Cayden Primeau agreed to terms on a three-year, $2.67 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. The contract has an average annual value of $890,000.
The 23-year-old goalie was a restricted free agent.
He is expected to compete for playing time with Jake Allen this season. Carey Price, who has been the Canadiens’ starting goalie since 2007-08, is not expected to play in 2022-23 because of a knee injury.
Primeau was 1-7-1 with a 4.62 goals-against average and .868 save percentage in 12 games (nine starts) for Montreal last season, and 16-12-3 with a 2.94 GAA and .909 save percentage in 33 games with Laval of the American Hockey League.
Selected by the Canadiens in the seventh round (No. 199) of the 2017 NHL Draft, Primeau is 3-10-2 with a 4.21 GAA and .874 save percentage in 18 games (15 starts) the past three seasons.
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