In a relatively quiet off season for the Minnesota Wild, one minor drama recently played out in down town Saint Paul. The bit players in this diverting drama? Former Golden Gopher and 2009 first round pick, Jordan Schroeder, and the Minnesota Wild Front Office.
The drama began with Schroeder filing for arbitration, seeking a pay increase and a one way contract to presumably push Wild coaching staff to include him in the opening night line up. Schroeder was coming off a two year, two-way contract that saw him paid $600,000 with the big club and significantly less down in Iowa. He spent most of last season bouncing between Minnesota and Iowa, at times sitting the press box. Despite this he put…
