The San Jose Sharks used the sixth-round pick that they received from the St. Louis Blues in a trade earlier in the draft to select Theo Jacobsson, a forward from MODO Hockey of the Swedish Allsvenskan league, the second-highest league in the Swedish men’s hockey system. The trade sent pick number 71 to St. Louis, which they used to draft right-winger Simon Robertsson, in exchange for picks 81 and 177.
Jacobsson, a left-handed forward, bounced around four teams in the 2020-21 season, playing with the MODO Hockey under-18 and under-20 teams as well as the senior MODO Hockey club, before being loaned to Ornskoldsvik HF of the third-tier HockeyEttan league.