Mika has looked completely surprised anytime the puck finds itself anywhere near his stick. Total lack of awareness on more than a handful of occasions and it puts him at least a second behind everything. It looks like there's something going on between the ears. He looks like he's going through the motions because he knows he has to. Doesn't bode well for the team having him checked out like this.
That article about him being "mad" about his lowered ice time was a bit of a stretch in that sense, although there was one odd quote where Mika said they haven't had a game yet where "everything goes in" (I'd imagine in reference to his line, not the team as a whole). I get being snakebit, but if your solution is effectively to just wait and hope you get a game where every other puck touch results in a goal, maybe it's time for someone to think outside the box. The "3rd" line seems to have no problem getting pucks through and scoring because they're playing f***ing tenacious hockey. They're hustling their balls off to get control of pucks/win battles and driving to the net. Mika's having trouble with being stationary and receiving bank passes up the boards right now, and that quote makes it sound like he's just twiddling his thumbs waiting for the other team to make it easy for him.