It’s expected that Junior players’ production will increase year-to-year. They become more mature physically, gain experience, and evolve as players as they learn to work around their weaknesses and to better use their strengths to dominate the opposition.
Suzuki went from 38 points in his first year with Owen Sound as a 16-year-old to 96 in his second. Selected 14th overall in the OHL draft, he was a rare player who could rise above his peers on his sheer talent. It was then hard for Suzuki to significantly improve over his 1.48 point-per-game pace in his draft year, but he did, breaking the 100-point barrier in 64 games the next season, good for 1.