Toffoli says it’s something he sees a lot, being around Celebrini and Smith, who were like two peas in a pod after getting to know each other at Sharks development camp last year. Smith usually drives the hijinx, with Celebrini playing along. That includes an already infamous sleepover in Toffoli’s room on the road last season. It started off as a joke, with Smith saying on their charter plane to Toffoli that if all three of them scored in the next game, they’d all share a room. Neither Celebrini nor Smith thought about it much during the game, but then Toffoli scored on an empty-netter that sealed the bet. There were two beds in Toffoli’s room, so a cot was brought in.

“We won the games and the vibes were pretty high, so it ended up unfolding,” Toffoli says. “We had the day off the next day, so it all worked out perfectly.”

Celebrini and Smith had been rivals for years at world juniors for Canada (Celebrini) and the U.S. (Smith) and at Boston University (Celebrini) and Boston College (Smith). That all went away when they connected as NHL teammates. They bonded over common interests like cards, golf, ping pong and movies. Having another teenager you can hang out with in a league full of veterans made the transition easier for both.

They’ve got a shared TikTok account where they post videos, like the “Dumb and Dumber” skit.

“The one thing that surprised me is I didn’t know he could act,” Aiden jokes.

Celebrini’s and Smith’s favorite times together, though, are the ones spent at Patrick Marleau’s and Joe Thornton’s houses.

Sharks general manager Mike Grier talked with the Celebrini family after the draft about the possibility of living with Thornton, the Hall of Famer and former face of the franchise. Smith says when he was considering signing, the Sharks brought up the idea of living with either of the former team legends.

Celebrini ended up with Thornton and Smith with Marleau.

“He’s over at my house (Marleau’s) every day, and I’m over there all the time too, so we pretty much live at both houses,” Smith says. “He moved out here when he was 18, and I was 19, so you’re still a college kid moving away from your family. For me, it was across the country. I think getting to be with family and with their boys was definitely helpful, and you’ve got to get away from hockey when you go home.”

They spend a lot of time playing knee hockey and video games at the franchise legends’ houses and two-on-two basketball in Thornton’s driveway with him and his son.

Who wins?

“Me and Mack,” Smith says.