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The Colorado Avalanche were feeling good after they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 10 days ago.It was their third win in four contests, they were heading home for a five-game homestand with a .500 mark and looking to build some momentum heading into the second month of the season.Instead of surging, the Avalanche are searching for answers after three straight losses -- including one in a shootout. Colorado can turn things around on Thursday when it hosts the Blue Jackets on Thursday night.The poor starts, defensive lapses and lack of focus for 60 minutes need to be fixed if Colorado (9-11-1) is going to start winning.It better start coming from inside, coach Jared Bednar said after Tuesdays 5-3 loss to Nashville. The players are going to have to solve that a little bit on their own. They know what the expectations are, what the standard is and we have to continually strive to meet that standard and get more consistent.Bednar wants it to start against the Blue Jackets, a team with which the Avalanche made a trade on Monday. The clubs swapped minor league defensemen with Ryan Stanton going to Columbus for Cody Goloubef. Both players reported to their respective teams American Hockey League affiliates.Goloubef could end up with Colorado if the defense continues to struggle. The Avalanche arent getting enough consistency from 21-year-old Nikita Zadarov, who had a costly turnover in the first period that led to Nashvilles first goal Tuesday.But Zadarovs play isnt the main reason for Colorados struggles. Injuries are an issue, too.Goaltender Semyon Varlamov missed two straight games but will be in net Thursday. Forward Gabriel Landeskog was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, retroactive to Nov. 15.Bednar said Wednesday that the team is considering recalling one or two players from San Antonio, one of which might be A.J. Greer. Bednar has repeatedly said Landeskog is day to day but he hasnt skated since Friday. He didnt play in Colorados 3-2 overtime win in Columbus on Nov. 21, a rare November loss for the Blue Jackets.Columbus (12-5-4) finished the month 9-2-3 and is tied with Washington for third place in the Metropolitan Division before Wednesday nights NHL schedule. The Blue Jackets are coming off a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday and are feeling confident.We certainly know weve climbed a ladder here, coach John Tortorella told The Columbus Dispatch. Weve talked about the standard of play, the accountability factor of how you play, how you practice. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The sight of Emily Seebohm bawling her eyes out pool-side did provide a fairly convincing argument.But Australias dual world champion backstroker says she doesnt want to be the poster girl for social media bans at the Rio Olympics.More and more Australian swimmers are following Seebohms lead and brushing social media at the 2016 Games after her London meltdown.At the 2012 Games, Seebohm was inconsolable pool-side after infamously blaming a Twitter fixation for her shock London 100m backstroke result.Seebohm broke the Olympic record in the heats, only to surprisingly succumb to American nemesis Missy Franklin in the final.Seebohm, 24, has handballed her social media accounts to a friend as she looks to finally break through for a maiden individual Games gold at Rio - her third Olympics.But Seebohm hoped other swimmers did not just blindly follow her lead and ban social media at Rio despite her convincing argument at London.Social media is something you have to decide personally, said Seebohm a 10-year veteran of the Australian swim team.ddddddddddddome people might like that distraction.Personally it doesnt work, I know that.Keeping a low profile on Twitter worked a treat at the 2015 world titles in Kazan, Russia for Seebohm.She became just the fifth woman since 1973 to claim the 100m-200m world double in Kazan.It marked her first individual gold medals at her fifth world titles campaign.Seebohm hinted at more greatness to come at Rio.A two-time relay Olympic gold medallist, Seebohm was confident of finally breaking through for individual honours in Brazil thanks to her new outlook.The same approach I took at Kazan I am taking here, she said ominously.I havent posted anything of late and I dont plan to.When I finish my events I will take it from there.Hopefully with plenty to tweet about. 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