with the minutes he wants, he should. If he doesn't then hopefully he can become some sort of special assignment coach and work with the young guys who like him.