I get taking Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, and Smith over him...but IMO the gap between Michkov and the next range is big enough even if you have to wait 2-3 years. If you're drafting top 5 you're probably not a contender soon anyways.
His draft year NHLe is in line with guys like McDavid, Matthews, Crosby, etc. If he falls below 5 I'd be trying to move whatever I could to move up to 6 and take him.
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