{"id":315072,"date":"2025-11-29T21:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/315072\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T21:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:16:08","slug":"kyle-palmieri-out-for-six-to-eight-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/315072\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Palmieri Out For Six To Eight Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, ESPN\u2019s Emily Kaplan reported (Twitter link<\/a>) that the Islanders were fearing the worst-case scenario when it came to winger Kyle Palmieri<\/a>.\u00a0 That is indeed the case as the team announced<\/a> that the veteran will undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee.\u00a0 The recovery timeline for this procedure is six to eight months, meaning he is out for the remainder of the regular season and multiple playoff rounds (should they get that far) at a minimum.<\/p>\n

The veteran was injured<\/a> in the second period of yesterday\u2019s game against the Flyers.\u00a0 While trying to get back to the bench, he wound up intercepting the puck and made a quick pass that eventually led to an assist.\u00a0 Unfortunately for Palmieri and the Isles, it will be his final point of the season, capping his 2025-26 totals at six goals and 12 assists in 25 games.\u00a0 It will also put an end to his team ironman streak which had lasted 223 consecutive games.<\/p>\n

The injury is certainly a big blow to a New York attack that sits in the middle of the pack heading into today\u2019s action.\u00a0 Palmieri had notched 54 goals over the last two seasons combined which had earned the 34-year-old a two-year, $9.5MM deal back in the spring.\u00a0 At first glance, either rookie Max Shabanov<\/a> or veteran Anthony Duclair<\/a> seem likely to get the first chance to take Palmieri\u2019s spot in their top six forward group.\u00a0 They should also get center Jean-Gabriel Pageau<\/a> (upper body) back before the holiday break.<\/p>\n

This is the second major long-term injury for the Isles within the last seven days.\u00a0 Back on Sunday, it was revealed<\/a> that defenseman Alexander Romanov<\/a> would miss five to six months due to shoulder surgery, taking a key veteran off their back end.<\/p>\n

The Islanders are carrying a roster that narrowly operates outside LTIR at the moment, checking in with a projection of $32K in cap space, per PuckPedia<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s likely that will be changing in the near future if they elect to call someone up from AHL Bridgeport to take Palmieri\u2019s place.\u00a0 Pierre Engvall<\/a>, who is out for the season with an ankle injury, is already on LTIR.\u00a0 With them knowing that his season is over already and Romanov at least eligible for regular LTIR (carrying $3.82MM in potential added flexibility instead of the full contract value), New York shouldn\u2019t get to a point where they need to make a decision on putting Palmieri on season-ending LTIR which would make him ineligible to return late in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

But operating in LTIR for the foreseeable future \u2013 if not the rest of the season \u2013 will have consequences down the road.\u00a0 Matthew Schaefer<\/a> and Shabanov have significant performance bonuses in their respective deals ($7MM combined) so any of those will likely now be charged against their 2026-27 books as a team that finishes up the year in LTIR has to take any bonuses earned as a carryover penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier today, ESPN\u2019s Emily Kaplan reported (Twitter link) that the Islanders were fearing the worst-case scenario when it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,5718,140346,750,44,4247,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-315072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-injury","10":"tag-kyle-palmieri","11":"tag-new-york-islanders","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newsstand","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}