I agree about the high IQ and motor to get better play going in the NHL. Having the smarts and the drive to keep you going shift to shift can be the difference in a win or a loss, or getting a goal versus giving up a goal.
While there are molds, not every mold is the same, especially since good play styles for teams can change every several years and what works today may not work in 5 years. Flyers need to draft properly to actually build and have the talent necessary to push forward, and as we are with so many bad and dead contracts, it's going to be a long f***ing wait. Especially when you have a dinosaur coach with too much power.
Teaching to be better in the D-zone is something that can be done for Catton. As with always going up in leagues, especially to the pros, you have to take on more responsibility, taught more and relied upon more from shift to shift. Your mistakes are much more apparent in the pros. The only reason Stankoven went to the 2nd round was because stupid people caring about size too much. Benson falling was a f***ing miracle for Buffalo. Catton has very good offensive talents and can skate well. But those are much harder to teach at this point than being better on defense. Catton, if the Flyers did draft him, probably wouldn't be in the NHL for like 2 or 3 years, minimum. Bare minimum would be 1 year juniors, 1 year AHL, before the NHL.
The thing about Iginla, is that he switched from center to LW (if I remember correctly) and that is when his play exploded and shot up the rankings. If that's the case, I think they draft him as a LW. Helenius will 100% be a center. Also, by all accounts, Catton is generally seen as a center, but there are places that say he's a LW. If that's the case, while not a center, he could still feed the puck to Michkov (as he's a RW). As a winger, you do have less of a responsibility when it comes to defense, especially compared to a center. Not excusing him, but it could be a way he's used if drafted, and I don't think that's an issue. It may seem like a bit of goal post moving, but my original assessment on Catton was center, not as a winger. I will say this, from what I've seen of replays, Catton can bring at least one thing this team struggles to have, and that's speed. Seriously, the Flyers might be the slowest team in the NHL. I really wish someone had analytics about this.