Draft Notebook: New Mock, Memorial Cup Clues, Trade Buzz

This is the time of year when every scout suddenly sounds like a lawyer and every GM starts acting like he’s got two phones going at once. A fresh mock draft and Memorial Cup notes can shift the board in a hurry, and the trade chatter only adds more smoke to a room that is already full of it. The real trick in late May and early June is separating the players who are rising from the ones who just had one loud weekend.