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Renaud Lavoie : “I don’t understand why we’re not calling up Cayden Primeau”
Marc-Olivier Cook
Renaud Lavoie : “I don’t understand why we’re not calling up Cayden Primeau”
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With eight games still to be played, the Canadiens must hope that their two goalies will hold the fort until the end of the regular season.

Because if the Habs’ goalies string together poor performances, as I mentioned in a post today… the team will not be able to hope to make a run in the playoffs – or even get their ticket to the spring dance.

This is the most important part of the season, after all.

The problem, right now, is that the Habs can’t trust their second goalie.

Jakub Dobes is having too much trouble and other teams know he’s easy to beat high in the net.

Renaud Lavoie’s (BPM Sports) solution to this problem is simple: they need to call up Cayden Primeau to bring him back to Montreal.

Because in fact, the guy who started the season in Montreal has been on fire since his return to Laval.

I’m looking at Laval and there’s a guy named Cayden Primeau. I don’t understand why they’re not calling him up. – Renaud Lavoie

Primeau’s stats have been hallucinating since his return to Laval.

And you’ll understand when you see them:

  • 18-2-1 record
  • 2.07 goals-against average
  • .921 save percentage
Some will say he has a great team in front of him, and that helps him be dominant, and that’s true to some extent.

But the difference is that Primeau makes big saves in important moments… which is not the case with Dobes – or even Monty – in recent weeks.

Maybe the Habs will also be tempted to bring him back if Jacob Fowler goes to Laval. We’re keeping an eye on the situation with the American goalie because it seems there’s a chance he could return to university, but we’ll see.

All this to say that the idea of calling up Primeau makes sense, especially when you see how good he’s been in the American League.

You’ll tell me that the American League and the National League are completely different… and I agree with that.

But as long as they’re keeping a goalie who’s not doing the job and doesn’t seem to have much confidence, why not give a chance to a guy who’s on fire in the minors?

The question is being asked… even if we know Primeau has never had much success in the NHL.


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– Indeed.

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