Eyes On The Prize: A Montreal Canadiens podcast

Matt Drake recaps a dominant performance by the Habs that ended in the most frustrating fashion.

Matt Drake recaps the Habs and Canes looking a lot like they did in the playoffs last season.

Matt Drake recaps a wild comeback by the Habs that ended in controversy in overtime.

Jared Book is joined by Julian McKenzie of The Athletic to discuss the Ottawa Senators as they try to return to the playoffs for the third straight season and take their first step into Round 2.

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