Eyes On The Prize: A Montreal Canadiens podcast

Jared Book returns from a two week break and joins Namiko Hitotsubashi and Patrik Bexell who discuss the upcoming Summer Showcase, the start of the Top 25 Under 25, the calm surrounding the Max Pacioretty storm, and we discuss Les Canadiennes' busy summer to date. Follow us on Twitter @Habsent_Minded @jaredbook @freawaru2020 @Zeb_Habs and special follow: @RinksideView

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The discussion focuses on the Top 25 Under 25 voting, past and present, along with a look back at out old favourites that did not make it in the long run.

We discuss the development system, AHL ECHL, a potential development team in Europe and the fact that Montreal Canadiens is pushing their own horizons with the European combine held in Stockholm.

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In this episode Scott Matla and Patrik Bexell discusses Phillip Danault and Joel Armia new contracts, the Jesperi Kontkaniemi conundrum, Lukas Vejdemo staying in North America and EOTP Top 25 U25.

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Taking a small town team and building it up to a challenger can be tricky, especially if you are a first time senior coach - Rögle's coach Cam Abbott speaks about the challenges that comes with the job. 

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In this episode, Jared Book is joined by Scott Matla and Namiko Hitotsubashi to discuss Shea Weber's injury news, the Canadiens approach during free agency, and Alex Burrows joining the organization.

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The official podcast of HabsEyesOnThePrize.com with its debut episode. Jared Book and Scott Matla discuss the Max Pacioretty trade rumours, the Canadiens haul of 11 prospects in the 2018 NHL Draft (including the mysterious Alexander Romanov), and the team's upcoming development camp.

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The SHL’s Coach of the Year for the last two seasons speaks with us about the possibility of landing a spot in the world’s top league.

At the age of 38, Hallam has taken a team that was promoted to the SHL for the first time in 2011 to two Le Mat Trophy wins (2015 and 2018) and claimed two Coach of the Year awards (2017 and 2018) in the same timeframe. Växjö has stood by a young coach and his new ideas, and have become a model club and a powerhouse in the SHL in the process.

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Eyes On The Prize draft experts David St-Louis and Jared Book join Patrik Bexell on the podcast to speak about Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Filip Zadina, and Quinton Hughes, and who they think will be drafted by the Montreal Canadiens at number three in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.

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Here is a chance to get to know one of the leading players on Team USA in a different way and in his own words, on how to cope with the time difference, growing up in a single-parent home, and how much a good education is worth in the end. He also offers some good insight on Vancouver Canucks prospect Elias Pettersson.

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A prolific goal-scorer from Southern California, Ryan Lasch has been proving himself in the different leagues in Europe the last few seasons, having had success everywhere he has been: Liiga, SHL and NLA. He has won scoring titles and championships with different clubs, and was one of the hot commodities during free agency last summer, but it was only one club that he wanted to go to: a return to Frölunda and coach Roger Rönnberg.

It all started with Wayne Gretzky’s trade to Los Angeles, and the impact it had for hockey in California. Lasch was one of the benefactors of an increased interest in hockey, and with his small stature, ice hockey was the sport in which he could shine compared to the other big sports in California: football, baseball, and basketball.

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