For the first time in the WHL this year, the league instituted a "US Prospects Draft" with the intent of trying to help recruit more American prospects to the league on account of the WHL's greater US footprint (5 US-based teams compared to 3 in the OHL and 0 in the QMJHL) and comparatively geographically large catchment area for draft intake (basically the entire western half of the country plus Alaska/Hawaii)
I mention this because four selections in the two-round, 44-pick draft were from the San Jose Jr. Sharks program
At 2nd overall, the Tri-City Americans selected C Shaun Rios
At 7th overall, the Vancouver Giants took defenceman Philippe Blais-Savoie
Also: Blais-Savoie briefly spoke to the Giants radio voice after being drafted, which can be found in this link -
Giants Select D-Man Philippe Blais-Savoie In Round 1 of the 2020 WHL U.S. Prospects Draft
Then in the second round (34th overall) the Calgary Hitmen selected defenceman Briggs Orr
while the Tri-City Americans double-dipped on Jr Sharks with forward Ben Picard at 43rd overall (HF's limit of 3 embedded tweets per post is gonna prevent this one from showing up. But it's there at the link below)
Tri-City Americans on Twitter
Of course, as is standard for the WHL, the players are drafted at 15 but not eligible for the league (except in ATO-style season-ending duties or limited-run emergency call-up scenarios) full-time until they're 16 outside of being granted Exceptional Player status (which is not the case for any of these players), so it'll be a year before they're in the league if they choose to go that route instead of pursuing the NCAA. But it's cool nonetheless.
I'm excited that in a couple years' time I could be watching a Giants blueline that has a Jr Shark on one side, and Scott Niedermayer's son on the other.