Actually, I think Mikko's cooldown has more to do with him playing with Nate. Yes, they give each other a shitload of assists too, but they do kinda rob each other of goals a bit when playing on the same line. That's why I've always like Mikko being on his own line, leading it even if it's from the wing. He's good enough and is paid well enough to do that.
That's been my bug-a-boo since our 1st 2nd round ejection. Bednar is too quick to put all the good eggs in the same basket. Makar-Toews play extensively, almost exclusively, with ?-Nate-Mikko. When struggling for depth production, you should pretty quickly look to see if spreading the wealth a little could help. I feel consolidating it all hurts the team, I'm not sure what Bednar's reasoning is.