Generally people attribute the draft picks to the GM. he was a Dubas pick etc.
i dont pretend to know shit about people behind the scenes, and nobody on these sites do, some just pretend harder than others.
It’s not that hard to have connections to the inside especially when an organization has so many people employed on the inside. The NHL circle is a small one but the sheer number of people around them is significant. I’m one degree of separation away from Dubas and that isn’t super uncommon.