Devils Re-Sign Palmieri

New Jersey Devils forward Kyle Palmieri was part of a fairly large group that filed for arbitration, as per their rights as restricted free agents, but the player and team got the job done, avoiding that nasty process and signing a 5-year contract, reportedly worth $23.25 million.  His cap hit over the duration of the deal will work out to be $4.65 million, which is a very reasonable number for his services.

In the 2016 season, the 25-year old winger was quite productive on a fairly poor team, scoring 30 goals and 57 points in all 82 games, which had him ranked 74th overall in pool scoring and with the changes that have been occurring in the swamp, his hockey pool stock should be on the rise.

The Devils have certainly been making some strides on trying to be more competitive in the 2017 season and that really begins with the acquisition of Taylor Hall in the early part of this off-season.  Adding a former 1st overall pick to this lineup gives the Devils a lot more scoring depth and another potential player for a guy like Palmieri to possibly play with in the coming season.  Adding more pieces like Vernon Fiddler and Beau Bennett up front and Ben Lovejoy on the blueline is really rounding out this roster and they are building some real potential for the 2017 season.

All of these additions and their salary cap dumps they have on the books have the Devils in a pretty safe spot between the ceiling and the floor, as the 25 coloured names below are coming in at roughly $61.9 million, leaving them $11.1 million worth of space below the ceiling.

Forwards	Cap	Defense	Cap	Goalies	Cap
Taylor Hall	6.000	John Moore	1.667	Cory Schneider	6.000
Travis Zajac	5.750	Damon Severson	0.606	Keith Kinkaid	0.725
Michael Cammalleri	5.000
Kyle Palmieri	4.650
Adam Henrique	4.000
Devante Smith-Pelly	1.300	Andy Greene	5.000
Vernon Fiddler	1.250	Ben Lovejoy	2.667
Jacob Josefson	1.100	Jon Merrill	1.138
Sergey Kalinin	0.800
Beau Bennett	0.725
Joseph Blandisi	0.650
Pavel Zacha	0.894	Steven Santini	0.925
Blake Coleman	0.680	Seth Helgeson	0.588
Blake Pietila	0.663
Ryane Clowe	4.850
Marc Savard	4.021
Miles Wood	0.925	Yohann Auvitu	0.793	Ken Appleby	0.635
Nick Lappin	0.843	Joshua Jacobs	0.726	Scott Wedgewood	0.588
John Quenneville	0.812	Vojtech Mozik	0.680	Mackenzie Blackwood	0.678
Luke Gazdic	0.700	Andrew MacWilliam	0.575
Ryan Kujawinski	0.693	Karl Stollery	0.575
Brandon Baddock	0.673
Ben Thomson	0.627
Ben Johnson	0.617
Carter Camper	0.575

Pool worthy, non-pool roster players, assumed roster fill-ins,  injured/retired cap hits, in the system