Option 2:

The honest answer is, Weston doesn't do much to demonstrate his leadership in all. He shows up early to the rink and arrives late for most games, but sometimes he messes up and shows up late and leaves early. It's an honest faux-paus, and it could happen to anyone. While he does put in hard work through training camp, he's known as being a fairly quiet customer: he keeps to himself, puts in the hours, and that's about it. He has no real stomach for the kind of vocal leadership position that typifies hockey captaincies, and when he wears the alternate on his jersey, it's usually due to that quiet confidence.

In that sense, he does try to lead mostly by example -- but that itself is a rather tense thing to do when you're having one of the worst seasons you've had since you were in recreational leagues as a kid. To that end, if there's one singular thing Weston is doing to try to manage some kind of leadership in the face of Newfoundland's seeming attempt at a cup run this year, it's to redouble his effort on the ice ... and especially on defense. No one was ever inspired by a defender that sleeps in front of his own net.