Eyes On The Prize: A Montreal Canadiens podcast

Jared Book and Matt Drake discuss the last stretch of the season, including the NHL debuts of Lane Hutson and Logan Mailloux, plus the seasons of Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovský.

The season may be over, but if the final game taught us anything, the future is bright in Montreal.

Matt Drake recaps Lane Hutson's debut with the Canadiens, in their chance to spoil Detroit's playoff hopes.

Matt Drake discusses the battle of the basement in the Atlantic Division, with the Habs and Sens duking it out for last place.

Matt Drake recaps the Habs trying to play spoiler to the Isles playoff hopes in New York.

Matt Drake recaps a wild game, featuring Juraj Slafkovsky's first career hat trick against the Flyers.

Matt Drake discusses the Canadiens moving into top-five lottery territory after a loss to the New York Rangers.

Matt Drake discusses a poor second period killing the Habs' chances against the Leafs at the Bell Centre.

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discuss Armia, AHL playoff push and potential additions in Hutson and Engström along with the EU players currently active in the European playoffs.

Matt Drake recaps a wild affair between the Habs and Lightning, featuring 11 total goals.

Matt Drake recaps Xhekaj and Slaf going bash brothers, and the Canadiens giving the Panthers a heck of a game at the Bell Centre.

Jared Book, Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discuss the Montreal Canadiens Organisational Players of the Month for March.

Matt Drake discusses the Habs being killed by their special teams against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Matt Drake recaps the Canadiens relishing their spoiler role against the Flyers at the Bell Centre

Matt Drake recaps the return of Martin St-Louis behind the bench, as the Habs take on the Avalanche.

We look at the strengths, weaknesses and development for Torpedo Nihzny Novgorod's, and Montreal prospect, Bogdan Konyushkov. What went right, what improved, and what can be expected for next season?

Matt Drake recaps a big win for the Habs on the road against Seattle

Matt Drake recaps another stunningly bad zebra performance in the Habs game against the Canucks

Matt Drake recaps a solid Habs effort against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers

Thibaud Chatel joins the podcast to talk expectations of David Reinbacher's assignement to Laval Rocket, and we talk about why we both feel his grade for the season should be a B+.

Jared Book of Habs Eyes on the Prize and Zoë Hayden of The Victory Press discuss the recent PWHL action with Toronto surging and Boston floundering. They discuss the upcoming Trade Deadline, the addition of Mikyla Grant-Mentis to Montreal, the World Championships, and more.

Matt Drake recaps a terrific tank night for the Habs, with some solid performances in a loss to the Calgary Flames

Matt Drake discusses the officiating of Chris Lee, and a surprising Habs effort against the powerhouse Bruins

Matt Drake recaps Cayden Primeau's brilliance for the Canadiens against the Columbus Blue Jackets

Matt Drake recaps the Habs giving the Leafs all they can handle, and what that means for a Leafs team who think they can win a title.

Matt Drake discusses the looming trade deadline, as well as the Habs game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Matt Drake recaps a wild game in Nashville for the Habs, featuring some snipes from Joshua Roy and Nick Suzuki.

Vinzenz Rohrer has stayed up with Zürich Lions the whole season, a feat for any rookie in one of the top four leagues in the world. He tells us about his experience, his training, his spare time, Montreal Canadiens, the World championships and of course a bit of how it must have been for David Reinbacher in a season like this.

Jared Book discusses the Montreal Canadiens game against the Tampa Bay Lightning as well as PWHL Montreal's win over Boston on Saturday.

Matt Drake recaps excellent nights from the Sheriff, and Nick Suzuki on the road in Florida.

Matt Drake recaps Samuel Montembeault's sheer brilliance against the Coyotes

Matt Drake discusses Saturday afternoon's tilt between the New Jersey Devils and the Montreal Canadiens.

Matt Drake recaps one tank nation will be happy with, as the Habs play well but fall to the Pens.

Matt Drake discusses Joshua Roy's brilliance in a very important tank game for the Habs against the Buffalo Sabres

Matt Drake recaps solid games from Alex Newhook, Joshua Roy, and the top line yet again for the Habs.

