J.T. Miller was trying to be careful with his words, but he's clearly frustrated.
"You can't be okay with coming out flat. We're in no position to come out flat. We had the right mindset. We're ready to go. We got outplayed again in the first period, and it kind of set the tone. I thought we had a good second period. A couple mistakes hurt us, but other than that, we had a good second period, a good third. We're obviously not getting a ton of bounces offensively, which is more of a reason - there's no excuses to come out flat. It just sucks. This is not fun right now and we need to correct the starts. It's becoming a trend, so we need to fix this now. It's a hard road trip, so we've got to be ready to go to start the game."