There wasn’t a forward on this team that seemed to be given the back-up quarterback treatment more than Jordan Schroeder. People didn’t seem to love him on the ice, but if he wasn’t in the line-up folks pined for the fifth year pro. Why?
Speed.
Jordan Schroeder offered one dynamic in the bottom six that few could offer. His speed was noticeable when he would chase down a puck Chris Stewart would ice because of his unwillingness to carry the puck. He wasn’t the big body that threw checks, or disrupted the defensemen of the opposition by leaning on them, but his speed, no doubt, disrupted the timing of defensemen because he took away space and pounced on the turnovers.