This Week’s Show: Dvorsky in the Mix for the Habs?Segment 1: Week in Review, Habs News, League News

Nick Suzuki received the 2023 Sakura Award at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

Be sure to read the content at AHL.report and check out The Press Zone.

Montreal Canadiens have seven players participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship.

Canadiens prospect Jared Davidson is going to the Memorial Cup.

Could Gabe Perreault be picked by Montreal?

Big news from Arizona and Toronto this week.

Segment 2: BIG Topic - Analyst Ranks Canadiens' Draft Options

Russ Cohen is a highly respected sports author, hockey analyst and prospect evaluator. Russ contributes to Sirius XM NHL Radio, EP Rinkside, and Off The Post Radio podcast.

On Thursday, Cohen released version 5.0 of his Top 45 ranking list for the 2023 NHL Draft.

Russ joined Amy and Rick to discuss the draft and the options that the Montreal Canadiens will have with the fifth overall pick.

Cohen provided a scouting report on four players that should be in the conversation for the Canadiens: Matvei Michkov, Zach Benson, Will Smith and Dalibor Dvorsky. He also added a value selection for Montreal with their second, first-round pick.

Segment 3: Have Your Say

• Canadiens upcoming events.
• Canadiens Connection Question of the Week.
• Listener's texts and emails.

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