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SUNRISE, Fla. – It took only a day for James van Riemsdyk to get his mind back to hockey. The Maple Leafs winger was in the driveway of his New Jersey home on the second day of the NHLs three-day Christmas stopover, shooting pucks on the driveway with his two younger brothers. Maybe for the first couple days you let your mind relax, but then at that point you start thinking about okay Ive got to be ready to go for the next game, said van Riemsdyk ahead of the clubs return to game action on Sunday in a matinee against the Panthers. Its kind of snapping back to reality, added head coach Randy Carlyle. They had some time with their family and they had a Christmas holiday, but now its time to go back to work. And if you look at the schedule and you look at the work that were going to have in front of us we better be ready. We have to be sharp mentally and thats really what were trying to do. The Leafs are about to enter their most difficult portion of the schedule, a road-heavy stretch that sees the club play 14 of the next 18 away from the comfy confines of the ACC. That stretch starts Sunday with a chaotic run of five games in seven nights in destinations ranging from sunny Florida to chilly Winnipeg. Toronto has played the most home games in the league thus far (tied with Detroit), taking full advantage with a league-leading 14 wins – also just behind the likes of Montreal, Tampa, and Detroit in the Atlantic division. But they have found that success with increasingly shaky fundamentals, looking more and more like the group that scored a boatload of goals while standing on the shoulders of two overworked goaltenders last year. Their possession numbers have predictably tumbled, better than only the Sabres and Blue Jackets in the past 16 games. Carlyle put his team through a detail-oriented 90-minute practice Saturday afternoon with that in mind. He worked the whiteboard, shouted out instructions, took questions and answers from the group during strategy sessions and skated players some after three straight days off the ice. All of it with the hope of shaping a flawed product. The Leafs gave up more shots than anyone last year and theyre not far off from fulfilling that pace once again this season. Only Buffalo has given up more shots on average than Toronto, including a 43-shot barrage in Dallas just before the break. It was the fourth time in 10 games that the club allowed 40 shots or more and ninth time in 35 games this season. As they have done so many times in recent memory, the Leafs survived on the strength of Jonathan Bernier – who earned his second shutout of the year – and a gaudy offence that scores more than any team in the league. We were loose and Bernie was called upon far, far too many times, Carlyle said of the 4-0 win over the Stars. That was the message [today]: we cannot continue to accept whats going on out there in the defensive zone. Eventually the goaltending crumbles under the weight of such a burden, as it did during a three-game losing skid that preceded the teams win in Dallas. Can the Leafs change course? Can they find a way to consistently implement the robotic structure theyve displayed only intermittently this season? Or will this remain a group that is flawed in its foundations, able to win only on the strength of a powerful offence and fine goaltending? Carlyle continues to hunt for a change in course. Can he and a revamped coaching staff succeed in doing so where last years group failed? That will be the question. Juan Thornhill Jersey . -- Michael Bennett gambled last off-season that playing on a one-year deal in Seattle would pay off in the future with the long-term contract he always wanted. 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I had struggled so much in Altenberg and thiss gives me some peace knowing that I can slide and compete on European tracks.ddddddddddddCalgarys Lanette Prediger, 35, finished a career-best fourth in 2:20.58. Jane Channell, of North Vancouver, B.C., was seventh in 2:21.12 despite driving over a tree branch during her second run.Martins Dukurs of Latvia captured the mens event. his fifth win in six races, finishing 0.60 seconds ahead South Korean of Yun Sungbin. Russian Nikita Tregybov, 19, was third, 1.19 back.Calgarys Evan Neufeldt was eighth, tying the best result this year for a Canadian man. 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