Defensive-minded forwards can certainly be useful. Dynamic skill can be found at the top of the draft, but what if that top end skill is there? Two-way forwards with questions about their ultimate offensive upside come up. Barrett Hayton fits that mold.
That isn't to say he isn't skilled. He certainly is. He hasn't produced like a guy who is going to come in and knock the socks off of a franchise offensively yet though, but there's at least a reason for that.
Hayton played for a stacked Soo Greyhounds team that rattled off a massive winning streak in the middle of their season.