Eyes On The Prize: For Montreal Canadiens Fans

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Jared Book and Patrik Bexell discusses playing in Europe during the NHL break in general and the performance of Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Ässät in particular.

Anton Rasegård, Andrew Zadarnowski and Patrik Bexell discusses Michael McNiven (number 22) and Sean Farrell (number 21)

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It started off as a straight forward discussion between Jared Book and Anton Rasegård on the trade that brought Josh Anderson to the Montreal Canadiens for Max Domi and a draft pick.They discuss Anderson's fit into the team, and his contract extension.Then they discuss the NHL Draft, the selection of Kaiden Guhle and how the Canadiens should feel about their selections.Finally, they were going to wrap up with free agency. Shortly after recording, Tyler Toffoli was signed which means that Jared was joined by Julian McKenzie to discuss the signing and how it affects the outlook of the team.

Jared Book is joined by Patrik Bexell and Anton Rasegård to discuss the 2020 NHL Draft which gets underway on Tuesday night with the first round.They discuss what the Montreal Canadiens may do with the 16th overall pick, in a draft that should be the most unpredictable in recent years.Then the trio moves on to some prospects that can be taken later on in the draft, and how the lack of the European and Quebec scouting combines the Canadiens usually hold will affect their selections and scouting.

Gillian Kemmerer joins the podcast to discuss some of the Russian players before the 2020 NHL Draft. Yaroslav Askarov Rodion Amirov Dimitri Rashevsky, Marat Khusnutdinov Shakir Mukhamudulin are some of the players that are being discussed. However, ms Kemmerer also speaks about SKA St Petersburg development system and the impact that Covid 19 might have for the future of Russian hockey development.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell is joined on the pod by Finland's and Dobblerprospect's Jokke Nevalainen to preview the upcoming Liiga season. The teams The star players The different Montreal Canadiens prospects (Ylönen, Leskinen and Ikonen) The upcoming draft and the future players to look for in the Finnish development system. Many thanks to Jokke Nevalainen for taking the time to join Habsent Minded and spread his wisdom! He can be found on Twitter under @JokkeNevalainen and on Dobberprospects.com, where he is also hosting the podcast Dobber’s Draft Cast together with Tony Ferrari.

Jared Book is joined by Julian McKenzie and Scott Matla and they start the episode off by discussing the Jeff Petry extension and what that means for the team going forward.Jared sets the expectations for Marc Bergevin's off-season, and that leads to a second discussion about how optimistic fans should be based on the small sample of the NHL's Return to Play.They then discuss what the signing of Joseph Blandisi signifies for the organization's strategy and why AHL success is a critical element of building a contending team with an eye towards the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars.

Frölunda HC's coach Roger Rännberg discusses the draft prospects Theodor Niederbach and Daniel Torgersson before the 2020 NHL Draft.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discusses the upcoming SHL season and gives a few educated guesses how it will all pan out, and what payers to watch.

Roger Rönnberg can't stop talking about Montreal Canadiens prospect Mattias Norlinder. Rönnberg coaches Frölunda in the SHL, the team that Norlinder joined when Modo failed to qualify for the SHL. Rönnberg's explains his first impression of Norlinder How has Norlinder's summer training affected his play? Norlinder's defensive play. Playing with Lucas Raymond Expectations for Norlinder's season?

Before the SHL season starts Stefan Hedlund of Skellefteå AIK joins the pod to speak about Jacob Olofsson, his progress and what Montreal Canadiens fans can expect from Olofsson this season.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discusses the cancellation of the British Ice Hockey Season, the fallout and implications of the Joel Edmundson and Jake Allan trades, along with the breaking news that Washington Capitals have just hired Peter Laviolette as their new head coach.

Anton Rasegård speaks to coach of Örebro Hockey Nicklas Eriksson and draft prospect Linus Öberg about Öberg's season and the upcoming draft.

Anton Rasegård and Patrik Bexell discuss the European prospect pool, a head of the upcoming season.