Hodgson had daddy issues and Schroeder was dog ass. The most memorable thing I remember about Jordan Schroeder was seeing him and his girlfriend entering a nail salon in Yaletown. Cause I don’t remember what the f*** he did for the Canucks.
Those two were huge "stars" at the WJC for their respective nations. I think that fueled a lot of the hype. For a pretty good while, i believe Schroeder was even the "all time WJC points leader" for the US Team.
The Hodgson saga was a total badly mishandled mess. But there was a time before that really started to blow up, that he was seen as the future captain and key cornerstone piece. He even contributed reasonably well in a limited role for a brief stretch at the NHL level. Unfortunately, he was built too stumpy to ever skate properly, had that back injury that seemed to hold him back, and obviously carried a lot of other entitlement and baggage.
Schroeder was just a case of...there was a reason other teams let him "fall" to us, as such a small player, whose skill just never translated.
In fairness...our development system was pretty worthless around the time these guys were trying to climb up the organization. The Chicago Wolves years were just a real wasteland. Developing Canucks players was clearly not the top priority. But at the end of the day, it was the limitations of the players that were really the death knell for their careers.