Wayne Primeau

Wayne Michael Primeau (born June 4, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the younger brother of Keith Primeau.

Playing career Primeau was a first round draft pick of the Owen Sound Platers in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and played with the Platers for three years from 1992 to 1995.

He was drafted 17th overall in 1994 by the Buffalo Sabres, where he scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game against Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2000 and was then traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 1, 2001.

Primeau was acquired by the San Jose Sharks from the Penguins in exchange for Matt Bradley on March 11, 2003. After a career year in 2003–04, Primeau was eligible for group IV unrestricted free agency. However, he decided to re-sign with the Sharks.

Primeau was traded to the Boston Bruins on November 30, 2005, (along with Brad Stuart and Marco Sturm) in exchange for Joe Thornton. In February 2007, the Bruins traded him to the Calgary Flames (again along with Brad Stuart) in exchange for Chuck Kobasew and Andrew Ference.

On July 27, 2009, Primeau was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs (along with a second round pick in the 2011 NHL entry draft) in exchange for forward Colin Stuart, defenceman Anton Strålman and a seventh-round pick in 2012.

Prior to the start of the Maple Leafs' 2010 training camp, Primeau was signed to a professional tryout contract with the Leafs. He was released at the conclusion of training camp on September 26.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Owen Sound Platers OHL 66 10 27 37 110 8 1 4 5 0 1993–94 Owen Sound Platers OHL 65 25 50 75 75 9 1 6 7 8 1994–95 Owen Sound Platers OHL 66 34 62 96 84 10 4 9 13 15 1994–95 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Owen Sound Platers OHL 28 15 29 44 52 — — — — — 1995–96 Oshawa Generals OHL 24 12 13 25 33 3 2 3 5 2 1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 8 2 3 5 6 17 3 1 4 11 1995–96 Buffalo Sabres NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1996–97 Rochester Americans AHL 24 9 5 14 27 1 0 0 0 0 1996–97 Buffalo Sabres NHL 45 2 4 6 64 9 0 0 0 6 1997–98 Buffalo Sabres NHL 69 6 6 12 87 14 1 3 4 6 1998–99 Buffalo Sabres NHL 67 5 8 13 38 19 3 4 7 6 1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres NHL 41 5 7 12 38 — — — — — 1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 17 2 3 5 25 — — — — — 2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 47 2 13 15 77 — — — — — 2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 28 1 6 7 54 18 1 3 4 2 2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 33 3 7 10 18 — — — — — 2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 70 5 11 16 55 — — — — — 2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL 7 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2003–04 San Jose Sharks NHL 72 9 20 29 90 17 1 2 3 4 2005–06 San Jose Sharks NHL 21 5 3 8 17 — — — — — 2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 50 6 8 14 40 — — — — — 2006–07 Boston Bruins NHL 51 7 8 15 75 — — — — — 2006–07 Calgary Flames NHL 27 3 4 7 36 6 0 2 2 14 2007–08 Calgary Flames NHL 43 3 7 10 26 7 1 0 1 4 2008–09 Calgary Flames NHL 24 0 4 4 14 — — — — — 2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 3 5 8 35 — — — — — NHL totals 774 69 125 194 789 90 7 14 21 42