[devo22]

I don't even disagree so much with your points. It's the arrogance with which you claim absolutes at a time where there simply aren't any yet that throws me off, actually. I had him 5th on my list for the CPHL draft (though I didn't do a deeper dive on him and Martone because I drafted 4th and had zeroed in on Hagens/Desnoyers). But I can see the argument for a Barkov lite when you already have Bedard. Time will tell.

As far as back-to-back top 3 picks go, I find Anaheim even more interesting (#2 Carlsson, then #3 Sennecke). I would have never drafted Carlsson over Fantilli, and Sennecke was a surprise pick as well. Will be a few years before you can even start to judge their decisions, but those at least threw me off more than Levshunov/Frondell. And then of course there's the Rangers with Kakko/Lafreniere ... hard to think of a more underwhelming back-to-back top 3 draft.