The Carolina Hurricanes locked up three familiar names on Monday, with general manager Eric Tulsky announcing new deals for goaltender Cayden Primeau and forwards Skyler Brind’Amour and Justin Robidas.
Primeau signed a two-year contract worth $850,000 in 2026-27 and $975,000 in 2027-28. Brind’Amour and Robidas each agreed to one-year, two-way deals.
Brind’Amour will make $850,000 at the NHL level or $125,000 in the AHL, with a guarantee of at least $225,000. Robidas will earn $850,000 in the NHL or $100,000 in the AHL, with a guarantee of at least $125,000.
Robidas, 23, has already flashed a bit of finishing touch in his brief NHL time with Carolina. He has three points - one goal and two assists - in four career games, including an assist in his debut on Apr. 4, 2025, at Detroit and his first goal the next night at Boston.
The 5-foot-8, 176-pound winger spent 2025-26 with Chicago, where he piled up 60 points in 58 regular-season games. That total broke down to 23 goals and 37 assists, good for second on the team in goals, assists and points.
He also led the club with a plus-20 rating, two shorthanded goals and 191 shots on goal. Robidas added seven goals and nine assists in 21 playoff games as the Wolves reached the 2026 Calder Cup Final, and he played in the 2026 AHL All-Star Game.
His path before turning pro included a productive run in the QMJHL with Val-d’Or and Quebec, where he totaled 239 points in 223 games. He helped the Quebec Remparts win both the QMJHL Championship and Memorial Cup Championship in 2022-23.
Robidas, a Plano, Texas native, was drafted by the Hurricanes in the fifth round, 147th overall, in 2021. His father, Stephane, played 15 NHL seasons with Montreal, Dallas, Chicago, Anaheim and Toronto from 1999-2015.
Brind’Amour, 27, also has a small sample of NHL experience with Carolina, scoring one goal in six games. He debuted for the Hurricanes on April 16, 2025, at Montreal and scored his first NHL goal the next night against the Ottawa Senators.
The Raleigh native split his time in the AHL with Chicago in 2025-26, producing 34 points in 68 games and tying for fourth on the team with four power-play goals. Before that, he spent his first pro season with Charlotte in 2023-24 and now has 66 points in 190 career AHL games.
At Quinnipiac from 2019-23, he put up 76 points in 145 NCAA games, along with 84 penalty minutes and a plus-43 rating. He helped Quinnipiac win the NCAA Championship in 2022-23 and earned ECAC Best Defensive Forward and ECAC Third All-Star Team honors after a 32-point season.
Brind’Amour was originally selected by Edmonton in the sixth round, 177th overall, of the 2017 NHL Draft, and he is the son of Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour.
Primeau, 27, brings the most extensive pro resume of the group. The netminder, whose father is former Hurricanes captain Keith Primeau, went 21-11-7 with a 2.41 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in 39 regular-season games with Chicago in 2025-26. He also posted four shutouts and an assist.
In the playoffs, Primeau went 9-9-0 with a 2.72 GAA and .913 save percentage, again adding an assist, as Chicago reached the Calder Cup Final. He began the 2025-26 season with Toronto after being claimed off waivers from Carolina on Oct. 6, going 2-1-0 with a 4.30 GAA in three games.
The Hurricanes had acquired him from Montreal on June 30 in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, then later claimed him off waivers from Toronto on Nov. 8.
Across 58 NHL games with Montreal and Toronto, Primeau has a 15-25-7 record with a 3.73 GAA, .882 save percentage and two shutouts. In 11 games with Montreal in 2024-25, he went 2-3-1 with a 4.70 GAA and .836 save percentage.
He has also logged 105-55-21 with a 2.56 GAA, .913 save percentage and 17 shutouts in 188 career AHL games with Chicago and Laval. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound goalie won the 2025 Harry Holmes Memorial Award for the AHL Best Goaltending duo alongside teammate Connor Hughes.
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