Goal scoring is always a logical topic when it comes to conversations regarding Cameron Schmidt, the Vancouver Giants darting, daring and diminutive winger.

He scored 31 times as a rookie two seasons ago, becoming just the seventh 16-year-old player in three decades in the WHL to hit the 30 plateau. Other names on that list include Patrick Marleau and Connor Bedard. The 5-foot-8, 160-pound Schmidt followed up by recording 40 tallies last season, and that made the Prince George product just the third 17-year-old in Giants history to get to that mark, joining Brendan Gallagher and Evander Kane.

Could Schmidt chase down Ty Ronning’s single-season team record of 61 goals, which was set in Ronning’s 20-year-old campaign in 2017-18? It seems feasible.

The Giants opened training camp for the

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