That's not exactly how it went down.
There's no indication Lev was going to be picked top 5 by anyone else in hindsight, I've seen zero leaks/info saying he wouldn't be available at 6 or so. No one has come out with info from Anaheim, Montreal, Columbus that Lev was first on their board at their selection. They all appear to have gotten their guy beyond Celebrini falling.
Kyle threw a fine ass package for Demi at Columbus who made the mistake of passing on it (and I thought so at the time too that they would be the bigger loser in that transaction).
IMO, that package could've have gotten us Lev around 6+ and we could have had Demidov at 2. But to pull that off you need to know where the other teams will pick which takes the good old boys club insider type shenanigans. A young GM like Kyle was obviously figuring things out from the outside.