I would not agree with that assertion. Just off the top of my head, being familiar with both:
- context
- net/http as a full server framework, not just a request library
- net/http/pprof
- runtime/pprof
- runtime/trace
- embed
- testing as the canonical, required test framework
- net/rpc
- net/http/cgi
- net/http/fcgi
- net/http/httptest
- os/signal with integrated channel-based delivery
- sync/atomic with language-aligned memory model semantics
- runtime as a documented and supported API surface