Kyle Palmieri

I, that it's one, two, and then everybody else.

And I think for the Islanders, I look at last year and y- injuries are a thing, but I think if the Islanders don't lose Kyle Palmieri, you know, that's what led them to get the Palats, the Schenns, I think they make the playoffs.

They were in a playoff spot for months.

Mm-hmm.

I call them guys that, um- Earn the offense that they get through hard work, through forechecking, um, really just through pounding the ice, getting up and down.

Uh, Kyle Palmieri, you can say the same thing with him.

Michelli's creative.

He's gonna be on the first power play.

You know Bo Horvat wears the C now with Anders Lee departed.

And you already had Kyle Palmieri and Ryan Polak as alternate captains.

Now, Palms obviously missed significant time last year.

But two new players were named as alternate captains, and they are Brayden Shen, who just joined the team right around the Olympic break last year, and Matthew Schaefer, who is now entering his second season at the age of 19.

Well, here's what the Islanders have announced.

Braden Shen and Ryan Polak will wear the A on the road while at home.

It'll be Kyle Palmieri and Matthew Schaefer.

Now, what you have in this group, Braden Shen, a former captain with the St. Louis Blues.

He's made the team on the, he's, he'll be on the third line with J.G. Pageau and Emil Heineman.

Um, and the top line I think is Simon Holmstrom, Bo Horvat, and Kyle Palmieri, and Palm's back from the, from the ACL tear from last year.

It's just, you know, the vibes I guess, and, and I think we've talked about this too, the vibes, if you wanna look at it in a positive way, kinda scream 2018, which was Garth Snow and, and, and Doug Weight let go.

Lou Lamoriello comes in.

One, Ryan Pulak is going to score three goals.

Kyle Palmieri is going to play less than 35 games this year.

Matthew Schaefer is going to score 23 goals, tying last year, but scoring more points than last year.

Matt Barzell is going to be traded at the deadline.

Let's go, Islanders.

I love the last one.

Outside of Romanov, we've got Ryan Pullick, three goals, Kyle Palmieri, 135 games played.

What were the other ones in the middle? Six is a lot.

I would prefer just captain, alternate, alternate for the whole year.

But the Islanders' home alternate captains are going to be Matthew Schaefer and Kyle Palmieri.

Crazy that Schaefer, at 19 years old, gets the A.

Honestly, I didn't think it was going to happen.

But alas, he gets one for the home when the Islanders play at home.

So very, very cool to see that Schaefer at 19 years old is an alternate captain.

And then Kyle Palmieri.

I like that one.

With an A, they'll probably be alternating these home and away.

So Schaefer, Kyle Palmieri at home, and then Ryan Pollock and Braden Shen on the road.

And yeah, so the biggest story here, other than Schaefer, you know, getting the nod, already being a big part of that leadership group in the room.

The big story for a lot of people is that Braden Shen has that A. There's a lot of frustration that it's not A. matt barzell and i will say this on this channel we're not going to make video upon video upon video of the leadership group on this team right a lot of people were talking about this last season with anders lee and calling him a bad captain all these things look as i said in those videos and i'll say no now We don't know what that locker room is, right? Like, we don't know who's leading the conversation, who's leading by example, how players perceive each other in that locker room, right? That's for the head coach to determine.

Obviously part of this team, part of this leadership group.

Doesn't have the letter now.

I do have a feeling that once Kyle Palmieri is traded, Barzell will get that letter.

But hey, you can call it a snub.

Yeah, so let's get into it for the rosters being announced here today.

And for forwards, it's Casey Sezikis, Anthony Duclair, Victor Eklund, Emil Heinemann, Simon Holmstrom, Beau Horvath, Matthias Michelli, Kyle McLean, Jean-Gabriel Pajot, Andres Palat, Kyle Palmieri, Cal Ritchie, and Brayden Shen on the forwards.

Not a great forward lineup.

And if Barzell's not on there, he's on like an injured reserve thing, non-injury reserve.

But, yeah, I mean, you just look at this forward group and it does not really scream, you know, good right there.

So, you got Horvath, new captain of the team.

Hopefully, Palmieri can bounce back here.

I just don't know.