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Then there’s the nature of his passing. It was put on display more at the World Juniors for Team Canada, but Suzuki is a very deceptive playmaker. His passes, for the most part, resemble legitimate shots keeping the opposing goaltender guessing as to whether he’ll actually shoot.

Suzuki’s skillset and intelligence made him one of the hottest targets on the trade market which saw him traded to the Guelph Storm. The 19-year-old continued the production with a new team and new linemates with 12 goals and 37 assists bumping his pace up from 1.5 points-per-game with the Attack to 1.69.

He finished the season with a total of 34 goals and 60 assists which had Suzuki at 11th in OHL scoring. To break it down further, 68 of those 94 were primary points speaking to how influential he was to his team offensively.

Cam Hillis

Cam Hillis and Suzuki briefly played together this season. Both were named to Team OHL and became teammates again once Suzuki was traded to Guelph. Unfortunately, a broken collarbone in February took Hillis out of the lineup, and that wasn’t his first injury of the year.

He still had a decent season for what it’s worth. Hillis was over half a point per game scoring ten goals and 12 assists in 33 games. Similar to Suzuki, Hillis has great vision on the ice and is prone to making a pretty play. It’ll be interesting to see how he strengthens the Storm lineup as he’s expected to return at the end of the first round.