Hadi Kalakeche and Patrik Bexell picks their top 10 prospects six months after the Top 25 Under 25 finished. (Patrik actually picked 11, so Kapanen should have been a HM. Cut off line for prospects was 10+ games in the NHL.

Matt Drake recaps a barn burner in New York, with 11 total goals. How many did the Habs score?

Jared Book of Eyes on the Prize and Zoë Hayden of The Victory Press discuss the first trade in PWHL history, the upcoming Battle on Bay Street between Toronto and Montreal, and the Rivalry Series

Matt Drake recaps the show that Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky put on when the Habs took on the Ducks.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discuss the Rise of Slafkovský, The Kloten Coaching, The Kapanen Progression and Eriksson Loan to Nybro.

Matt Drake recaps an embarrassing afternoon for the Canadiens on Super Bowl Sunday

Matt Drake recaps a close game between the Habs and Stars, made so in large part due to the Habs' top line.

Matt Drake recaps the return of the Habs from the All-Star break, featuring great performances from Juraj Slafkovsky and Nick Suzuki

Jared Book and Matt Drake discuss the Sean Monahan trade to the Winnipeg Jets plus the Montreal Canadiens organizational players of the month for January.

Matt Drake recaps Lars Eller's 1000th game, coming of course against his former team in the Montreal Canadiens.

Matt Drake recaps the return of Patrick Roy to Montreal, coaching the New York Islanders against the Canadiens.

Matt Drake breaks down the Montreal Canadiens once again shooting themselves in the foot against the Senators.

Jared Book of Habs Eyes on the Prize and Zoë Hayden of The Victory Press get together to discuss the latest two weeks of the PWHL and what the future may look like for the league.

Jared Book of Habs Eyes on the Prize and Zoe Hayden of The Victory Press discuss the latest happenings of the PWHL and what the future of the league may look like going forward.

Matt Drake discusses the 40 good minutes the Habs played in Boston, while trying to avoid talking about the other 20.

Matt Drake recaps another stunningly bad effort from the Habs on the second half of a back-to-back.

Matt Drake recaps a big night for Joshua Roy as the Habs open a back-to-back against the Devils

We take a look on the defence with the insights of Jason Paul, @WaveIntel on Twitter, and the analytics that he puts out.

Matt Drake recaps the return of Jonathan Drouin and the Colorado Avalanche to the Bell Centre.

Matt Drake discusses yet another overtime outing for the Montreal Canadiens, this time against the Oilers.

Who is the worst team in the NHL? Matt Drake tries to answer that after watching the Sharks play the Habs.

Matt Drake discusses Cayden Primeau being the latest Habs goaltender to drag them to places they don't deserve to be

Eyes on the Prize collaborates with The Victory Press to put together the first episode focusing on women's hockey and the PWHL. Jared Book is joined by Zoë Hayden for this episode as they talk about the league's opening week and initial impressions on all six teams.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discuss the players selected as players of the month by the staff at Eyes on the Prize. Article here: https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/montreal-canadiens-organizational-players-of-december-juraj-slafkovsky-highlights-nick-suzuki-jakub-dobes-filip-erikson-jacob-fowler/

Matt Drake recaps the absolute brilliance of Samuel Montembeault against the New York Rangers.

Jared Book and Patrik Bexell discusses the WJC and the different conclusions that can be drawn from the tournament, both in regards to the tournament a sa whole and in regards to the Montreal Canadiens prospects. Filip Mešár, Jacob Fowler, Owen Beck and Lane Hutson are all being discussed, along with the different steps the smaller European nations are taking.

Matt Drake discusses an embarrassing effort from the Habs, and embarrassing officiating in their game against the Sabres.

Matt Drake recaps Samuel Montembeault's brilliance, Nick Suzuki's leadership, and Juraj Slafkovsky's development in a wild affair against the Dallas Stars.

Matt Drake recaps a wild game between the Habs and Lightning, featuring one of the weirdest goals ever.

Matt Drake recaps a tough outing in Florida, featuring very few shots and an incredibly dumb penalty.

