Player Discussion Cayden Primeau Part II

[FerrisRox]

Abeischer.

His numbers were *a lot* better. He had an .892 save percentage to end the season after the trade and then had a winning record and a .900 save percentage the following year.

Much, much, much better than Primeau. I was no fan of Aebischer, but those are the kind of numbers that don't stand out in a negative way for a backup, but Primeau's .844 this season is simply atrocious and being .886 over 54 career games is ample evidence that he's not nearly good enough.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I'm really disappointed that he wasn't placed on waivers and assigned to the AHL today.

A message needs to be sent to the guys in that locker room that there are standards in the organization and he well below them. He does not give his teammates a chance to win when he's in the lineup and he is not playing at NHL level.

To allow him to stay with the team sends the wrong message to the guys in the room and to the fans who buy tickets.

This is the first time I've been truly disappointed with this management team.

Matheson didn't miss a shift and got right back out on PP1. Waiving Primeau today without a viable back up option to replace him wouldn't do a thing.

Marty has missed many opportunities with his vets and has passed every time.

 

[FerrisRox]

Matheson didn't miss a shift and got right back out on PP1. Waiving Primeau today without a viable back up option to replace him wouldn't do a thing.

Marty has missed many opportunities with his vets and has passed every time.

What do you mean without a viable backup option?

We literally couldn't do any worse. How is Hughes not a viable back up option?

And it certainly would "do a thing" it would tell the locker room that being the 75th best goaltender in the NHL is well below what this team deems as acceptable.

Comparing Matheson to Primeau is just silly. Matheson is nowhere near being the worst defenseman in the NHL. Not even close. Primeau literally is the worst goaltender in the league.

 

[gusfring]

There have been 3-4 goaltenders on waivers just this year that we ignored.

 

[WeThreeKings]

What do you mean without a viable backup option?

We literally couldn't do any worse. How is Hughes not a viable back up option?

And it certainly would "do a thing" it would tell the locker room that being the 75th best goaltender in the NHL is well below what this team deems as acceptable.

Comparing Matheson to Primeau is just silly. Matheson is nowhere near being the worst defenseman in the NHL. Not even close. Primeau literally is the worst goaltender in the league.

I mean you can't just waive Primeau and bring up Dobes, it's not fair to Dobes where he needs to be the guy down in the AHL all season. It doesn't make sense to disrupt his development just to make a 'statement' by waiving Primeau after a game where he wasn't great but most goals were a disasterclass by Matheson.

Hughes has played like 6 games in North America and is doing a good tandem job with Dobes right now. I'd prefer to leave Laval alone which is why you'd look for a trade where there's a team who wants to gamble on Primeau long term and can afford to move a veteran back-up goalie in exchange.

Matheson played a horrendous game and if you want to start with accountability, you start in game and send a message that it doesn't matter how good you are, or how tenured you are, if you make unacceptable plays and are the most minus 3 a minus 3 can be; you don't get to play anymore.. you certainly don't get gifted all the surplus offensive opportunities in a game.

If you want to start with accountability, start there.. not just waiving Primeau after the game without putting an actual plan in place. The Matheson messaging would be far louder than doing that with Primeau.