New Jersey Devils: Three Candidates For Captain Honors

Kyle Palmieri has been a great New Jersey Devils player for a while now. It is hard to believe that his contract already has only one year left on it but it does. It is a debate amongst the people who follow this team whether or not they will trade him or sign him to an extension. If they do, he is a candidate to be the next captain of the team.

If the reason for waiting on giving the “C” to Hischier is to give him a few more years to develop and be a million percent sure that he is the one for the job, Palmieri is one of the guys that can do it. He has been wearing an “A” on his jersey at different points for a long time now which shows that he is a respected leader in the Devils locker room.

Palmieri’s play has also shown that he is a leader of this team. Sometimes, the way you play puts a leadership responsibility on you as a player. He scores big goals at opportune times all the time and he knows how to rough it up to defend his teammates. Anyone who watches the Devils regularly can see that he is a feisty guy with a lot of skills so it makes sense when you imagine him as the leader of the team.