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Photo of NHL player Cayden Primeau

Carolina Hurricanes Logo Cayden Primeau

Position Goaltender Current Team Carolina Hurricanes
Catches Left Current Contract 1 years
Height 6'3" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 205 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 26
Age 26 (Aug 11, 1999) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2017, Round 7, Overall 199 (MTL)
Date Team Transaction
Nov 8, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Assigned to AHL
Nov 8, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Claimed on Waivers from Toronto Maple Leafs
Nov 8, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Lost on Waivers to Carolina Hurricanes
Nov 7, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Placed on Waivers
Oct 6, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Claimed on Waivers from Carolina Hurricanes
Oct 6, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Lost on Waivers to Toronto Maple Leafs
Oct 5, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 1, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes Acquired from Montreal Canadiens
Jul 1, 2025 Montreal Canadiens Traded to Carolina Hurricanes
May 3, 2025 Montreal Canadiens Assigned to AHL
Apr 27, 2025 Montreal Canadiens Recalled from AHL
Dec 29, 2024 Montreal Canadiens Assigned to AHL
Dec 29, 2024 Montreal Canadiens Cleared Waivers
Dec 28, 2024 Montreal Canadiens Placed on Waivers
Sep 8, 2022 Montreal Canadiens Signed 3 years @ $890K AAV starting in 2022-23
Mar 31, 2019 Montreal Canadiens Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions
  • The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
  • Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
  • Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
  • Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
  • Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
  • All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).
Data Sources
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5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2019-20 MTL 2 92:04 47.57 35.84 2.25 1.96 0.29 94.55 93.72 0.82
2020-21 MTL 4 169:03 36.56 25.91 2.30 3.55 -1.24 86.30 91.11 -4.80
2021-22 MTL 12 410:40 45.44 33.90 2.89 4.24 -1.34 87.50 91.46 -3.96
2022-23 MTL 3 114:00 33.16 22.63 2.48 3.68 -1.21 83.72 89.05 -5.33
2023-24 MTL 23 1029:21 45.99 31.48 2.68 2.33 0.35 92.59 91.49 1.10
2024-25 MTL 11 395:25 44.00 28.07 2.84 5.01 -2.17 82.16 89.89 -7.73
2025-26 TOR 3 150:06 36.38 25.98 1.92 4.80 -2.88 81.54 92.63 -11.09

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2019-20 MTL 2 14:22 79.35 58.47 6.17 4.18 2.00 92.86 89.44 3.41
2020-21 MTL 4 10:42 89.72 67.29 8.24 11.21 -2.98 83.33 87.75 -4.42
2021-22 MTL 12 37:52 76.06 47.54 5.62 11.09 -5.47 76.67 88.18 -11.52
2022-23 MTL 3 11:34 72.62 51.87 6.58 5.19 1.40 90.00 87.31 2.69
2023-24 MTL 23 103:30 85.80 64.93 9.11 11.59 -2.48 82.14 85.97 -3.82
2024-25 MTL 11 50:53 75.47 45.99 6.88 4.72 2.16 89.74 85.04 4.70
2025-26 TOR 3 13:04 78.06 55.10 8.45 4.59 3.86 91.67 84.66 7.01

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Cayden Primeau signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Eric Tulsky on July 1, 2025 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 26 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $775,000 $775,000 $775,000
Signed: July 1, 2025
Team: Carolina Hurricanes
GM: Eric Tulsky
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Cayden Primeau signed a $2,670,000 3-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens and General Manager Kent Hughes on September 8, 2022 with an AAV of $890,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.08% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 23 $890,000 $890,000 - - $770,000 $770,000 $770,000 RFA
2023-24 24 $890,000 $890,000 - - $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 RFA
2024-25 25 $890,000 $890,000 - - $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $2,670,000 $2,670,000 $2,670,000
Signed: Sep 8, 2022
Team: Montreal Canadiens
GM: Kent Hughes
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 1.08

Cayden Primeau signed a $2,642,500 3-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens and General Manager Marc Bergevin on March 31, 2019 with an AAV of $880,833. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.08% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2019-20 20 $880,833 $966,667 $257,500 $92,500 $700,000 $792,500 $70,000 ELC
2020-21 21 $880,833 $966,667 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2021-22 22 $880,833 $966,667 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
Total $257,500 $277,500 $2,365,000 $2,642,500 $210,000
Signed: Mar 31, 2019
Team: Montreal Canadiens
GM: Marc Bergevin
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2013-14 T1EHL U16 17 1.69 0.940
2014-15 18U AAA 31 2.02 0.932
2014-15 USHS-NJ 11 0.915
2014-15 USA-S15 5 1.58 0.923
2015-16 EHL 21 1.86 0.951 4 3.62 0.910
2016-17 USHL 30 14 11 2 813 85 3.16 0.895
2016-17 USDP 1 0.00 1.000
2017-18 NCAA 34 19 8 932 64 1.92 0.931
2018-19 NCAA 36 25 10 1 1100 74 2.09 0.933
2018-19 WJC-20 5 4 1 126 8 1.61 0.936
2019-20 NHL 2 2 1 1 72 5 2.52 0.931
2019-20 AHL 33 17 11 4 834 77 2.45 0.908
2020-21 NHL 4 4 1 2 1 93 14 4.16 0.849
2020-21 AHL 16 11 4 350 32 2.10 0.909
2021-22 NHL 12 12 1 7 1 302 40 4.62 0.868
2021-22 AHL 33 16 12 2 1038 94 2.94 0.909 14 9 5 5 513 33 2.17 0.936
2022-23 NHL 3 3 2 54 8 3.46 0.852
2022-23 AHL 41 19 15 5 1345 122 3.04 0.909 2 2 6 57 5 2.52 0.912
2023-24 NHL 23 23 8 9 4 731 66 2.99 0.910
2024-25 NHL 11 11 2 3 1 250 41 4.70 0.836
2024-25 AHL 26 21 2 3 686 50 1.96 0.927 8 3 4 3 172 21 3.27 0.878
2025-26 NHL 3 3 2 1 80 13 4.30 0.838
2025-26 AHL 4 1 2 1 122 11 2.77 0.910
NHL Career 58 58 15 25 7 1582 187 3.73 0.882