Cam Hillis only had one year of Junior experience under his belt when he entered the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. It was a strong first year in the OHL with the Guelph Storm, coming in just short of a point-per-game campaign. That production got him drafted in early in the third round by the Montreal Canadiens.
His plan of building upon that rookie year was knocked off course by a sequence of injuries that limited him to 33 games, and a mere 22 points. Going into his second and final season to impress the Canadiens before they had to make the decision whether to sign him or not, he put in a performance more representative of the talent he’d shown in his draft season, with 24 goals and 59 assists.