Claire ♡

Not only does he remember random games, he remembers random players' tape jobs.

In Max Miller's interview with Gabe:

Max Miller: "He's told me last two years about your guys random tape jobs during BC practices. What's maybe the one random one you could think of or whatever? I remember there was a day last year, Smith did a tape job, and he said "Oh this is Mikko Koivu" but he did it off the cuff. What's the ones that you remember most?" Gabe: "Oh there's honestly so many we would do. We would mix up a bunch of colors, puck marks, different stuff. Just kind of always having fun with it and you know we did that for a couple of years. So I mean, there's so many. He knows a lot of random ones of a lot of random players."

Max also noted that Will likes to talk about his gear:

"Talking shop (gear) with Smith is one of my favorite things to do when I am not interviewing the Sharks winger. For me, it is a good way to break the ice (no pun intended). Like me, Smith is a gearhead. After morning skate on Jan. 23 before leaving the Sharks locker room, Smith turned to me and said, “What do you think of the skates?”"

He has a growing stick collection from players (Matthews, Ovechkin, Gaudreau, Bergeron, DeBrincat) and knows the details of the sticks players use:

“I like the funky sticks. Draisaitl’s is pretty cool,” Smith said. “It’s a long, flat blade, so obviously great for a passer, and clearly can score a lot with it too.”

Not just when he was in the league, but since he was a kid!:

[Brodie asked him why he stops to sign for fans after the game] "My dad says make sure you stop, cause I was the kid who was asking for the stick [Brodie: Really?] Yeah I was the one who was bothering the players for sticks so I know what it's like"