A second-round selection of the Wild in the 2015 NHL Draft, Greenway has played in 243 games and posted 98 points. He's also scored five points in 16 postseason contests.
But there is much more to Greenway's game than just offensive numbers. His line with Foligno and Eriksson Ek is perhaps the best checking line in the National Hockey League, a trio that has yet to allow a single 5-on-5 goal against this season.
"Jordan's play over the last couple months has really been great," said Wild General Manager Bill Guerin. "The way he's been a big part of that line with Eriksson Ek and Foligno is something that we want to keep around."
Greenway is also a locker room favorite amongst teammates. Guerin has placed an emphasis on chemistry in the dressing room, and believes it's been one of the keys to Minnesota's hot start to the 2021-22 season, which reaches its halfway point on Wednesday night in Chicago in its final game before the All-Star break.
"Jordan brings something to the dressing room that nobody else brings and that's just his personality," Guerin said. "The guys really love him, and he fits really well here and that's important. The chemistry of the team is extremely important, and Jordan is a big part of that."
If anyone knows the importance of a solid personality in a championship-caliber dressing room, it's Guerin, who was a part of two Stanley Cup championship teams as a player and two more as an executive with the Penguins.
"In a strong culture you have to have character people," Guerin said. "But you also have to have characters."
And in Greenway, the Wild have one of the most unique characters in team history. After entering the league midseason following a trip to the 2018 Olympics and playing in an NCAA Tournament with Boston University, Greenway became the first player in NHL history to play in those two tournaments and the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the same season.
In a locker room filled with experienced vets, Greenway admitted he tried to soak up as much of that experience as he could.
But as the locker room has trended younger in recent years, Greenway's eccentric personality has come out both behind closed doors and in sessions with the media.
"You get a couple of games, or years under your belt and you kind of figure it out," Greenway said. "I think guys kind of figure it out, you open up a little bit more and I think that's been the case for me."
On Tuesday, he held court at TRIA Rink, towering over the microphone while holding his two hockey sticks like ski poles in each hand.
Asked how he might treat himself with his new deal done, Greenway thought for a few seconds then shrugged.
"Probably not," Greenway said. "What am I going to buy?"
And while that unique personality is certainly an asset, it's his unique skillset on the ice that earned him this season. Quite simply, he has a toolbox that nobody else on the club can boast.
"He's got offensive capabilities, but just as important Jordan has intangibles that he brings to the table," Guerin said. "Obviously his size, his speed, and his strength down low. He's got great vision."
Combine that with a renewed commitment to his game and a quiet maturity about the way he goes about his business, and the Wild thinks Greenway's best years are still ahead of him.
That's what it's betting on by making a three-year commitment to him.
"His maturity as a hockey player but I think, as important, is his maturity as a person has come along way, like it does for a lot of young players in this league," said Wild coach Dean Evason. "His awareness to be business-like, to be ready and engaged in every hockey game right from the start of the season has been 100 percent, and obviously we're happy with him as an organization."
