He should go after Bute. BIG money for him in Canada, and if Bute beats Pascal then he has the chance to fight the man who beat Jean in Canada a few years ago.
Hopkins will fight LHW's, but he never actually calls them out. Only ever verbally calls out MW's or SMW's. I'd like to see him against the Froch/Kessler II winner. For the sake of styles, I think Hopkins would do better against Froch rather than Kessler.
Pascal and Froch are pretty tight buds actually. That's a great rematch. I'd much rather Bute/Hopkins and Froch/Pascal II. Bute needs to stay away from Froch for a bit