Read: Who Is Nick Palmieri
As part of the deal that sent Mike Rupp to Minnesota, the Rangers acquired 23 year old forward Nick Palmieri along with Darroll Powe.
He is 6-3, 220 and was born in Utica, NY.
Palmieri was a former Devils third round pick in 2007 and was sent to Minnesota in the deal that saw the Devils acquire Marek Zdlicky.
Palmieri will be assigned to the Whale and is an RFA after the season. He has a cap hit of $577,500.
2009-10 Lowell Devils AHL 69 21 15 36 36 5 1 3 4 2 2009-10 New Jersey Devils NHL 6 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- 2010-11 Albany Devils AHL 26 6 5 11 28 -- -- -- -- -- 2010-11 New Jersey Devils NHL 43 9 8 17 6 -- -- -- -- -- 2011-12 New Jersey Devils NHL 29 4 3 7 12 -- -- -- -- -- 2011-12 Albany Devils AHL 25 5 6 11 24 -- -- -- -- -- 2011-12 Minnesota Wild NHL 9 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- 2011-12 Houston Aeros AHL 13 3 3 6 8 4 0 1 1 18 2012-13 Houston Aeros AHL 40 10 11 21 35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 87 13 12 25 20
He played on the 2011 Team USA World Championship team with Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh and Chris Kreider.
Following that tournament, Chris Peters wrote at the United States of Hockey that Palmieri was inconsistent but showed some flashes of becoming a player, “He’s a young guy, so he’s got time to expand on his skill set and round out his game. I think the flashes we saw could be a glimpse of what’s to come throughout his career.”
The Hockey News called Palmieri a “meat and potatoes kind of winger with a little upside.”
Leslie Treff tweets “Nick Palmieri is a good young player who, if properly developed could be very useful to the Rangers. Still needs seasoning in AHL.”
Michael Russo tweeted, “As I wrote last week, just a matter of time before Palmieri was gone after summer holdout and not reporting to Houston after cut.”
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