{"id":471636,"date":"2025-06-30T20:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T00:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=471636"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T00:15:17","slug":"25-year-old-goaltender-traded-to-the-carolina-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/06\/30\/25-year-old-goaltender-traded-to-the-carolina-hurricanes\/","title":{"rendered":"25-Year Old Goaltender Traded to the Carolina Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday evening, the Carolina Hurricanes acquired goaltender Cayden Primeau<\/a> from the Montreal Canadiens. In exchange for the 25-year old goaltender, the Habs have acquired a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n

Primeau Traded<\/h2>\n
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Bringing Cayden to Carolina ?<\/p>\n

Details \u00bb https:\/\/t.co\/OgizojNCYu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/C1GgyCzlyo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Primeau was the Habs seventh-round pick in the 2017 draft.<\/p>\n

Primeau’s 2025<\/h3>\n

Primeau posted a 2-3-1 record alongside a 4.70 goals-against average and .836 save percentage in 11 games with the Canadiens last season. Primeau’s 11 games were 13 fewer than the previous season, a result of the deep Canadiens goaltending<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Michigan native spent the majority of the season with the Laval Rocket in the American Hockey League, where he registered a 21-2-3 record to go with a 1.96 GAA and .927 SV% in 26 games. He also appeared in eight playoff games with the Rocket, posting a 3-4-0 record, 3.27 GAA and .878 SV%. Furthermore, Primeau won the 2025 Harry Holmes Memorial Award for the AHL Best Goaltending duo alongside teammate Connor Hughes.<\/p>\n

Role with the Hurricanes<\/h3>\n

Primeau’s role with the Hurricanes is unclear. The Canes, coming off a trip to the Eastern Conference Final last season<\/a>, are set to head into the 2025-26 season with Frederik Andersen<\/a> in the starter’s net backed up by Pyotr Kochetkov<\/a>. With both Andersen and Kochetkov on the roster, it seems there is no clear place for Primeau.<\/p>\n

As a result, this could purely be a depth move by the Hurricanes. Considering the Canes only gave up a seventh-round pick, it appears they were just looking for someone to serve as the third goaltender on the depth chart.<\/p>\n

However, this does not mean Primeau may not get an opportunity with the Hurricanes. Andersen has dealt with his fair share of injuries<\/a>, so the Canes may be preparing for the possibility of another one.<\/p>\n

Should Primeau get an opportunity, regardless of how he gets it, he will look to take advantage of it and put himself on the radar of the NHL.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Natalie Reid- Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday evening, the Carolina Hurricanes acquired goaltender Cayden Primeau from the Montreal Canadiens. In exchange for the 25-year old goaltender, the Habs have acquired a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Primeau Traded Bringing Cayden to Carolina ? Details \u00bb https:\/\/t.co\/OgizojNCYu pic.twitter.com\/C1GgyCzlyo \u2014 Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) June 30, 2025 Primeau was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3464,"featured_media":471637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,10,2,4547,7,4548],"tags":[3540,5746],"class_list":["post-471636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-hurricanes","category-featured","category-hockey","category-canadiens","category-nhl","tag-cayden-primeau","tag-nhl-trade"],"modified_by":"Andrew Willis","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471638,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471636\/revisions\/471638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}