[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

None of those guys are the level of a MacKinnon, Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, Kane, Barkov, McDavid, Eichel, Matthews, etc.

And good as Gio was, he was not on the level of Makar, Hughes, Heiskanen, etc.

Yes it's possible (though very difficult) to get elite players outside of the top few selections of the draft. But the elite of the elite players are usually found at the top of the draft.

Fox was in the conversation with Makar and Hughes for best defenceman, I’d say that counts.