Outside of a few elite players, most players are better suited to one scheme or another, "talent" is a collection of attributes, and there are always tradeoffs (or the player wouldn't be available, players without apparent flaws tend to go in the top 10).
Hextall seems to have a pattern in his drafting:
1) centers all have high IQs, two way players, good playmakers (Patrick, Frost, Rubtsov, Vorobyev)
2) wings vary, a mixture of big physical guys and fast scorers, but again, high IQ is a general theme
3) defensemen are mobile with offensive skills (Sanheim, Myers, Friedman)
Of course, once you get past the 3rd rd, picks will be more eccentric, since you're basically picking fliers.
They've also heavily stressed two way play in development, especially for defensemen
Hextall seems likes a system built around N/S passing from defensemen, D-men attacking the O-zone when the opportunity presents, emphasis on both forechecking and back checking from forwards, and forwards smart enough to execute the cycle and not get caught deep.
So if I were looking at coaches, I'd dismiss the Lavi's of this world, and maybe Peters as well, since he seems to be too conservative with his D-men.
