{"id":10996,"date":"2025-05-03T23:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T23:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/10996\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T23:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T23:38:20","slug":"canadiens-assign-oliver-kapanen-and-cayden-primeau-to-ahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/10996\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens Assign Oliver Kapanen And Cayden Primeau To AHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following their elimination at the hands of the Capitals, the Canadiens have sent a pair of players to the minors to keep their seasons going.\u00a0 The team announced (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/1918667001255407677\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>) that they have assigned center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kapanol01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oliver Kapanen<\/a> and goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/primeca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cayden Primeau<\/a> to AHL Laval.<\/p>\n<p>This will actually be Kapanen\u2019s first taste of AHL action.\u00a0 He started the season with Montreal before being loaned to SHL Timra for more playing time.\u00a0 After putting up 35 points in 36 games with them, he was recalled to the NHL in April.\u00a0 All told, the 21-year-old played in 18 regular season contests with the Canadiens, collecting two assists in a little under 11 minutes of playing time.\u00a0 Kapanen also picked up a helper in three playoff appearances where he logged just under seven minutes a night of action.<\/p>\n<p>As for Primeau, his stint with Montreal was short-lived after being recalled last weekend following the injury to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/montesa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sam Montembeault<\/a>.\u00a0 He struggled mightily in limited action with the Canadiens this season, posting a 4.70 GAA and a .836 SV% in 11 appearances.\u00a0 However, he was dominant with Laval, winning 21 of 25 games while putting up a 2.00 GAA and a .926 SV%.\u00a0 A pending restricted free agent owed a $1.068MM qualifying offer next month, Primeau and prospect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/603653\/jacob-fowler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jacob Fowler<\/a> will serve as the Rocket\u2019s netminders for their postseason run.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, netminder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dobesja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-03_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jakub Dobes<\/a> was not sent down.\u00a0 Montreal used one of their four post-deadline recalls as a paper transaction to keep the 23-year-old eligible to play with the Rocket down the stretch.\u00a0 However, it appears that won\u2019t be the case now.\u00a0 Dobes could be a candidate to play for Czechia at the Worlds or perhaps the team decided that since he has been a full-time NHL goalie since late December, it wouldn\u2019t be right to send him down now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following their elimination at the hands of the Capitals, the Canadiens have sent a pair of players 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