It wouldn't affect me. I don't know how it would affect you, or Laine, or anyone else for that matter. It's possible, but really just conjecture, and based on listening to Laine talk, I think he's far stronger mentally than you might be giving him credit for.
I agree that Patrik is likely very strong mentally, he certainly marches to his own drummer. But he did say last year that it was difficult to produce with little (no pun intended) icetime.... paraphrasing of course.
(Using your post as a jumping off point from here on in....)
Then over the summer, Maurice said in an interview that Patrik had better get ready for more ice time. Patrik came out on fire in the first two games, but saw limited ice time. Now he looks to be back to where he was before those two games, cold and not really into the game.
Purely conjecture, but I think it's possible that he needs to be involved more to flourish. Previous to the Jets, he was the go to guy and played a lot of minutes with a lot of responsibility, he also looks like a completely different player if you watch those videos from 3 years ago.
It's a coach's job to recognize what lights a fire under his team, and realize that players are individuals and require different motivators to get their game going. We can all say he needs to move his feet, he needs to win board battles, he needs to retrieve pucks etc..... I think the cure is that he needs to be more involved. He's basically being used as a fringe player, when he has the potential to be a superstar, not just a star. I would hope that the coach would see the benefit of having a superstar contribute to the team, especially a team having difficulty scoring.
My two cents.