Rangers’ Adam Fox lands on IR in pre-trade deadline crusher
NY Post
The Rangers left Tuesday’s win with a pair of injury scares, and one of them turned into a nightmare.
Adam Fox, who exited after falling to the ice and holding his shoulder early in the third period of their 5-1 win over the Islanders at UBS Arena, is going on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.
He’s going to miss time — and needs to miss at least seven days, according to the protocols attached to the IR designation — but is expected back before the end of the regular season, with 24 games remaining and the Rangers two points back of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
So while it’s not a worst-case scenario for the Rangers and Fox ahead of the looming trade deadline March 7, it will cause some additional shuffling for a blue line unit that has already shipped out Jacob Trouba and brought in Will Borgen and Urho Vaakanainen via trades this season.
K’Andre Miller landed on injured reserve in December with an upper-body injury before returning later that month, too — and he also exited Tuesday’s game. Ryan Lindgren, Fox’s partner on the Blueshirts’ top pairing, missed the start of the season.
Fox, the 2021 Norris Trophy winner, possesses an indispensable role with the Blueshirts, though, as he has collected 48 points across 58 games while also serving as a key piece of their top power-play unit.
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