By Gerard Devine -
Chuck Fletcher has signed former Vancouver Canucks centre, Jordan Schroeder to a 2-year, 2-way contract, according to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mnwild?src=hash">#mnwild</a> fans upset Fletcher passed over Jordan Schroeder at 09 draft will be happy. wild signs former Canucks and Gopher to 2-year deal</p>— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) <a href="https://twitter.com/Russostrib/statuses/487781315387731968">July 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Schroeder is a former Minnesota Golden Gopher who was selected 22nd overall in the 2009 draft by the Canucks. He scored 37 points in 72 games over the course of his first two seasons in the AHL, before putting up 44 points in 76 games in in 2011/12. The following year, he scored 33 in 42 AHL games and 9 in 31 NHL games. Last season he missed a lot of time with an ankle injury and played 25 NHL games, scoring 6 points, while appearing in just 2 AHL games.
He became a UFA after, the prospect starved Canucks didn't qualify him.
What are your thoughts, Wilderness?
Here are some articles about Schroeder that might be of interest:
-Getting To Know Him (by Nucks Misconduct)
-His Offensive Upside (by Canucks Army)
-Season Autopsy (by Nucks Misconduct)
-Should He Be Qualified? (by Canucks Army)
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