Not you dude - but a prevailing statement I see around here. "They just didn't play right." "They weren't lucky enough." "If so-and-so had been better". "It's all Mart Battkowski's fault!"
My effort wasn't to give one solution or cure-all, but to find causes for the known effects. Confidence DID play a part, yes I agree. But WHY was his confidence an issue? It would have to come from some kind of repeat failure, no?
He's missing open nets, because he's rushing it. He's used to not having time to do what comes naturally to him because his space is being taken away. Makes for a jumpy player who can miff on routine puck plays when normally one isn't known for that.