Sheahan, center, was one of the restricted free agents this off-season. The Red Wings organization has finally started to finalize contracts with players, however still leaving Petr Mrazek, Danny DeKeyser, Alexey Marchenko and Teemu Pulkkinen in restricted free agency.
Sheahan suited up for a career-high of 81 games this past regular season, scoring 14 goals and 11 assists. The first half of the regular season, Sheahan wasn’t producing very much and not giving the Wings what they needed. However, the second half he started to play like the forward the organization knew him to be.