Yeah, it's second round for being big.
It reminds me of when Alex Vlasic was drafted second round out of the NTDP. Big defenseman with a non-terrible puck game. Teams think that connotes upside.
Vlasic has reached 21 games in the NHL, so I guess that's not terrible, although Chicago has been tanking anyway, so it doesn't really matter how he plays.
I don't think Cleveland will even hit 21 games. He had all the opportunity in the world this season to run with the 1LD spot for the 18's that had no true difference makers on the back-end, and he ended up as the extra defenseman at the end of the season for a reason.
I hope I'm wrong, but even if I was to concede to Detroit that he has appealing tools for an NHL team (not sure I would), he's not currently good at hockey, even against juniors. The bright side is he's 18, so who knows how his next five years go?