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Cayden Primeau

Position Goaltender Current Team Toronto Maple Leafs
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
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

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 2.24 1.96 0.29 94.55 93.74 0.81
2020-21 MTL 4 169:03 36.56 25.91 2.25 3.55 -1.30 86.30 91.31 -5.01
2021-22 MTL 12 410:40 45.44 33.90 2.86 4.24 -1.38 87.50 91.58 -4.08
2022-23 MTL 3 114:00 33.16 22.63 2.32 3.68 -1.37 83.72 89.75 -6.03
2023-24 MTL 23 1029:21 46.40 31.48 2.72 2.33 0.38 92.59 91.37 1.22
2024-25 MTL 11 395:25 44.00 28.07 2.82 5.01 -2.19 82.16 89.97 -7.80
2025-26 TOR 1 49:08 43.96 30.53 2.11 4.88 -2.78 84.00 93.09 -9.09

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 6.08 4.18 1.90 92.86 89.60 3.26
2020-21 MTL 4 10:42 89.72 67.29 8.49 11.21 -2.73 83.33 87.38 -4.05
2021-22 MTL 12 37:52 76.06 47.54 5.66 11.09 -5.43 76.67 88.10 -11.43
2022-23 MTL 3 11:34 72.62 51.87 6.67 5.19 1.49 90.00 87.14 2.86
2023-24 MTL 23 103:30 86.38 64.93 9.17 11.59 -2.42 82.14 85.88 -3.73
2024-25 MTL 11 50:53 75.47 45.99 7.15 4.72 2.43 89.74 84.46 5.28
2025-26 TOR 1 4:02 89.26 74.38 7.83 0.00 7.83 100.00 89.48 10.52

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).

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Current Contract

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)

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

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 5 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 6 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 1 1 1 30 4 4.00 0.867
NHL Career 56 56 14 24 7 1532 178 3.70 0.884