Eyes On The Prize: A Montreal Canadiens podcast

Patrik Bexell is joined by Jared Book as they discuss Eyes on the Prize's Organizational Players of the Month for January: Carey Price, Cayden Primeau, Jesse Ylönen, and Rhett Pitlick led the way this month.

Patrik Bexell teams up with Andrew Zadarnowski to discuss the development of players in Montreal and if NHL players are good or bad at developing players before focusing on what tanking can mean for a team long term, at the end the discussion turns towards the upcoming weekend the with games agains the Florida Panthers and the Columbus Blue Jackets; "a season defining weekend". This could make or break Montreal Canadiens season and after this weekend it will be clearer in what position the Canadiens will face the trade deadline in.

Where will Alexander Romanov play next year? KHL expert Gillian Kemmerer answers the question that all Montreal fans are asking themselves. She also gives her opinion on Romanov's development and progress in KHL. Having just returned from Moscow (Russia) Ms Kemmerer has quotes from Ilya Sorokin (CSKA's goalie) and Valeri Bragin (Russia's U20 coach).

Ms Kemmerer also gives the Montreal Canadien fans an insight to Russian culture and hockey in general, you can follow her @gilliankemmerer on Twitter for more information about particularly Russian, but also all, hockey in general.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discusses Jesperi Kotkaniemi's fighting skill, the Canadiens game against the Philadelphia Flyers. They also weigh in on Kovalchuk, the upcoming game against Las Vegas Golden Knights and a few other Canadiens things.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell questions themselves if a resurrected Carey Price and the team’s neverending competitiveness be a sign that they actually do have what it takes to make a cup run if they did squeeze in?

The subject of the recent addition of Ilja Kovalchuk, who brings experience to a young Montreal Canadiens team, importance, and what happens at the trade deadline, and the importance of another Russian's decision about where he will play next season.

Anton Rasegård joins Patrik Bexell for a World Junior Championship post mortem. The discussion focuses on the exclamation marks, question marks and the Montreal Canadien prospects.

Jared Book and Patrik Bexell discuss the Canadiens' latest moves, specifically the additions of llya Kovalchuk and Marco Scandella. Expectations are not the highest for the pair, but they bring something unique and that is a desire to play for the Montreal Canadiens.

They also discuss the upcoming dilemma when it comes to contract and roster space and how that can influence the Trade Deadline.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discusses Montreal Canadiens defensive errors against Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers, along with Alexander Romanov's importance for next years Montreal Canadiens, no matter where he will end up playing.

They also discusses the Montreal prospects performance in the ongoing World Junior championships. where the solid placement of Jordan Harris has improved his game and where Cole Caufield has stumbled a bit in his performance due to the lack ot TOI.

With the re-emergence of Germany on the hockey stage, will this lead to an increase of teams in the World Juniors Championships in the future?

Finally there is a shot discussion of Mattias Norlinder's new contract and what that would mean for the Montreal Canadiens and the 20-21 season.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell previews the WJC.

CSKA coach Igor Nikitin spaks to Eyes on the Prize about his defensive portage Alexander Romanov.