Kyle Palmieri was taken 26^thOverall in 2009, and the native of Smithtown, New York, made it to the NHL a year later, playing ten games for the Anaheim Ducks.

Kyle Palmieri was a First Round Pick by Anaheim in 2009, and he was a Duck until the summer of 2015 when he was traded to the New Jersey Devils.  It was in Jersey where the American's career took off.