Jared Book, Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discuss the WJC so far.

Matt Drake is back with a ref rant after a dirty hit on Juraj Slafkovsky goes uncalled in the Habs' game against the Canes.

Patrik Bexell, Matt Drake, and Jared Book discuss the 2024 World Juniors. Who are the favourites, and what can we expect from the Montreal Canadiens prospects in the tournament?

Matt Drake discusses yet another Habs comeback, this time against the Chicago Blackhawks

Matt Drake recaps a festival of penalties between the Habs and the Wild, requiring overtime to declare a winner.

Matt Drake is back to discuss the Habs getting another OT win, this time in Winnipeg against the Jets

Thibaud Chatel joins the podcast to have explain David Reinbacher's season. Mr Chatel is a Swiss hockey expert due to his work for NLIceData and has a clear understanding about what has gone wrong, and right, for the Montreal prospect and how Rienbacher uses the National League to prepare himself for the NHL.

Jared Book discusses the Canadiens win over the New York Islanders, including Josh Anderson's big game, Cole Caufield finally getting a goal, and why the third period didn't bother him very much at all.

Hadi Kalakeshe and Patrik Bexell discuss the Russian defender's skills and development.

Jared Book fills in for Matt Drake on the Bottom Six Minutes and discusses the Canadiens' 4-0 loss to Los Angeles on Thursday night. He discusses why this was an encouraging 4-0 loss, Juraj Slafkovský, and Caroline Ouellette, who was honoured before Thursday's game.

Matt Drake discusses an extremely encouraging effort from the Habs, including Josh Anderson's first goal!

Matt Drake discusses the Canadiens mounting an impressive comeback in regulation against the Red Wings.

Jared Book and Matt Drake get together to discuss the Samuel Montembeault contract extension and the Montreal Canadiens organizational players of the month for November.

Matt Drake discusses the shockingly bad officiating, among other things, in the Habs game against the Panthers.

Matt Drake discusses the Habs ending their road trip on a high note in Columbus

Matt Drake discusses the Habs two most recent performances against San Jose and Los Angeles, respectively.

Matt Drake discusses the Habs potentially ending their California curse with a win in Anaheim.

Jared Book is joined by Patrik Bexell to discuss David Reinbacher's Swiss team Kloten firing their head coach, and then is joined by Matt Drake to discuss the Canadiens and why their recent run of form is not worrisome to them.

Matt Drake discusses his beef with PJ Stock, and the Bruins running over the Canadiens at TD Garden.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell take a look on the European prospect in regards to the first quarter of their seasons.

Matt Drake demands a promotion for Jesse Ylonen after his performance against Vegas.

Matt Drake discusses an incredibly frustrating game between the Habs and Flames

Matt Drake recaps the Canadiens first meeting with one of the hottest teams in the West in the Vancouver Canucks

Matt Drake recaps a truly amazing effort from the Habs against the Eastern Conference leading Boston Bruins

Matt Drake recaps the best game the Habs have played in a while

Matt Drake rants about a terrible start costing the Montreal Canadiens at home against the Tampa Bay Lightning

Jared Book, Matt Drake, and Anton Rasegård get together to discuss the last week of Montreal Canadiens action including Juraj Slafkovský's development, Mike Matheson's struggles, and an update on a player making a big return to the OHL.

Matt Drake discusses Juraj Slafkovsky getting promoted to the top line in a tough game against the Blues.

Patrik Bexell discuss Adam Engström's start of the season, and brings on Rögle's assistant coach Max Bohlin for a deper insight into Adam Engström's development.

Matt Drake rants about the amateur hour that is Mullet Arena, and Sean Monahan's torrid pace to start the season.

Hadi Kalakeshe, Jared Book and Anton Rasegård joins Patrik Bexell on the podcast to discuss the #Habs organizational players of the month for October.

Matt Drake discusses a surprisingly strong effort for the Habs against the league-leading Golden Knights.

Matt Drake discusses yet another comeback by the Montreal Canadiens, and Kaiden Guhle's excellent return from injury.