the Gold Coast fullback suggested any Origin talk was a little pr

NEW YORK -- Coming off two 100-point seasons and their best playoff run in 23 years, the New York began this season with high hopes. Things havent been working out so well.Sixteen games into the season -- about one-fifth of the way through -- the Islanders are having trouble scoring goals and the losses are piling up.With just one win in the last seven games (1-3-3), they are in last place in the Eastern Conference and their 40 goals ranks just above the bottom one-third in the conference and the league overall.I have not found the combinations to give us some offense, coach Jack Capuano said after the team was shut out for the first time this season Monday night. Its on me to find guys to play with certain guys. Our guys are well prepared for games. We have to be able to find some offense.The Islanders were booed through much of their latest loss -- 4-0 to Tampa Bay -- by the home fans looking for another strong season after finally reaching the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1993 .I understand the frustration of the fans and frustration of the players, Capuano said. but for me, as a coach, Im behind these guys. I want them to succeed.Two months after their postseason ended last spring, the Islanders lost long-time stars Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen and Matt Martin on the first day of free agency , and replaced them with Andrew Ladd and Jason Chimera. The departed trio combined for 52 goals and 83 assists last season, while the two newcomers have totaled three goals and five assists so far.Capuano has shuffled the lines all season, searching for the right combinations -- especially for captain John Tavares, who spent most of the latter part of last season on the top line with Okposo and Nielsen. Ladd and Chimera began the season with Tavares. Chimera was then replaced by Josh Bailey. Ladd was then dropped down, with Shane Prince initially taking his place, but Cal Clutterbuck has been moved up there the last five games. The changes have rippled on the other lines as well.Tavares is still confident the team can turn things around.How many games do we got left, he said. You just keep going, keep working. You find your way out of it. Obviously we dont want to be in the spot that were in, but were not going to quit. We just got to stay positive and stay together. Therea plenty of time for improvement with 66 games remaining, but it needs to start soon. The Islanders are seven points out of a playoff spot, but would need to jump over eight teams just to get in the Easts second wild-card spot.Obviously it feels like everything is against us right now, Tavares said. Theres a long way to go at this point in the year. ... All you can do is work to sway the momentum, get some good results and try to build some momentum off that and build confidence.A strong home team the last two years, the Islanders had a chance to get off to a good start with their next game -- on Friday night against defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh -- being their 12th out of the first 17 at Barclays Center. The Islanders head into that 5-4-2 on home ice. That will be followed by a three-game trip to California next week with the team still looking for its first road win after going 0-4-1 in the first five.We have to get back practicing hard, get ready to go, obviously a big game Friday night and a big road trip, defenseman Travis Hamonic said. We just have to keep pushing forward. No ones feeling sorry for us.The poor start has put Capuano on the hot seat and with the coach repeatedly taking the blame for the teams scoring troubles, the pressure will likely only build.I can only control what I can control, Capuano said when asked if he was concerned whether general manager Garth Snow might consider a coaching change. Thats not my decision. I come to the rink every day like everybody else and work extremely hard. ... As Ive said, we have to find a way -- and it falls on me -- to try to get some offense out of this team.---Follow Vin Cherwoo at www.twitter.com/VinCherwooAP ETwaun Moore Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Zion Williamson Jersey . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. 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Jarryd Hayne has refused to set his sights on a State of Origin return for NSW as he prepares to enter his first full NRL pre-season in four years.Hayne was NSWs player of the series when they last won the Shield in 2014, however he has not stepped foot in the representative arena since after leaving for the NFL and the rugby sevens.And while NSW coach Laurie Daley has previously indicated he would be prepared to play Hayne in any number of positions, the Gold Coast fullback suggested any Origin talk was a little premature for him.I never come into a season wanting to play (Origin), he said.Weve got a luxury at NSW with the amount of backs we have coming through.Ive got to worry about playing good footy and getting in good shape and getting in good form.Hayne will return to training with the Titans on Thursday when they kick-off their pre-season, marking the first time he has been available for day one since Parramatta in 2012.He missed the early stages of preparation for 2014 while playing in the 2013 WWorld Cup, and then debuted for the Titans in round 21 last season just five days after signing with the club following his departure from the game in late 2014.ddddddddddddIt also meant he went into the final two months of the season with no fitness training centred around rugby league, after spending no more than minutes at a time on the field in the NFL and for Fiji in the sevens.And its there he believes he will gain his biggest improvement heading into the 2017 season.Eighty minutes isnt the hard part, he said.Its backing it up every six or seven days over the course of a season.Thats where its tough and thats where pre-season is important to get that base and punch out all those games.The 28-year-old won his second Dally M Medal alongside Johnathan Thurston in his last full season in the NRL, and showed patches of his best in his seven matches with the Titans last year. 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