Want me to audit your fantasy hockey team? I already have received a few dozen e-mails, and had to pick only a few of them. I will try and get to a team a day until Dobber returns (next Monday). Thanks gents!

The Prospect Report is out June 1st. Pick it up now and support the site! Dobber and Matt Bugg break down the best prospects in the league, both drafted and undrafted. Bugg also weighs in with his thoughts on the 2010 NHL Entry Draft with a comprehensive mock draft. Ryan Van Horne and Justin Goldman are also contributing to the report.

Is matching lines stupid? Can it hurt you? Justin Bourne weighs in with his thoughts over at Puck Daddy. Fantastic piece. Bourne has had a few gems this week as he covers for Greg Wyshynski.

Dale Tallon is the new GM of the Florida Panthers, after Randy Sexton was let go earlier today. Tallon did a great job building the Blackhawks, but was cast aside (as a scapegoat, in my opinion) to let Stan Bowman take over. He was blamed for the Huet/Campbell contracts, even though ownership pressured him into making the two moves.

The Backstrom extension clarifies Alex Semin’s future with the Capitals (or lack thereof). He has one year left on his contract (at $6 million) – don’t expect him back after that. Where does he go? Any ideas? For all of the criticism he gets (from me especially…), Semin is a legitimate 40+ goal scorer. He is one dimensional, but there isn’t anything more important than goals in hockey.

He did have a poor first round against Montreal (two assists in seven games), but he had 14 points in 14 games during Washington’s playoff run last spring.

Nicklas Backstrom’s extension – 10 years, $67 million. Very good deal for all parties involved.

Dobber is off to Mexico for a much needed vacation, so the site is mine to run for the next week!

Brock Trotter is having a heck of a postseason so far with the Hamilton Bulldogs. He had two spectacular assists last game – the video is up on the Dogs official website. I apologize in advance for the annoying play-by-play! The second pass in particular was absolutely jaw-dropping.

Trotter is waiver-eligible if he fails to make the Habs next season – you can bet he is on the radar of a few clubs around the league. The Habs signed him as a free agent out of the University of Denver in 2008. He is a long shot to make it as an offensive forward in the NHL, but he has been fantastic all season in the AHL. In deep keeper leagues, he bears watching.

The other series in the AHL features Manchester and Hershey – Bernier vs. Neuvirth. Hershey is up 2-0 so far, and Neuvirth has been spectacular. Varlamov probably has the (very slight) edge over Neuvirth with regards to the starting position next season, but Washington will let the two duke it out in training camp (assuming they don’t make a move to bring in another goalie in the summer).

Does someone take a piss in Glenn Healy's cornflakes every morning? He is constantly whining, slamming players, and negatively commenting on anything and everything. He makes me miss Pierre McGuire…

I caught most of the Sweden/Canada game yesterday. Jonas Gustavsson was awesome. I found a lot of the time in Toronto he was over committing to shots and relying too much on his flexibility, and both things got him into trouble on a consistent basis. He was aggressive but composed against Canada, allowing only one goal on 34 shots.

Johnny Boychuk is an unrestricted free agent this summer. Boston will do everything they can (within reason) to bring him back. He plays with a nasty physical edge and has one of the heaviest point shots in the league. He is fairly mobile for his size as well. His upside is probably in the # 4/5 role on the defensive depth chart, and 8-10 goals with 15-25 assists (depending on power play time).

Niklas Hjalmarsson had a great game for the Blackhawks yesterday. He was very mediocre in the Vancouver series, but looked great matched up against the Clowe-Pavelski-Setoguchi line.

Antti Niemi had his best game in… probably ever (at least in the NHL). He stopped 44 of 45 shots, including about nine or 10 high quality scoring chances. He is the only reason why San Jose wasn't up 2 or 3-0 after the first period. Niemi had one save in particular better than the rest – highway robbery of Ryane Clowe, who figured to have a sure goal before Niemi gloved it out of the air. I'll get a video up when it is available.

Chris Mason had a horrible game for Canada, allowing two very stoppable shots to get past him.

I watched my first game of the Memorial Cup yesterday – Brandon vs. Moncton. Wasn't terribly impressed by Brayden Schenn or Scott Glennie – Matt Calvert was definitely the most noticeable skater on Brandon's top line.

Does Sergei Gonchar return to Pittsburgh? If not, where does he go? For how much? I assume he will want to remain in the East, where he has played his entire career. I could potentially see the Devils being interested if Paul Martin signs elsewhere.

Villie Leino has nine points in Philadelphia's last seven games. He struggled offensively after coming over from Detroit a few months ago (being a healthy scratch in 14 of 27 games couldn't have helped), but he seems to have found a home on the second line with Briere and Hartnell. He has good hands and is hard on the puck, but he lacks foot speed and balance. If he can continue to work on and improve those two things, he may have a future as a top-six forward in the NHL.

Last year Mike Babcock said Leino was the best player he has ever had to demote to the AHL – judging by Leino's play this postseason, it doesn't seem like Babcock was just blowing smoke.

Islanders prospect Travis Hamonic absolutely levelled Hall on Friday (Hall ended up being fine, scoring a beauty of a goal later in the same game):

Jordan Eberle had a wicked goal against Norway a few days ago – scroll ahead to the 0:30 mark to check it out:

A fitting video after last night's dominant performance – What if Broad Street didn't fight back?