That’s fair. Barzal was injured in his draft year and had a reputation as a pass only guy. Lots of teams passed on him. And those players are fine.Basically everyone in the hockey world had the group after Eichel in some order of Strome/Marner/Hanifin. I don't think taking Barzal at 3 was ever on the table.
Barzal was talked about around here a decent amount if we finished in the bottom half of the top 10.