Key emphasis on the word slotted, as in stapled in on the top 6 for some reason. If you have to spot play him on occasion due to some short term injury then you make do, but if he's going to play as a consistent top 6 player then yes, we're probably looking at a high draft pick at that point.
My post was made in an initial misunderstanding of the original OP post I responded to, which he clarified was read wrong on my part. I'm not expecting him to be a top 6 player, and he definitely isn't unless the team is packing it in, we're not as good as Vegas to be able to play him that high up and expect to seriously compete.