Nashville, TN
June 28-29, 2023
TV Coverage: Round 1 - ESPN 4pm PT. Round 2 - NHLN/ESPN+ 8am PT
CSS Final Rankings | Draft selections | NHL.com draft info | Full draft order (as of 6/15)| Round | Pick | Overall | Comment | Player drafted |
| 1 | SJ | 4 | C Will Smith (NTDP) | |
| 1 | NJ->SJ | 26 | Meier trade | LW Quentin Musty (OHL) |
| 2 | SJ | 36 | RW Kasper Halttunen (Finland) | |
| 3 | SJ->NSH | 68 | Leonard/Kunin trade | |
| 3 | CAR->SJ | 71 | Draft day trade. 94+100 | C Brandon Svoboda |
| 3 | CAR->SJ->CAR | 94 | Burns-Pederson/Lorentz-Makiniemi trade (lower of CAR |
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| 4 | SJ->CAR | 100 | Part of draft day trade to get pick 71. | . |
| 4 | COL->SEA->SJ | 123 | Megna trade (which pick will be finalized by 6/15 as they have two, probably the lower). | D Luca Cagnoni |
| 5 | CBJ->SJ | 130 | Draft day trade 2022 | D Axel Landen |
| 5 | SJ | 132 | D Eric Pohlkamp | |
| 6 | SJ->NJD | 164 | Blackwood trade | |
| 7 | SJ | 196 | C David Klee | |
| 7 | AZ->SJ | 203 | Draft day trade 2022 | RW Yegor Rimashevskiy |
| 7 | PIT->SJ->WAS | 206 | Bonino trade / Draft day trade 2023 to Washington for 2025 7th |
Draft day transactions:
Notes: Conditional 2024 2nd from New Jersey (Meier). 2024 3rd to Anaheim (Thrun). 2024 4th from Vegas (Hill tade). 2024 5th to Montreal (Bonino). 2024 5th from Colorado (Cogliano trade) -> NJD (Meier trade). Conditional 2024 fifth from Pittsburgh (Bonino). 2024 7th from New Jersey (Meier).