\u201cIt\u2019s going to be pretty weird,\u201d San Jose Sharks forward Will Smith said about playing his linemate of three years, Gabe Perreault.<\/p>\n
The New York Rangers are in town to face Smith\u2019s Sharks, and the young stars got together for dinner<\/a> last night. Perreault told SHD that Smith introduced him to Patrick Marleau<\/a>, but went out to eat.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were roommates for a year, and obviously we\u2019ve been really good friends for three, and we were linemates for three years, too,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be pretty funny to play against him.\u201d<\/p>\n As for Perreault, he is just as excited as his former Boston College teammate.<\/p>\n \u201cMight be a little bit weird, but it\u2019s exciting,\u201d Perreault said. \u201cBut most importantly, I\u2019m focused on our team and hopefully getting the win over here.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith had a terrific game in New York to help the Sharks to their first win of the season<\/a>. Smith scored two goals, including the overtime winning goal, as well as two assists.<\/p>\n Smith and Perreault both complimented each other\u2019s play highly. Smith, who is on a line<\/a> with Macklin Celebrini<\/a>, loves that his former teammate is on the Rangers\u2019 top line.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s crazy. We were talking about all our BC memories the other day, and it feels like yesterday that we were there,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI mean, it doesn\u2019t surprise me, he\u2019s playing with [the Rangers\u2019 top line]. He\u2019s an unbelievable playmaker, and I definitely could see him fitting well with those two.\u201d<\/p>\n Perreault told SHD he won\u2019t forget his chemistry with Smith because he has a similar playstyle. The Rangers winger is also familiar with Celebrini, as the trio went against each other on multiple occasions. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got it all. Super smart [he and I have] a pretty similar brain, so we had good chemistry there. He\u2019s probably the most skilled player I\u2019ve seen,\u201d Perreault said.<\/p>\n \u201cFeels like yesterday we were starting at the [USNTDP] program, and now we\u2019re both here. Obviously, we played Mack too when he was with the [Chicago] Steel and at BU.\u201d<\/p>\n The Rangers and San Jose Sharks are in different directions. The Sharks are trying to push for a playoff spot, whereas the Rangers sent a letter to their fans about a retool. For Perreault, winning is the most important thing, but playing a higher role during the retool could be beneficial.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been getting a lot of opportunity. I think [I\u2019m] playing well, doing all the little things, playing with those [J.T. Miller & Mika Zibanejad],\u201d Perreault said. \u201cLike I said, the end of the day, the most important thing is winning. It\u2019s just what we\u2019re trying to get back into here.\u201d<\/p>\n With one final game at home before a five-game road trip into the Olympics, Smith knows Friday\u2019s game is ultra-important.<\/p>\n \u201cTonight\u2019s a big one. They are a great team. They got a bunch of really good guys, so we\u2019re just worried about ourselves and trying to go out there and stick to the game plan,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s going to be pretty weird,\u201d San Jose Sharks forward Will Smith said about playing his linemate of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[73375,73118,6755,88,90,89,98,4174,755,3578,68546],"class_list":["post-147746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-boston-college","tag-gabe-perreault","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sharks-news","tag-sj-sharks","tag-will-smith","tag-will-smith-sharks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}