Lighthouse Hockey, a New York Islanders community

Jeff Vinik comes to town; Matt Carle's non-controversial controversey; the NHLFA chimes in on the labor negotiations. Your Monday links.

The New York Islanders visit the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena, where they have never won a game in regulation.

Canadian poet Randall Maggs comes to Edmonton next week to give a reading from his award-winning book Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems.