Eh He still was the center for multiple parts of cats, was the one who witnessed a vision of Ragnaros and his desire to burn the world (granted shaman so makes sense) he also is prominent in the whole demon soul but, even being the one who used it to shoot deathwing. But then they really went into overdrive to correct this by having him become super sadboi, my point boils down to is to just wait and see, also cautious optimism.