I think its important to remember when talking about any sort of "consensus" is that there is no such thing.
There is no single list, and the individual rankings amongst the teams likely will vary significantly, even within the top 5.
We saw it last year where some teams had Barkov ranked 1st even, let alone MacKinnon, Jones, and Drouin.
Its entirely possible that some teams have a few players commonly considered outside of the top 5 on various lists or mentioned in different discussions in their top few.
Burke and our scouts may have Ritchie or Dal Colle or someone else ranked within their top 4.
I know its no use to try and prepare people not to freak out if the "consensus" #3 or #4 falls to us and we take a different player, but its entirely possible that if you looked at all the teams' top 5 rankings, you'd find 10+ different players included.
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