Eyes On The Prize: A Montreal Canadiens podcast

Jared Book is joined by Justin Godfrey of Raw Charge as they discuss the Tampa Bay Lightning and how they look to rebound from yet another first-round exit.

Matt Drake recaps the season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Jared Book is joined by Chad DeDominicis of ExpectedBuffalo to discuss the Sabres quest to return to the playoffs after winning the Atlantic Division a year ago.

Jared Book is joined by Alex Baumgartner, the Florida Panthers beat writer for FHN as they discuss the Panthers quest to return to the playoffs and win a third Stanley Cup in four seasons.

Matt Drake wraps up this years Habs preseason coverage.

Matt Drake recaps yet another OT thriller in the preseason.

Matt Drake discusses the split squad double win over the Leafs.

Jared Book and Matt Drake discuss the Montreal Canadiens injury update regarding Kaiden Guhle, plus the extensions to Arber Xhekaj and Alex Newhook.

Jared Book and Matt Drake discuss the new contract for Zachary Bolduc and the extension for head coach Martin St-Louis.

Vladislav Utkin is a hockey writer of allhockey.ru and sovsport.ru and a friend of Eyes on the Prize, Vladislav has special insights to the players in KHL - whom he covers daily.

Matt Drake reacts to the surprise signing of notorious MTL villain Chris Kreider.

"I think he should get Gallagher's letter, but he is a leader on the team with or without it." - Lori Bennett of Last Word on Sports joins the podcast to talk about Lane Hutson's importance for this Montreal Canadiens

Lori Bennet jons the podcast and gives comments to the rankings from number 25 to number 1.

Jack Han is an author, his series the Hockey Tactics is an asset to every coach and fan of the game. Jack is also a Eyes on the Prize alumn and he is currently the analyst and video/tactics consultant for Team Sweden (Tre Kronor). He brings os his thoughts on Ivan Demidov in this episode of Top 25 Under 25.

Ryan Szporer joins us to talk about Slafkovský's season and gives his prediction for next season.

Linc Zdancewicz ffrom McKeen's Hockey joins the podcast and talks about Michael Hage and if he is to similar to Ivan Demidov to have on the same line, and can he follow the Suzuki development path when he arrives in Montreal?

Jason Paul a.k.a. Waveintel on the X/Twitter joins the podcast to talk about Kaiden Guhle.

Jacob Fowler with Dylan Waugh, goalie coach and EOTP alumn.

Former team mate of David Reinbacher - Josiah Didier joins the podcast. Didier signed a contract with the newly promoted SHL team Björklöven.

Andrew Berkshire joins the podcast to talk about Zach Bolduc's season, progression and why he is needed in this Canadiens team.

Laura Saba of Locked on Canadiens Fame joins the podcast to talk about the forgotten rookie Oliver Kapanen.

Vladislav Utkin joins us from Siberia to talk about Gleb Pugachov.

- "He is a submarine" with Pascal Lapoint of Tout Sur Le Hockey, who goes through the strengths and the development he wants Engström to take this year.

Derek Neumeier of McKeens Hockey joins the podcast to talk about Bryce Pickfords rise in the Canadiens prospect pool.

Matt Drake joins the podcast to talk about Florain Xhekaj, and you can't talk about one Xhekaj without mentioning the other.

Michael Larivee (25th Stanley Cup Banner in the Eyes on the Prize comments) joins the podcast to talk about his impression of Owen Beck.

Linc Zdancewicz joins the podcast to talk about LJ Mooney, we also talk about Timofey Runtso and Hayden Paupanekis at the end (after the commercial break).

Returning guest Vladislav Utkin, hockey writer of allhockey.ru and sovsport.ru joins the podcast to talk about Bogdan Konuyshkov.

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell talks about Vinzenz Rohrer's move to play for Zug in Switzerland this season, and the implication for hir role with the Canadiens.

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discuss Owen Protz, and the defensive logjam within the Montreal Canadiens.

The Top 25 Under 25, 2026 - Number 21; Jared Davidson with Scott Matla.

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discuss Timofei Runtso and getting burned by Mailloux and Norlinder as reasons to rank Runtso lower than the community.

Pascal Lapoint of Tout Sur le Hockey joins the podcast to talk about Hayden Paupanekis. What has happened this year, and what about the next year in NCAA, WJC? Paupanekis' projection for the future.

John Broadbent from Defend the Nest joins the podcast from New Zealand.

Former Rocket player Nate Clurman joins the podcast and whiel the focus is his former teammate Tyler Thorpe we also discuss; Moving to Sweden, Rocket new head coach Daniel Jacob as well as the Olympic sized ice.

Number 25; Yevgeni Volokhin w. Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell

Daniel Spensieri (a.k.a. Cheminot on the boards) joins the podcast to talk about the near misses.

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discusses the Prospects (42-52): 42 Parker Trottier 41 Emmett Croteau 40 Ethan Samson 39 Hunter McKown 38 Cooper Cleaves 37 Brayden Klimpke 36 Sam Harris 35 Maksymilian Szuber

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discuss the long shots on the EOTP annual Top 25 Under 25 list. (00:16:09)

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discuss The Vinzenz Rohrer news and the evolving Micahel Hage situation

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell discuss the Top 25 Under 25 voting and reminds you to vote before 24th of July - 20:59 EDT. (Not 23:59 as we say in the podcast!)

Matt Drake and Patrik Bexell meanders through the Demidov contract and Free Agent Frenzy Situation

Vladislav Utkin, hockey writer of allhockey.ru and sovsport.ru joins the podcast to talk about Yevgeni Volokhin. (The episode was recorded on the 7th of June, hence some references to the Stanley Cup final, and I am unsure of the weather in Moscow at the moment.)

