I wouldn't have Kylington this high personally. Literally none of the red flags that caused him to drop in the draft have been addressed. Even according to people at the development camp, where he should be dominating, he was still making gaffes that NHL defenseman simply do not make. This is after two years of professional hockey. His performance at the world juniors was the same. Makes some nice plays and then a very bad one.
Great skater with decent offensive skills, but nowhere near skilled enough offensively to justify the liability at the NHL level at this point. If he does make it, he has whipping boy written all over him.
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