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When the Canadiens hit the ice for practice at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Brossard, Carey Price was there but his backup goalie, Keith Kinkaid, wasn’t.

Taking Kinkaid’s spot was former QMJHL goalie Karel St. Laurent, who now plays for the Jonquiere Marquis in the LNAH.

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Just after noon, we found out why when the Canadiens announced Kinkaid has been placed on NHL waivers. If no other NHL team claims Kinkaid by noon on Tuesday, he will report to the AHL’s Laval Rocket. On Monday afternoon, the Canadiens called up goalie Cayden Primeau and forward Matthew Peca from the Rocket.

Primeau, who has never played a game in the NHL, has a 7-4-1 record with a 2.58 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage this season with the Rocket. Peca had 4-8-12 totals in 18 games with the Rocket and is minus-8.

Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin signed Kinkaid to a one-year, US$1.75-million contract on July 1 to replace Antti Niemi as Price’s backup. In six games, Kinkaid had a 1-1-3 record with a 4.24 goals-against average and a .875 save percentage.