I'm not all that sure that SBu knew for sure the direction of JaSam; he was simply going for the logical conclusion, considering that Danny is Jason's. No doubt, though, that if Jason had lived, that little revelation would have changed everything. But I'm no longer convinced that JaSam was endgame. I'm not saying that Liason was, but there was and continues to be a lot of ME/KeMo pairing love by RC and yes, definitely FV.  As for SBu caring about his pairings, I think he gave up caring when it became obvious that TPTB didn't care. They had one focus and one focus only--Jasam. The interview he gave when he was asked about JaSam reuniting had a pretty sarcastic tone to it. Although it is hard to tell in writing. 

I have no idea what the status is between SBu/Becky, but I always got the feeling that she was closer to his wife than she was to him, and SBu was closer to Michael than he was to Becky. Regardless, I wouldn't doubt if they were still friendly. If anything because there's that group of people--the Cheetwoods, the Jacksons, the Reeves, along with the Burtons and Michael/Becky--that are really close. I know Becky one time joked that maybe her family should up and move to TN because JJ, SBu, and SR were living there now. 

I'm actually surprised that JFP hasn't tried to get Guza to Y&R. Although, I'm not sure what their status is, either, considering she was the one who was forced to fire him. But yeah. . .Guza/JFP leaving GH was a major blow to SBu, and I definitely think that made his decision to leave a heck of a lot easier. 

I don't even think Silas is that old, is he? Wait--I just looked up ME on wiki. He just turned 47; SBu will be 44 in June. Wow. I think ME looks good for his age. I have no idea how old Silas is supposed to be. 

I know there were rumors that RC/FV wanted to bring over Melissa Archer as Natalie, but I was under the impression she had no desire to return to daytime. I thought she was, at that time, getting involved in indie pics and the theatre. They could have recasted, though. I personally wouldn't have minded MA coming to GH. I think she's a pretty good actress.