Bobby Ryan for Tomas Kaberle? The OC Register weighs in. I agree with the last sentence. “On the surface, trading Ryan for Kaberle doesn't seem to make any sense. Now if the Leafs were to include Luke Schenn or Nazem Kadri in the conversations …”

Hershey defeated Texas 2-1 in overtime last night to take a 3-2 series lead in the Calder Cup. The Bears are one win away from their second consecutive championship.

Both Karl Alzner and John Carlson factored in on the overtime winner, scored by Alexandre Giroux.

One again, Michal Neuvirth and Matt Climie were both extremely solid. Neuvirth allowed only one goal on 36 shots, and Clime stopped 41 of 43. Both will be in the NHL next season – Neuvirth battling Semyon Varlamov for the starting position with the Capitals, and Climie backing up Lehtonen.

We’re delaying the “final” Prospects Report release until Monday. The Mock Draft is in there, but we omitted a name in the middle of the first round and caught it late. The entire Mock from that point on will be completely re-done. Our apologies.

Chris Pronger responds in kind to Adam Burish's comments. "Next time he sees you he's going to punch you." Chris: "where's that, the minors?" Good stuff from both sides.

The Flyers re-signed goalie Johan Backlund to a two-year extension. He will probably battle for the starting position with the Phantoms in the AHL. I don't see both of Boucher/Leighton returning (my money is on Boucher), but who knows. Paul Holmgren is not shy to make a big splash or two (last year with Pronger, and a few years back with Timonen/Hartnell from Nashville).

I was browsing some prospect stuff yesterday, and came across a bizarre/interesting fact – defenseman Dylan McIlrath, a hulking defensive defenseman from the WHL, possesses a wingspan of 83 inches (or 6'11"). He is "only' 6'4". Apparently there is at least one team out there that has him in their top 10. I know this isn't fantasy relevant, but it's slim pickin's out there right now – aside from the Calder Cup, the biggest hockey story yesterday involved Kris Versteeg attempting to rap!

I haven't done a mailbag in a few weeks. Aiming for Sunday… but no promises.

For all of the hoopla made over Chicago's cap situation, Calgary is right with them. According to Cap Geek, the Flames have almost $54 million committed to 17 players. They have several bad contracts (Ales Kotalik, Daymond Langkow, Cory Sarich) and still need to re-sign some key players. Look for them to be very active at the draft and in the days leading up to July 1^st – Darryl Sutter loves trading and he needs to find a way to open up some space under the cap.

Anaheim will find a way to sign Bobby Ryan. Too bad Brian Burke didn't wait a year and use his offer sheet on Ryan, who is clearly a superior player to Kessel in all facets of the game, outside of skating and shooting.

The Leafs are giving Phaneuf Mats Sundin's sloppy seconds (also known as the title as team captain). I am not sure Phaneuf is ready for the role, but Brian Burke obviously thinks he is. The "C" designation has always been overrated in my eyes – true leaders lead regardless of whether they are wearing a letter on their chest or not.

According to a few sources (nothing too credible, mind you), the Devils are the frontrunners to land Tomas Kaberle. With Paul Martin basically out the door, they have a glaring need for a top-pairing puck mover. Toronto would have HUGE interest in David Clarkson, who is a restricted free agent this summer. In addition to Clarkson, New Jersey could add in the likes of Adam Henrique/Matt Halischuk to sweeten the pot. Not exactly blue-chip prospects, but both should be solid pros for a long time.

From now until June 24^th, I'll be running a 2010 NHL Entry Draft contest. Send me (private message, e-mail, carrier pigeon, whatever you prefer) your first round mock. The entry that closest mirrors the first round on June 25^th will win an autographed Shane Doan 8×10 photograph.

The rules are simple – one through 30, send me your picks. If you guess the correct player, I'll give you one point. If you guess the correct player and the correct position, you will be awarded three points. For example, of your top five is Hall-Seguin-Fowler-Tarasenko-Gunbranson, and the NHL's top five picks are Hall-Seguin-Fowler-Gunbranson-Tarasenko, you will be given 11 points (three for Hall, Seguin, and Fowler in the correct position, and one for each of Tarasenko and Gunbranson for having them in the first round).

If the rules are in any way confusing, don't hesitate to ask for further clarification.

Matt Bugg's mock draft will be added to the updated Fantasy Prospects Report on June 12^th.  Buy the Report now!