I imagine the Hab scouts keep tabs on young top prospects in prep academies, rookies in CHL, U-16, etc and lots of youth tournaments.
Last year it was noted, will be more high quality d-men in the 2024 draft and am sure Mgmt knew this.
But; picking by position might not be best way to go with high school kids, to then be hedging bets on next year's draft 16 yr olds.