The main issue seems to be that
Jeff Marek, who was working for Sportsnet during the draft, might have shared some inside info with a friend before it was officially announced. Marek had early access to draft picks because the NHL gave their TV partners a short heads-up, roughly a minute or two, before the picks went public. The story goes that Marek passed some of this info to Mark Seidel, a former NHL scout and director of player personnel for the Barrie Colts, who also runs the North American Central Scouting Independent Bureau. Seidel then apparently tweeted the picks on his X account before they were officially released.