The Leadership Question

It seems to me that this is one question that was raised throughout the season by many of the fans, that I think is the biggest issue facing the Oilers that can't be resolved with a simple trade, or player signing. The problems with the current leadership group need to be evaluated before the Oilers can make any decisions about what to do with their current core. Players such as Ethan Moreau, Steve Staios, and Shawn Horcoff have carved themselves out a niche as the leaders amoung men in the Oilers locker room. Perhaps unfortunately for the team (or maybe just for me) I have serious doubts as to if Moreau and Co have the ability to be the best possible leaders for the Oilers. Now to be perfectly fair, I don't know the players, I don't talk to them, and I don't spend time in the dressing room, and to make it even harder for me to prove a point, there are no stats that can quantify leadership, so everything I have to say is pure speculation. As I spent the long, cold winter nights on my basement futon watching various Oiler games it just seemed to me that in the later parts of games, and in the crunch at the end of the season Moreau and Co weren't up to the task. To start with Captain Oiler himself Moreau spent much of the most important moments in each game busy fiddling his thumbs in the penalty box. While these penalties were annoying (and the argument could be made that they cost us games) the penalties become more understandable (note not bearable) if you consider what Moreau can bring to the on-ice leadership department, which is... well not a lot. Moreau lacks a lot of things that bring offense to a team, so in these situations he brings what he is good at: grinding. Grinding which inevitably leads to penalties. I wouldn't necessarily remove Moreau from the leadership group, but he isn't C material. As for Staios, well he struggled all year long, his blocked shots were down (by around .4/game), his hits were down (-14), and really other than these things what does Steve Staios bring you on the ice? Shawn Horcoff is a little bit more of a mystery. I think he can bring the scoring touch on the ice, to a certain degree, so I am more inclined to attribute this to an off year. Horc is someone I wouldn't take off the leadership group but I would be giving him a short leash. So what do you do about the leadership group? I would suggest giving the C to a guy like Souray, and perhaps give Staios' A (partially because he shouldn't have it, and partially because I don't think he's here at the start of the season) to a kid. What are your thoughts?