Toronto Maple Leafs have claimed goalkeeper Cayden Primeau Exemption from Carolina Hurricanes, move forward Sammy Blais Montreal Canadians exemption.
Primeau posted the best single-season record in AHL history with 21-2-2 (.880) in 2024-25 Laval Rocket, which included a win and an 11-0-2 straight win in each of his top 10 decisions to end the regular season. Primeau averaged 1.96 in the league and finished second with a savings percentage of 0.927 and was part of the Harry “Hap” Holmes Memorial Award as the Rockets tied for the fewest goals allowed in the AHL.
Primeau also made 11 appearances with Montreal in 2024-25, with a 2-3-1 savings percentage of 4.70 GAA and .836.
Primeau has played 149 professional AHL games in his six professional seasons, all of which appeared with Laval, with a 2.60 GAA, a 0.912 percentage savings and 13 closing ceremonies at 84-44-14. He also scored a savings percentage of 0.920 in his 24th Calder Cup playoff appearances, helping the Rockets reach the Eastern Conference Finals in 2022 and 2025. He was appointed to the AHL All-Rookie team in 2019-20 and Canada All-Stars in 2020-21.
Primeau was originally the Canadians' seventh round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft. In 55 professional NHL games, he has a GAA of 13-24-7, with 3.69 GAA, .884 percent savings and two closings.
Blais won the Calder Cup with Abbotsford Canucks in 2025, winning 14 goals and 26 assists in 51 regular season games and six goals and 13 assists in 23 playoff games.
In 199 professional AHL games against Abbotsford, Hartford, San Antonio and Chicago, Bryce scored a total of 69 goals and 76 assists, with 145 points.
Blais was selected by St. Louis in the sixth round of the 2014 NHL Draft, collecting 27 goals and 44 assists in 257 professional NHL games. He won the Stanley Cup with the Blues in 2019.
