It's September 2 and Labour Day (aka Labor Day) is somehow still 6 days away. It is truly the dog days of summer.

Unless Franson gets off his butt and signs somewhere, there's pretty much no news.

I guess Marner was at the NHLPA Rookie Showcase or something?

If you have any good links throw them up in the comments.

Otherwise talk about your precious baseball birds or whatever they're called.