Vladislav Utkin, hockey writer of allhockey.ru and sovsport.ru joins the podcast to talk about Bogdan Konyushkov's season.

Matt Drake closes the loop on the Habs playoff run in the final Bottom Six Minutes of the season.

Discussing Alexander Zharovsky's season with Ivan Letyagin

Matt Drake rants about game four between the Habs and Canes.

Matt Drake discusses the Habs, the Canes, and the refs in the game three recap.

Matt Drake recaps game two between the Habs and Canes.

Matt Drake recaps a wild game one for the Habs in Carolina for the Eastern Conference Final.

Ryan Henkel of the Hockey Writers joins the podcast to discuss "The Offer Sheet Bowl;" Carolina Rolling Four Lines Missfiring First Lines Relentless Forecheck and Active PK Nick Ehlers The Goalie Match Up Prediction.

Matt Drake recaps an OT thriller in game seven, where a certain Newfie stepped up once again for the Habs.

Back from Montreal, Matt Drake discusses games five, six, and the looming game seven against the Buffalo Sabres.

Scott Matla joins the podcast to talk about the Rocket de Laval's season, and the development of the prospects throughout the year.

Matt Drake recaps game four between the Habs and Sabres.

Matt Drake recaps a banger game three for the Habs at the Bell Centre.

Matt Drake recaps a huge night for the Habs in Buffalo.

Matt Drake recaps a disappointing game one for the Habs in Buffalo.

Chad DeDominicis from Expected Buffalo joins the podcast to talk about the Buffalo Sabres - Montreal Canadiens matchup.

Matt Drake, Jared Book and Patrik Bexell continues the round table before a new series. This time they are looking towards the upcoming series with the Buffalo Sabres.

Matt Drake, Jared Book and Patrik Bexell looks back on the Tampa Bay Lightning series and the picks they made before the series started.

Matt Drake recaps a heart-pounding game seven as the Habs look to move on to the second round.

Matt Drake rants about the fact that the Habs are going to game seven.

Matt Drake recaps a huge night for the bottom six of the Habs as they look to put the Lightning on the brink.

Matt Drake recaps a wild game four between the Habs and Lightning.

Matt Drake recaps the third straight OT game between the Habs and bolts in their series.

Matt Drake reacts to yet another OT thriller between the Habs and Lightning in their playoff series.

Matt Drake recaps an OT thriller between the Habs and Bolts for game one of their series.

Jared Book joined the Backchecking the Bolts podcast with Jason Linkes and Justin Godfrey and this is the crossfire portion of that episode with Jason asking Jared and Justin questions about their respective teams heading into the first round playoff series.

Matt Drake, Jared Book and Patrik Bexell sits down to discuss the Montreal Canadiens upcoming series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Matt Drake recaps the Habs finishing up their regular season on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Thibaud Chatel from NL Ice Data joins the podcast to discuss Vinzenz Rohrer's season, and gives his own grade of the Austrians season in Europe.

The Habs look to make some more history against the Islanders, with Lane Hutson and Nick Suzuki both on the edge of some big milestones.

Matt Drake recaps a terribly flat effort for the Habs in their Bell Centre regular season finale.

Matt Drake recaps Cole Caufield's 50th goal of the season, as the Habs look to take a crucial matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Matt Drake takes a look at the remaining games in the East, and who the likely opponents are for the Habs in round one.

Matt Drake recaps some late Lane Hutson heroics as the Habs force overtime and look to take down the Florida Panthers.

The Habs have clinched a playoff spot, but Matt Drake still has to recap a flat effort against the New Jersey Devils.

Matt Drake recaps a shootout thriller between the Habs and Devils.

Matt Drake recaps Cole Caufield once again making the difference for the Habs, this time in New York.

Jared Book and Matt Drake discuss the Montreal Canadiens organizational players of the month for March: Cole Caufield, Florian Xhekaj, Bryce Pickford, Yevgeni Volokhin, and Ann-Renée Desbiens.

Matt Drake recaps an intense game with huge playoff implications between the Habs and Lightning.

Matt Drake recaps another incredible Jakub Dobes performance, once again frustrating the Carolina Hurricanes.

Matt Drake recaps a very strong effort from the Habs as they try to make prey of the Predators.

Matt Drake recaps a second stellar performance in a row from Jakub Dobes as the Habs look to gain ground in the East against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

We get to hear from Filip Eriksson after the second quarterfinal game against Frölunda, a 7-0 loss for Luleå which explaind Eriksson's subdued interview.

Matt Drake recaps a huge game for Jakub Dobes as the Habs look to take down the top team in the East.

Matt Drake recaps an excellent effort from the Habs against the Islanders in the playoff push.

Matt Drake recaps a crucial game between the Habs and Red Wings that went down to the wire.

Will Shoukri and Patrik Bexell talks about the EU prospects in the system, with a look towards the playoffs that starts in Europe this week.

Matt Drake recaps Cole Caufield becoming the first 40-goal scorer in over 30 years for the Habs against the Bruins.

Matt Drake rants on another flat performance for the Habs, this time against the Ducks.

Matt Drake recaps a frustrating night for the Habs at the Bell Centre against the Sharks.

Matt Drake recaps some late game heroics from a certain goaltender as the Habs take on the Sens in a crucial matchup.

Matt Drake recaps the Habs hosting the downtrodden Leafs at the Bell Centre.

William Shoukri talks about his impressions with regards to Bryce Pickford and what can be expected, along with the time table for his play with the Canadiens.

William Shoukri and Patrik Bexell, talk about the Laval Rocket;  Mesar, Roy, F. Xhekaj, Rienbacher, Fowler (Engström)

Matt Drake recaps an up and down end to the California road trip for the Montreal Canadiens.