You might have missed the post where I advocated getting rid of GMGM and Oates.
There's a difference between analysis and blame assignment. Ovie does what he's supposed to be do - he scores goals. Does that automatically make him the best fit to be the captain and leader of the team?
My point with the Brett Hull example was to point to a model of a player that performs like Ovie, but isn't burdened with the pressure of being the team leader and embodiment of its identity. Did his teams have better supporting casts and coaching than Ovie's? Yes no doubt - and hopefully that happens here with a new braintrust.
But Hull's teams had success in part because was recognized and treated for who he was - a great goal scorer - and wasn't expected to be anything he wasn't (two-way player, loose puck hunter, board battler, shot blocker, responsible puck possessor blah blah - all the stuff you want from a captain that Ovie gets burdened with because he's a captain, but which really aren't elements of his game