Islanders News: What are you looking at? You're laborers, you should be laboring.

Happy Labor Day to all laborers. Please cease and desist from laboring today. Unless your wife goes into labor. Then you should labor to make her labor less laborious.

Islanders Burgers

• Matt Martin's summer involved Entourage, coaching kids and getting a new dog. Two of these things are cute. [Islanders]
• The Islanders are looking for a new In-Arena Host and auditions are on Thursday. So get those glossy head shots and resumes shined up. [Islanders]
• This article started making the rounds this weekend but if you missed it, it's well worth the read: Islanders fan Jeff runs a Brooklyn start-up and is excited about the team's move to his home, but is concerned about the language and actions of Brett Yormark in marketing the team. He says what a lot of us are thinking about banners and black jerseys and I hope Yormark or whoever really considers it.

Side Dishes

• Zoë is among the esteemed panelists in a Hockey Wilderness podcast on the state of women's hockey that received the Jenny Scrivens seal of approval.
• SLIDE SHOW! What would each NHL's team roster look like if it was comprised only of players drafted by that team? The Islanders make out pretty well. [Bleacher Report]
• Former Sabre Nathan Paetsch has been sentenced to community service and house arrest for his role in a gambling ring. There's a Thomas Vanek joke somewhere in that sentence. [Buffalo News]
• There should be no doubt as to which fan base has the best sense of humor. Only Flyers fans could organize a GoFundMe page to raise enough dough to buy the Penguins. [Puck Daddy]