The SJSharks used the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft on 18-year-old American center Will Smith, then chose American forward Quentin Musty with the No. 26 overall pick they acquired in the Timo Meier trade.
Smith, a 6-foot, 180-pound skater from Massachusetts, spent this past season playing for the U.S. National Under 18 team, where he racked up 51 goals and 76 assists in 60 games.
While Smith figures to be a key piece of the Sharks' rebuild, he is committed to playing the 2023-24 season at Boston College.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter. The Sharks were eyeing several different players at No. 4, but Leo Carlsson and Adam Fantilli were picked by the Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets, respectively, ahead of San Jose's pick.
Here's what San Jose Hockey Now's Sheng Peng wrote in his NHL mock draft this week, regarding the Sharks possibly picking Smith: "While Matvei Michkov is tempting here, there are obviously a lot of questions surrounding him, in terms of when he’ll be able to come over to North America," Peng wrote."Smith is a safer pick in that regard, but still owns top-of-the-lineup offensive upside."
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