If you want to understand the potential ripple effect of losing Kyle Palmieri, just take a look at Friday afternoon. The man was hobbling, clearly injured, and still managed to deliver a heroic secondary assist before limping off the ice. It's the kind of sequence that says everything about who he is and what he means to this team.
“He’s one of the toughest teammates I know,” captain Anders Lee said after the team's 4-3 shootout loss. “It takes a lot for him to feel pain and get keeled over, you can also see how strong he is to battle through and make a huge play.