Consistently slow starts have resulted in opponents scoring first in 16 of 22 games as the Toronto Marlies have often needed to dig themselves out of multi-goal deficits.
We made it too easy for [Bakersfield] to break pucks out. We weren't predictable enough. We didn't establish our forecheck. We got better in the second, but when you play with fire like that, and you're always chasing and coming from behind, it's going to catch up to you. It caught up to us.
I'm not exactly sure what it is (driving the slow starts). It's something for us to figure out internally. You have to give our group credit for not quitting, but we always start behind the eight ball.
The refs are a part of the game. Whether it is good calls or bad calls, we just have to stay in the fight. Sometimes, it is hard to stay composed mentally.
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