Carolina Hurricanes prospect Ryan Suzuki felt like a steal when he dropped to 28th overall in the 2019 NHL entry Draft. Since then it has almost felt like a high risk, high reward gamble when the 18 year old took a terrifying eye injury that saw him miss about two months worth of hockey with the Barrie Colts, about half the OHL season so far.
Without their star player, the Colts took a tumble in the standings dropping all the way down to eighth out of ten in the conference and practically out of the playoff picture, barely an improvement from the previous season where they dropped to ninth, failing to adjust for the loss of Andrei Svechnikov.